998 CDUS43 KDMX 260649 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 148 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 59 453 PM 89 1986 66 -7 80 MINIMUM 32 527 AM 23 1934 43 -11 50 AVERAGE 46 54 -8 65 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.09 1904 0.13 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 8.59 2.73 5.86 3.19 SINCE MAR 1 10.61 4.97 5.64 5.49 SINCE JAN 1 13.94 7.15 6.79 7.63 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 11 8 0 MONTH TO DATE 489 385 104 293 SINCE MAR 1 1500 1196 304 674 SINCE JUL 1 6027 6081 -54 4894 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 12 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 44 SINCE JAN 1 0 6 -6 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 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 82 300 AM LOWEST 33 400 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2013.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT APRIL 27 2013.........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$