556 CDUS43 KDMX 030640 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT WED OCT 3 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 2 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 76 404 PM 93 1953 69 7 73 MINIMUM 44 625 AM 22 2003 46 -2 34 AVERAGE 60 57 3 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.64 1944 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.20 -0.20 0.00 SINCE SEP 1 0.78 3.99 -3.21 1.48 SINCE JAN 1 19.26 30.69 -11.43 28.37 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 8 -3 11 MONTH TO DATE 9 16 -7 28 SINCE SEP 1 144 126 18 196 SINCE JUL 1 149 137 12 196 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE SEP 1 83 95 -12 65 SINCE JAN 1 1220 929 291 1093 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 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 92 600 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 92 2006 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 32 1987 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 3 2012.......SUNRISE 709 AM CDT SUNSET 648 PM CDT OCTOBER 4 2012.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 646 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$