321 CDUS43 KDMX 280639 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 60 116 PM 86 1981 66 -6 56 MINIMUM 39 411 AM 25 1933 44 -5 44 AVERAGE 50 55 -5 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 2002 0.14 -0.14 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 8.59 3.00 5.59 3.43 SINCE MAR 1 10.61 5.24 5.37 5.73 SINCE JAN 1 13.94 7.42 6.52 7.87 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 10 5 15 MONTH TO DATE 511 406 105 314 SINCE MAR 1 1522 1217 305 695 SINCE JUL 1 6049 6102 -53 4915 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 12 SINCE MAR 1 0 8 -8 44 SINCE JAN 1 0 8 -8 44 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (120) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 57 1100 AM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2013.........SUNRISE 611 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 29 2013.........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$