935 CDUS43 KDMX 220638 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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 76 408 PM 87 1947 62 14 62 MINIMUM 42 643 AM 18 1930 40 2 28 AVERAGE 59 51 8 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.25 1900 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 3.70 1.93 1.77 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 4.48 5.72 -1.24 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 22.96 32.42 -9.46 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 14 -8 20 MONTH TO DATE 274 237 37 184 SINCE SEP 1 409 347 62 352 SINCE JUL 1 414 358 56 352 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 200 AM LOWEST 57 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 22 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 22 2012.......SUNRISE 730 AM CDT SUNSET 618 PM CDT OCTOBER 23 2012.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$