449 CDUS43 KDMX 030632 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 43 218 AM 89 1968 68 -25 75 MINIMUM 32R 1059 PM 32 2005 46 -14 60 1970 AVERAGE 38 57 -19 68 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.62 4.43 1993 0.15 0.47 0.47 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 0.29 0.33 0.50 SINCE MAR 1 11.23 5.93 5.30 6.84 SINCE JAN 1 14.56 8.11 6.45 8.98 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 9 18 0 MONTH TO DATE 33 18 15 5 SINCE MAR 1 1566 1263 303 744 SINCE JUL 1 6093 6148 -55 4964 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 3 SINCE MAR 1 12 13 -1 47 SINCE JAN 1 12 13 -1 47 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 20.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 70 200 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 2005 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2013...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT MAY 4 2013...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$