466 CDUS43 KDMX 290631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28 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 72 1255 PM 90 1970 67 5 72 MINIMUM 51 1159 PM 28 1928 44 7 36 AVERAGE 62 55 7 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.26 0.99 1981 0.13 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.10 3.13 0.97 8.58 SINCE MAR 1 4.63 5.37 -0.74 11.04 SINCE JAN 1 5.96 7.55 -1.59 14.50 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 10 -7 11 MONTH TO DATE 407 416 -9 522 SINCE MAR 1 1386 1227 159 1533 SINCE JUL 1 6898 6112 786 6060 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 8 8 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 8 9 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 8 9 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 53 100 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 92 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 28 2008 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 29 2014.........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT APRIL 30 2014.........SUNRISE 609 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$