295 CDUS43 KDMX 080634 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST THU NOV 8 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 7 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 47 420 PM 77 1937 54 -7 60 MINIMUM 32 1052 PM -5 1991 34 -2 32 AVERAGE 40 44 -4 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.62 1938 0.08 -0.08 0.26 MONTH TO DATE 0.21 0.63 -0.42 1.54 SINCE SEP 1 5.48 7.25 -1.77 4.15 SINCE JAN 1 23.96 33.95 -9.99 31.04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 21 4 19 MONTH TO DATE 160 139 21 127 SINCE SEP 1 738 652 86 630 SINCE JUL 1 743 663 80 630 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 98 104 -6 88 SINCE JAN 1 1235 938 297 1116 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 400 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 79 1999 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 -3 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 8 2012......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 457 PM CST NOVEMBER 9 2012......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 456 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$