955 CDUS43 KDMX 040631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT WED APR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 73 124 PM 86 2011 58 15 86 MINIMUM 51 349 AM 11 1936 35 16 44 AVERAGE 62 46 16 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.24 1957 0.09 -0.09 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.27 -0.27 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 2.30 2.51 -0.21 2.38 SINCE JAN 1 4.28 4.69 -0.41 5.63 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 19 -16 0 MONTH TO DATE 3 58 -55 33 SINCE MAR 1 384 869 -485 835 SINCE JUL 1 4604 5754 -1150 5777 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 0 SINCE MAR 1 42 1 41 0 SINCE JAN 1 42 1 41 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (60) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 300 AM LOWEST 53 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 85 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 15 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 740 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$