828 CDUS43 KDMX 200654 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 54 144 PM 85 1924 62 -8 50 MINIMUM 42 436 AM 17 1972 40 2 40 AVERAGE 48 51 -3 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.80 1983 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 3.70 1.75 1.95 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 4.48 5.54 -1.06 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 22.96 32.24 -9.28 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 17 14 3 20 MONTH TO DATE 253 209 44 144 SINCE SEP 1 388 319 69 312 SINCE JUL 1 393 330 63 312 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 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 71 1100 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 85 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 21 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2012.......SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT OCTOBER 21 2012.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 619 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$