562 CDUS43 KDMX 130631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 129 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 12 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 68 1208 AM 88 1975 65 3 60 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 24 1946 42 1 36 AVERAGE 56 54 2 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 1.57 1997 0.08 0.06 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 1.61 1.13 0.48 0.28 SINCE SEP 1 2.68 4.92 -2.24 1.05 SINCE JAN 1 31.22 31.62 -0.40 19.68 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 12 -3 17 MONTH TO DATE 49 118 -69 184 SINCE SEP 1 116 228 -112 319 SINCE JUL 1 132 239 -107 324 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 9 24 0 SINCE SEP 1 199 102 97 83 SINCE JAN 1 1014 936 78 1220 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 300 AM LOWEST 34 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 88 1975 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 28 2006 2002 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 13 2013.......SUNRISE 719 AM CDT SUNSET 632 PM CDT OCTOBER 14 2013.......SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$