667 CDUS43 KDMX 260725 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 225 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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 72 150 AM 88 1927 60 12 79 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 23 1962 39 -1 47 AVERAGE 55 49 6 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 1.00 1899 0.08 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.49 2.29 2.20 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 5.27 6.08 -0.81 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 23.75 32.78 -9.03 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 16 -6 2 MONTH TO DATE 284 299 -15 215 SINCE SEP 1 419 409 10 383 SINCE JUL 1 424 420 4 383 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 900 AM LOWEST 64 800 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 88 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 18 1942 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 26 2012.......SUNRISE 734 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT OCTOBER 27 2012.......SUNRISE 735 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$