394 CDUS43 KDMX 120653 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 55 445 PM 89 1930 61 -6 66 MINIMUM 24 558 AM 20 1973 38 -14 45 AVERAGE 40 49 -9 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.43 1970 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 1.06 -0.84 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 2.52 3.30 -0.78 3.16 SINCE JAN 1 4.50 5.48 -0.98 6.41 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 16 9 9 MONTH TO DATE 139 196 -57 127 SINCE MAR 1 520 1007 -487 929 SINCE JUL 1 4740 5892 -1152 5871 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 5 SINCE MAR 1 42 1 41 5 SINCE JAN 1 42 1 41 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 300 AM LOWEST 28 200 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 88 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 19 1940 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 747 PM CDT APRIL 13 2012.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$