516 CDUS43 KDMX 120711 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 145 AM CDT SAT MAY 12 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 82 235 PM 91 1926 71 11 81 MINIMUM 56 536 AM 34 1981 49 7 63 AVERAGE 69 60 9 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.13 2002 0.15 -0.15 0.41 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 1.59 0.38 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 8.32 7.23 1.09 6.28 SINCE JAN 1 10.30 9.41 0.89 9.53 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 84 -55 98 SINCE MAR 1 768 1329 -561 1342 SINCE JUL 1 4988 6214 -1226 6284 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 7 MONTH TO DATE 37 11 26 32 SINCE MAR 1 81 22 59 37 SINCE JAN 1 81 22 59 37 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (190) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 400 AM LOWEST 42 100 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 35 2008 1946 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2012...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT MAY 13 2012...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$