Back in July, I made a news item posting with an accounting of AWOS
80+ degree dewpoint values.  Unfortunately, the values for July 2004
were incorrect :(  So here is the corrected numbers, along with
updates to include the entire summer. (The error only appeared for
July since I was using a different data source for that month and not
the 1 minute archive.)  I have double checked these values and they
*should* be correct.  I feel really bad about that error...

First up, an accounting of the number of days an Iowa AWOS site
reported a dew point at or above 80 F per month and per year.  For
example, if sites SDA and RDK both reported values >= 80 today, that
would count as 2 points.

      May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep   Total
1995    0    0   90  142    0   232
1996    0    3   32   30    0    65
1997    0    9  121   13    0   143
1998    5   31   93   70    8   207
1999    0    0  251   12    0   263
2000    0    1   29   30   13    74 (1 in October)
2001    0    0  146   90    0   236
2002    0    6   83   27    1   117
2003    0    7   79   37    0   123
2004    0   12   82   40    2   136

The next table is broken down per site and per year.  This table gives
you a better accounting for which sites were potentially the trouble
makers that year.  The values in this chart are basically 'days per
years in which the station reported a dewpoint >= 80 F'.

                          95  96  97  98  99  00  01  02  03  04
    _SOUTHWEST_________
CBF COUNCIL BLUFFS         1   2   2  23  23   3  21   0   1   7
CSQ CRESTON                7   0   1   0  11   0   0   0   0   4
RDK RED OAK                8   1   3  31   2   5  12   1   3   1
SDA SHENANDOAH MUNI        5   4   2  29   9   5  23   9   7   7
    _WEST______________
ADU AUDUBON               14   2   1   4   9   3   0   0   4   9
AIO ATLANTIC              11   1   5   7   9   1   7   0   5   9
CIN CARROLL                6   3   5   7  14   0   8   6  11   0
DNS DENISON                0   0   3   4   9   0  10   0   4   2
HNR HARLAN                 0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0   1   2
    _NORTHWEST_________
LRJ LE MARS                6   2   8  11  12   0  16   2   0   2
ORC ORANGE CITY           12   3   4   2  12   3   5   0   1   5
SHL SHELDON                9   2  16   5  16   4   7   3   1   1
SLB STORM LAKE             3   1   4   4   0   0   0   0   0   4
    _NORTH_____________
AXA ALGONA                 7   1   9   1   4   0   6   3   2   1
CAV CLARION                7   1   4   7   9   0  10   2   3   0
EBS WEBSTER CITY           9   3   9   1  11   1   6  17   2   0
FOD FORT DODGE             0   0   0   1   1   0   M   M   M   M
    _NORTHEAST_________
CCY CHARLES CITY          10   2   2   9  11   0   0   1   0   1
DEH DECORAH                3   0   0   3   4   0   5   1   0   2
IIB INDEPENDENCE           M   M   M   M   M   M   M   0   0   4
OLZ OELWEIN               20   7   2   4   7   2   3   1   0   0
VTI VINTON                 M   M   M   M   M   M   M   5   4   0
    _EAST______________
CWI CLINTON                1   0   2   1   7   0   M   M   M   M
MXO MONTICELLO MUNI        5   1   2   1   4   0   5   4   0   6
    _SOUTHEAST_________
AWG WASHINGTON             7   3   8  18   1   0   3  19  18  19
EOK KEOKUK MUNI           11   4   4   5   0   1  10   0   0   7
FFL FAIRFIELD             12   5  12   0   7  19  12   1   1   4
FSW FORT MADISON           2   4   4   6  19   1  10   4  24   8
ICL CLARINDA               3   1   1   9  13  21  15   1   3   3
MPZ MOUNT PLEASANT         M   M   M   M   M   M   M   2   0   8
MUT MUSCATINE              8   0   0   0   1   2   7  17  13   1
    _SOUTH_____________
CNC CHARITON               8   4   6   1   8   6  10   6   4  11
    _CENTRAL___________
BNW BOONE MUNI            16   4  13   3  12   0   8   4   5   3
IKV ANKENY                 4   3   1   0   2   2   3   3   5   0
OXV KNOXVILLE             10   1   7   3   7   1   8   6   1   5
PEA PELLA                  M   M   M   M   M   M   M   1   1   1
TNU NEWTON MUNI            9   3   6  12  12   0   4   2   2   4

After the first time I posted this table, I was asked about the ASOS
sites and how they compared.  Here are the Iowa ASOS sites for the
years the IEM has data for.  Again, this is the number of days with an
observation >= 80F.

                          01  02  03  04
ALO WATERLOO               3   5   0   0
AMW AMES                   1   1   2   0
BRL BURLINGTON             3   0   0   1
CID CEDAR RAPIDS           3   2   0   0
DBQ DUBUQUE                1   1   0   0
DSM DES MOINES             2   0   0   1
DVN QUAD CITIES            3   1   0   1
EST ESTHERVILLE            2   0   0   0
IOW IOWA CITY              3   1   0   0
LWD LAMONI                 1   0   0   1
MCW MASON CITY             4   1   1   0
MIW MARSHALLTOWN           0   1   2   0
OTM OTTUMWA                2   0   1   1
SPW SPENCER                2   0   0   0
SUX SIOUX CITY             2   0   0   1

If you have any questions, please let me know...