789 CDUS43 KDMX 220632 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 54 531 PM 89 1980 64 -10 52 MINIMUM 32 454 AM 25 1934 42 -10 32 AVERAGE 43 53 -10 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 1.38 1972 0.12 -0.05 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 2.87 2.21 0.66 2.47 SINCE MAR 1 5.17 4.45 0.72 4.72 SINCE JAN 1 7.15 6.63 0.52 7.97 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 13 9 23 MONTH TO DATE 258 338 -80 312 SINCE MAR 1 639 1149 -510 1114 SINCE JUL 1 4859 6034 -1175 6056 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 1 11 5 SINCE MAR 1 44 2 42 5 SINCE JAN 1 44 2 42 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 54 1100 AM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT APRIL 23 2012.........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$