540 CDUS43 KDMX 140715 RRB CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 112 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13 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 55 147 PM 62 1975 35 20 35 MINIMUM 32 241 AM -11 1961 18 14 14 AVERAGE 44 26 18 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.80 1920 0.05 -0.05 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.69 -0.68 0.16 SINCE DEC 1 0.01 0.69 -0.68 0.16 SINCE JAN 1 40.14 36.39 3.75 36.48 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 39 -18 40 MONTH TO DATE 446 474 -28 571 SINCE DEC 1 446 474 -28 571 SINCE JUL 1 1954 1772 182 1901 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 801 938 -137 1014 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 77 100 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 61 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -10 1989 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 14 2014......SUNRISE 727 AM CST SUNSET 442 PM CST DECEMBER 15 2014......SUNRISE 728 AM CST SUNSET 442 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$