894 CDUS43 KDMX 250646 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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 81 122 PM 85 1940 60 21 73 MINIMUM 65 632 AM 20 2006 39 26 36 AVERAGE 73 50 23 55 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.05 1967 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.38 2.21 2.17 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 5.16 6.00 -0.84 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 23.64 32.70 -9.06 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 16 -16 10 MONTH TO DATE 274 283 -9 213 SINCE SEP 1 409 393 16 381 SINCE JUL 1 414 404 10 381 COOLING YESTERDAY 8 0 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 15 9 6 23 SINCE SEP 1 98 102 -4 88 SINCE JAN 1 1235 936 299 1116 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 58 400 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 88 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 23 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 25 2012.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 614 PM CDT OCTOBER 26 2012.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$