541 CDUS43 KDMX 090642 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 73 420 PM 89 1931 60 13 66 MINIMUM 51 618 AM 18 1972 37 14 33 AVERAGE 62 48 14 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 1.42 2008 0.10 0.18 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.29 0.75 -0.46 0.21 SINCE MAR 1 2.31 2.99 -0.68 2.51 SINCE JAN 1 5.64 5.17 0.47 4.65 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 17 -14 15 MONTH TO DATE 163 147 16 76 SINCE MAR 1 1174 958 216 457 SINCE JUL 1 5701 5843 -142 4677 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 10 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 42 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 42 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (130) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (130) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 53 300 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 18 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2013.........SUNRISE 640 AM CDT SUNSET 744 PM CDT APRIL 10 2013.........SUNRISE 638 AM CDT SUNSET 745 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$