289 CDUS43 KDMX 140647 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13 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 54 240 AM 88 2006 61 -7 72 MINIMUM 46 723 AM 20 1950 39 7 45 AVERAGE 50 50 0 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.62 1.92 1981 0.11 0.51 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.84 1.28 -0.44 0.91 SINCE MAR 1 3.14 3.52 -0.38 3.16 SINCE JAN 1 5.12 5.70 -0.58 6.41 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 15 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 174 227 -53 146 SINCE MAR 1 555 1038 -483 948 SINCE JUL 1 4775 5923 -1148 5890 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 700 AM LOWEST 41 1200 AM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 88 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 22 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 14 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 749 PM CDT APRIL 15 2012.........SUNRISE 630 AM CDT SUNSET 750 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$