394  
CDUS43 KDVN 212133  
CLICID  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
432 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2008  
 
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..THE CEDAR RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 21 2008  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2008  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 82 234 PM 107 1901 86 -4 76  
MINIMUM 66 708 AM 47 1944 64 2 54  
AVERAGE 74 75 -1 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.27 MM MM 0.13 0.14 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 6.99 2.76 4.23 5.20  
SINCE JUN 1 15.94 7.23 8.71 10.72  
SINCE JAN 1 34.32 18.68 15.64 22.98  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 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  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 1  
SINCE JUN 1 4 25 -21 12  
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 1  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 9 10 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 167 195 -28 149  
SINCE JUN 1 303 385 -82 306  
SINCE JAN 1 319 446 -127 404    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 44 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.3  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
HEAVY RAIN  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 800 AM  
LOWEST 58 100 PM  
AVERAGE 78  
 
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THE CEDAR RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 86 101 1934  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 44 1947  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
JULY 21 2008..........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 835 PM CDT  
JULY 22 2008..........SUNRISE 551 AM CDT SUNSET 835 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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