759 CDUS43 KDMX 070631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 81 450 PM 97 1934 69 12 71 MINIMUM 62 1106 PM 30 2006 47 15 42 AVERAGE 72 58 14 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.65 2.47 1960 0.15 0.50 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.93 0.86 1.07 0.14 SINCE MAR 1 8.28 6.50 1.78 5.87 SINCE JAN 1 10.26 8.68 1.58 9.12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 8 MONTH TO DATE 5 50 -45 94 SINCE MAR 1 744 1295 -551 1338 SINCE JUL 1 4964 6180 -1216 6280 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 6 27 0 SINCE MAR 1 77 17 60 5 SINCE JAN 1 77 17 60 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 69 500 PM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 95 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT MAY 8 2012...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$