710 CDUS43 KDMX 160641 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 137 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 74 147 PM 89 2002 62 12 48 MINIMUM 59 1159 PM 19 1928 39 20 42 AVERAGE 67 51 16 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.12 2.00 1921 0.10 0.02 0.72 MONTH TO DATE 2.39 1.49 0.90 1.63 SINCE MAR 1 4.69 3.73 0.96 3.88 SINCE JAN 1 6.67 5.91 0.76 7.13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 15 -15 20 MONTH TO DATE 179 257 -78 173 SINCE MAR 1 560 1068 -508 975 SINCE JUL 1 4780 5953 -1173 5917 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 0 12 5 SINCE MAR 1 44 1 43 5 SINCE JAN 1 44 1 43 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 41 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 52 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 AM LOWEST 60 900 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 88 2004 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 24 1961 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2012.........SUNRISE 628 AM CDT SUNSET 751 PM CDT APRIL 17 2012.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 752 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$