415 CDUS43 KDMX 240639 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 23 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 63 334 PM 86 1960 65 -2 57 MINIMUM 37 511 AM 26 1927 42 -5 45 AVERAGE 50 54 -4 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.04 1955 0.13 -0.13 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 3.20 2.47 0.73 2.69 SINCE MAR 1 5.50 4.71 0.79 4.94 SINCE JAN 1 7.48 6.89 0.59 8.19 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 12 3 14 MONTH TO DATE 289 362 -73 344 SINCE MAR 1 670 1173 -503 1146 SINCE JUL 1 4890 6058 -1168 6088 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 12 3 9 5 SINCE MAR 1 44 4 40 5 SINCE JAN 1 44 4 40 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 44 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 24 1910 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 24 2012.........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT APRIL 25 2012.........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$