972 CDUS43 KDMX 200630 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 127 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19 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 72 357 PM 85 1985 64 8 41 MINIMUM 46 1159 PM 26 1949 41 5 35 AVERAGE 59 52 7 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.33 1.93 1993 0.12 0.21 0.66 MONTH TO DATE 2.80 1.96 0.84 2.40 SINCE MAR 1 5.10 4.20 0.90 4.65 SINCE JAN 1 7.08 6.38 0.70 7.90 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 13 -7 27 MONTH TO DATE 216 312 -96 265 SINCE MAR 1 597 1123 -526 1067 SINCE JUL 1 4817 6008 -1191 6009 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 100 PM LOWEST 53 400 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 27 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 20 2012.........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 756 PM CDT APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$