227 CDUS43 KDMX 070632 RRC CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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 77 433 PM 97 1934 69 8 73 MINIMUM 46 558 AM 30 2006 47 -1 48 AVERAGE 62 58 4 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.47 1960 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.02 0.86 -0.84 1.88 SINCE MAR 1 5.33 6.50 -1.17 12.92 SINCE JAN 1 6.66 8.68 -2.02 16.38 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 8 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 56 50 6 90 SINCE MAR 1 1482 1295 187 1623 SINCE JUL 1 6994 6180 814 6150 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 0 SINCE MAR 1 8 17 -9 12 SINCE JAN 1 8 17 -9 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (120) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 65 300 AM LOWEST 38 200 PM AVERAGE 52 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 95 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 26 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2014...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT MAY 8 2014...........SUNRISE 559 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$