987 CDUS43 KDMX 130654 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 153 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 12 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 73 316 PM 94 1956 71 2 82 MINIMUM 53 145 AM 35 2008 49 4 61 1946 AVERAGE 63 60 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.26 1933 0.15 -0.15 0.20 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 1.74 0.23 0.75 SINCE MAR 1 8.32 7.38 0.94 6.48 SINCE JAN 1 10.30 9.56 0.74 9.73 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 6 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 31 90 -59 98 SINCE MAR 1 770 1335 -565 1342 SINCE JUL 1 4990 6220 -1230 6284 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 37 12 25 39 SINCE MAR 1 81 23 58 44 SINCE JAN 1 81 23 58 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 1100 PM LOWEST 41 300 PM AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 92 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 13 2012...........SUNRISE 553 AM CDT SUNSET 820 PM CDT MAY 14 2012...........SUNRISE 552 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$