250 CDUS43 KDMX 220638 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 131 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 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 65 401 PM 89 1980 64 1 54 MINIMUM 39 141 AM 25 1934 42 -3 32 AVERAGE 52 53 -1 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.38 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 8.46 2.21 6.25 2.86 SINCE MAR 1 10.48 4.45 6.03 5.16 SINCE JAN 1 13.81 6.63 7.18 7.30 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 13 0 22 MONTH TO DATE 413 338 75 258 SINCE MAR 1 1424 1149 275 639 SINCE JUL 1 5951 6034 -83 4859 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 1 -1 12 SINCE MAR 1 0 2 -2 44 SINCE JAN 1 0 2 -2 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 1200 AM LOWEST 44 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2013.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 23 2013.........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$