073 CDUS43 KDMX 240634 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 36 1247 AM 64 1942 32 4 16 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM -21 1963 13 14 6 AVERAGE 32 22 10 11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 0.80 1898 0.03 0.01 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.24 0.69 -0.45 0.88 SINCE DEC 1 2.87 2.06 0.81 2.24 SINCE JAN 1 0.24 0.69 -0.45 0.88 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 43 -10 54 MONTH TO DATE 868 983 -115 1127 SINCE DEC 1 1857 2190 -333 2421 SINCE JUL 1 3053 3488 -435 3521 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 300 AM LOWEST 69 200 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 59 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -16 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 24 2012.......SUNRISE 728 AM CST SUNSET 516 PM CST JANUARY 25 2012.......SUNRISE 727 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$