840 CDUS43 KDMX 180627 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 126 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 66 426 PM 86 2004 63 3 53 MINIMUM 36 354 AM 24 1907 40 -4 31 AVERAGE 51 52 -1 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.56 2008 0.11 -0.11 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 2.47 1.72 0.75 1.71 SINCE MAR 1 4.77 3.96 0.81 3.96 SINCE JAN 1 6.75 6.14 0.61 7.21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 14 14 0 23 MONTH TO DATE 207 285 -78 217 SINCE MAR 1 588 1096 -508 1019 SINCE JUL 1 4808 5981 -1173 5961 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 87 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1983 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 753 PM CDT APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$