686 CDUS43 KDMX 090631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 60 234 PM 89 1931 60 0 73 MINIMUM 34 1159 PM 18 1972 37 -3 51 AVERAGE 47 48 -1 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.42 2008 0.10 -0.10 0.28 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.75 -0.56 0.29 SINCE MAR 1 0.72 2.99 -2.27 2.75 SINCE JAN 1 2.05 5.17 -3.12 6.21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 3 MONTH TO DATE 174 147 27 163 SINCE MAR 1 1153 958 195 1174 SINCE JUL 1 6665 5843 822 5701 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 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 85 200 AM LOWEST 30 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2014.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 743 PM CDT APRIL 10 2014.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$