896 CDUS43 KDMX 120636 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 11 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 75 1015 AM 91 1926 71 4 58 MINIMUM 59 149 PM 34 1981 49 10 41 AVERAGE 67 60 7 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 2.12 2.13 2002 0.15 1.97 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.18 1.59 0.59 2.29 SINCE MAR 1 7.49 7.23 0.26 13.33 SINCE JAN 1 8.82 9.41 -0.59 16.79 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 6 -6 15 MONTH TO DATE 63 84 -21 121 SINCE MAR 1 1489 1329 160 1654 SINCE JUL 1 7001 6214 787 6181 COOLING YESTERDAY 2 1 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 18 11 7 0 SINCE MAR 1 26 22 4 12 SINCE JAN 1 26 22 4 12 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 43 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 55 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 90 500 AM LOWEST 68 900 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 94 1956 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 34 2013 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 12 2014...........SUNRISE 555 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT MAY 13 2014...........SUNRISE 554 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$