161 CDUS43 KDMX 240700 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1259 AM CST THU JAN 24 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 31 157 PM 64 1942 32 -1 36 MINIMUM 8 1159 PM -21 1963 13 -5 27 AVERAGE 20 22 -2 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.80 1898 0.03 -0.03 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.69 -0.56 0.36 SINCE DEC 1 1.75 2.06 -0.31 2.99 SINCE JAN 1 0.13 0.69 -0.56 0.36 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 45 43 2 33 MONTH TO DATE 887 983 -96 868 SINCE DEC 1 1902 2190 -288 1857 SINCE JUL 1 3196 3488 -292 3053 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 800 AM LOWEST 53 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 59 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -16 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 24 2013.......SUNRISE 727 AM CST SUNSET 517 PM CST JANUARY 25 2013.......SUNRISE 726 AM CST SUNSET 518 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$