168 CDUS43 KDMX 230936 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 22 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 72 249 PM 86 1940 61 11 68 MINIMUM 62 257 AM 22 1976 40 22 37 AVERAGE 67 50 17 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.67 2.88 2001 0.09 0.58 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.37 2.02 2.35 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 5.15 5.81 -0.66 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 23.63 32.51 -8.88 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 15 -15 12 MONTH TO DATE 274 252 22 196 SINCE SEP 1 409 362 47 364 SINCE JUL 1 414 373 41 364 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 9 -7 23 SINCE SEP 1 85 102 -17 88 SINCE JAN 1 1222 936 286 1116 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (110) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 PM LOWEST 78 200 AM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 83 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 21 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 23 2012.......SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 617 PM CDT OCTOBER 24 2012.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 615 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$