447 CDUS43 KDMX 130705 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 158 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12 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 62 510 PM 88 1930 61 1 68 MINIMUM 28 522 AM 19 1940 38 -10 35 AVERAGE 45 50 -5 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.82 1912 0.11 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.22 1.17 -0.95 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 2.52 3.41 -0.89 3.16 SINCE JAN 1 4.50 5.59 -1.09 6.41 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 16 4 13 MONTH TO DATE 159 212 -53 140 SINCE MAR 1 540 1023 -483 942 SINCE JUL 1 4760 5908 -1148 5884 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3 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 85 600 AM LOWEST 29 100 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 88 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 13 2012.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 748 PM CDT APRIL 14 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$