369 CDUS43 KDMX 190632 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 75 333 PM 87 1985 63 12 46 MINIMUM 48 527 AM 19 1983 40 8 41 AVERAGE 62 52 10 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.26 1927 0.12 -0.12 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 2.47 1.84 0.63 1.74 SINCE MAR 1 4.77 4.08 0.69 3.99 SINCE JAN 1 6.75 6.26 0.49 7.24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 14 -11 21 MONTH TO DATE 210 299 -89 238 SINCE MAR 1 591 1110 -519 1040 SINCE JUL 1 4811 5995 -1184 5982 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 500 AM LOWEST 46 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 85 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 26 1949 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 755 PM CDT APRIL 20 2012.........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$