617 CDUS43 KDMX 070644 RRB CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1242 AM CST TUE JAN 7 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM -3 420 PM 58 2012 32 -35 33 MINIMUM -13 832 AM -14 1924 14 -27 17 AVERAGE -8 22 -30 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.14 1995 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.20 -0.20 0.00 SINCE DEC 1 0.34 1.57 -1.23 1.63 SINCE JAN 1 T 0.20 -0.20 0.00 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 73 42 31 40 MONTH TO DATE 254 252 2 248 SINCE DEC 1 1598 1459 139 1263 SINCE JUL 1 2928 2757 171 2557 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 PM LOWEST 50 100 AM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 62 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -16 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 7 2014.......SUNRISE 735 AM CST SUNSET 458 PM CST JANUARY 8 2014.......SUNRISE 735 AM CST SUNSET 459 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$