001 CDUS43 KDMX 060634 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 129 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 5 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 63 458 PM 93 1963 68 -5 76 MINIMUM 40 144 AM 31 2004 45 -5 42 1988 AVERAGE 52 56 -4 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.32 1954 0.10 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 0.98 0.50 0.48 1.34 SINCE SEP 1 5.14 4.29 0.85 2.41 SINCE JAN 1 36.11 30.99 5.12 31.52 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 9 4 6 MONTH TO DATE 59 43 16 6 SINCE SEP 1 180 153 27 73 SINCE JUL 1 193 164 29 89 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 31 SINCE SEP 1 68 98 -30 197 SINCE JAN 1 800 932 -132 1012 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 1200 AM LOWEST 42 100 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 92 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 22 1935 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 6 2014.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 643 PM CDT OCTOBER 7 2014.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$