900 CDUS43 KDMX 020632 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1 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 74 319 PM 94 1937 70 4 64 MINIMUM 48 738 AM 32 2011 46 2 32 1985 AVERAGE 61 58 3 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.73 1911 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.10 -0.10 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.78 3.89 -3.11 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 19.26 30.59 -11.33 28.37 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 4 8 -4 17 MONTH TO DATE 4 8 -4 17 SINCE SEP 1 139 118 21 185 SINCE JUL 1 144 129 15 185 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 0 SINCE SEP 1 83 94 -11 65 SINCE JAN 1 1220 928 292 1093 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.2 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 80 400 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 93 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 22 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 2 2012.......SUNRISE 708 AM CDT SUNSET 649 PM CDT OCTOBER 3 2012.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$