970 CDUS43 KDMX 200630 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 19 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 86 315 PM 90 1998 73 13 71 MINIMUM 66 531 AM 34 2002 52 14 51 AVERAGE 76 62 14 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.30 1898 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.97 2.82 -0.85 1.34 SINCE MAR 1 8.31 8.46 -0.15 7.07 SINCE JAN 1 10.29 10.64 -0.35 10.32 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 41 127 -86 176 SINCE MAR 1 780 1372 -592 1420 SINCE JUL 1 5000 6257 -1257 6362 COOLING YESTERDAY 11 2 9 0 MONTH TO DATE 58 23 35 39 SINCE MAR 1 102 34 68 44 SINCE JAN 1 102 34 68 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 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 68 600 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 38 2002 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 20 2012...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT MAY 21 2012...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 827 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$