255 CDUS43 KDMX 190637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 49 407 AM 87 1950 63 -14 51 MINIMUM 44 758 PM 21 1948 41 3 42 AVERAGE 47 52 -5 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.26 2.25 1984 0.10 0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 3.70 1.66 2.04 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 4.48 5.45 -0.97 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 22.96 32.15 -9.19 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 14 4 18 MONTH TO DATE 236 195 41 124 SINCE SEP 1 371 305 66 292 SINCE JUL 1 376 316 60 292 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 23 SINCE SEP 1 83 102 -19 88 SINCE JAN 1 1220 936 284 1116 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 PM LOWEST 46 400 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 85 1924 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 17 1972 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 19 2012.......SUNRISE 726 AM CDT SUNSET 622 PM CDT OCTOBER 20 2012.......SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$