312 CDUS43 KDMX 250637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 137 AM CDT THU APR 25 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24 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 53 436 PM 88 1989 65 -12 79 MINIMUM 28 542 AM 24 1910 43 -15 43 AVERAGE 41 54 -13 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 2.10 2007 0.13 -0.11 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.59 2.60 5.99 3.19 SINCE MAR 1 10.61 4.84 5.77 5.49 SINCE JAN 1 13.94 7.02 6.92 7.63 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 12 12 4 MONTH TO DATE 470 374 96 293 SINCE MAR 1 1481 1185 296 674 SINCE JUL 1 6008 6070 -62 4894 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 12 SINCE MAR 1 0 5 -5 44 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 PM LOWEST 38 400 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 89 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 25 2013.........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 26 2013.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$