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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
149 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025

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...THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2025


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         85    419 PM 110    1936  83      2       85
  MINIMUM         70   1159 PM  43    1977  61      9       62
                                      2012
  AVERAGE         78                        72      6       74

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.51          1.91 1954   0.14   0.37     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    3.06                      2.45   0.61     0.61
  SINCE JUN 1     19.59                     12.51   7.08    13.24
  SINCE JAN 1     30.63                     25.38   5.25    32.48

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        3
  SINCE JUN 1      6                        21    -15        4
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         3     -3        4

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY       13                         7      6        9
  MONTH TO DATE  156                       144     12      134
  SINCE JUN 1    717                       653     64      664
  SINCE JAN 1    763                       725     38      700
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    42   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    97           800 AM
 LOWEST     70           100 PM
 AVERAGE    84

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THE WATERLOO IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   83       100      1916
                                             1983
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        42      1963


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 19 2025........SUNRISE   621 AM CDT   SUNSET   804 PM CDT
AUGUST 20 2025........SUNRISE   622 AM CDT   SUNSET   803 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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