644 CDUS43 KDMX 190637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 18 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 85 431 PM 92 1962 73 12 70 MINIMUM 55 1224 AM 34 2002 51 4 41 AVERAGE 70 62 8 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.23 1927 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 2.66 -0.69 1.34 SINCE MAR 1 8.31 8.30 0.01 7.07 SINCE JAN 1 10.29 10.48 -0.19 10.32 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 9 MONTH TO DATE 41 122 -81 172 SINCE MAR 1 780 1367 -587 1416 SINCE JUL 1 5000 6252 -1252 6358 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 2 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 47 21 26 39 SINCE MAR 1 91 32 59 44 SINCE JAN 1 91 32 59 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 66 500 AM LOWEST 37 200 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 34 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 19 2012...........SUNRISE 548 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT MAY 20 2012...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$