257 CDUS43 KDMX 300631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 29 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 49 358 PM 91 1937 58 -9 60 MINIMUM 26 649 AM 15 1925 37 -11 26 AVERAGE 38 48 -10 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.28 1896 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.49 2.65 1.84 1.06 SINCE SEP 1 5.27 6.44 -1.17 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 23.75 33.14 -9.39 29.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 17 10 22 MONTH TO DATE 395 366 29 294 SINCE SEP 1 530 476 54 462 SINCE JUL 1 535 487 48 462 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 SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 800 AM LOWEST 42 400 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 86 1950 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 5 1925 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 30 2012.......SUNRISE 739 AM CDT SUNSET 607 PM CDT OCTOBER 31 2012.......SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 606 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$