923 CDUS43 KDMX 070753 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 253 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 63 320 PM 92 1963 67 -4 50 MINIMUM 44 603 AM 22 1935 44 0 41 AVERAGE 54 56 -2 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.94 1927 0.09 -0.09 0.13 MONTH TO DATE 0.98 0.59 0.39 1.47 SINCE SEP 1 5.14 4.38 0.76 2.54 SINCE JAN 1 36.11 31.08 5.03 31.65 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 10 1 19 MONTH TO DATE 70 53 17 25 SINCE SEP 1 191 163 28 92 SINCE JUL 1 204 174 30 108 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 31 SINCE SEP 1 68 99 -31 197 SINCE JAN 1 800 933 -133 1012 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 95 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 25 2012 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 7 2014.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 642 PM CDT OCTOBER 8 2014.......SUNRISE 714 AM CDT SUNSET 640 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL