581 CDUS43 KDMX 210647 RRB CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 146 AM CDT TUE OCT 21 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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 69 303 PM 85 1947 62 7 62 MINIMUM 43 1151 PM 21 1960 40 3 33 AVERAGE 56 51 5 48 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.90 1929 0.09 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 3.51 1.84 1.67 1.74 SINCE SEP 1 7.67 5.63 2.04 2.81 SINCE JAN 1 38.96 32.33 6.63 31.92 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 14 -5 17 MONTH TO DATE 249 223 26 172 SINCE SEP 1 370 333 37 239 SINCE JUL 1 383 344 39 255 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 9 -9 33 SINCE SEP 1 68 102 -34 199 SINCE JAN 1 800 936 -136 1014 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 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 89 1000 PM LOWEST 39 200 PM AVERAGE 64 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 18 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 21 2014.......SUNRISE 728 AM CDT SUNSET 620 PM CDT OCTOBER 22 2014.......SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 619 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$