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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
132 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

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...THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         72    421 PM  95    1934  67      5       71       
  MINIMUM         42    518 AM  25    1974  43     -1       58       
  AVERAGE         57                        55      2       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.18 2007   0.14  -0.14     0.41    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.99                      0.85   2.14     1.82    
  SINCE MAR 1     14.64                      6.83   7.81     8.28    
  SINCE JAN 1     16.31                      8.65   7.66    10.35    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    9.5                       0.1    9.4      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     34.3                       8.8   25.5      1.0     
  SINCE JUL 1     56.3                      41.3   15.0     18.8     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                        10     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  137                        67     70        6       
  SINCE MAR 1   2068                      1616    452      968       
  SINCE JUL 1   7629                      7467    162     5990       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0       16       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         5     -5       29       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         5     -5       29       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    96           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    68                                                       

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THE MASON CITY IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        89      1934                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        26      1989                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  7 2013...........SUNRISE   559 AM CDT   SUNSET   822 PM CDT   
MAY  8 2013...........SUNRISE   557 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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