988 CDUS43 KDMX 280647 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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 46 259 PM 87 1927 59 -13 57 MINIMUM 23 619 AM 19 1936 38 -15 33 AVERAGE 35 48 -13 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.90 1939 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 4.49 2.48 2.01 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 5.27 6.27 -1.00 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 23.75 32.97 -9.22 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 17 13 20 MONTH TO DATE 341 332 9 251 SINCE SEP 1 476 442 34 419 SINCE JUL 1 481 453 28 419 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 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 14 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 800 AM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 84 1927 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 12 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 28 2012.......SUNRISE 737 AM CDT SUNSET 610 PM CDT OCTOBER 29 2012.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 609 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$