CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 846 AM CST WED JAN 1 2020 ................................... ...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 67 12/03/2012 12/05/2001 12/04/1998 LOW -29 12/25/2000 12/10/1919 HIGHEST 59 12/25 49 10 52 12/19 LOWEST 3 12/15 -11 14 8 12/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 39.6 30.8 8.7 37.1 AVG. MINIMUM 20.5 13.5 7.0 21.2 MEAN 30.0 22.2 7.8 29.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 15.4 -7.4 9 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 29.2 -0.2 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 5.7 -5.7 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.92 2015 MINIMUM 0.16 1995 TOTALS 0.92 1.20 -0.28 2.50 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 8 8.4 -0.4 6 DAYS >= .10 1 3.4 -2.4 4 DAYS >= .50 1 0.5 0.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 1 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 34.0 5 0 -26215 TOTALS 4.0 9.9 -5.9 3.5 SINCE 7/1 12.0 13.3 -1.3 7.3 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 4 -4 0 DAYS >= 1.0 2 3.1 -1.1 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 12/12 1 12/30 12/11 12/29 12/03 24 HR TOTAL 2.1 12/11 TO 12/11 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1077 1328 -251 1101 SINCE 7/1 2609 2811 -202 2842 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 928 799 129 890 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/280 DATE 12/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/300 DATE 12/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 HAZE 14 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$