213 CDUS43 KDMX 210637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 135 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 53 257 PM 90 1987 64 -11 50 MINIMUM 37 1159 PM 27 1953 41 -4 31 AVERAGE 45 53 -8 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 3.25 1905 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.80 2.09 0.71 2.40 SINCE MAR 1 5.10 4.33 0.77 4.65 SINCE JAN 1 7.08 6.51 0.57 7.90 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 13 7 24 MONTH TO DATE 236 325 -89 289 SINCE MAR 1 617 1136 -519 1091 SINCE JUL 1 4837 6021 -1184 6033 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 N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 300 AM LOWEST 54 600 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 89 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$