427 CDUS43 KDMX 170635 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 79 336 PM 91 1931 72 7 74 MINIMUM 58 408 AM 35 2011 51 7 47 AVERAGE 69 61 8 61 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 2.10 1896 0.16 -0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.40 2.36 0.04 1.96 SINCE MAR 1 13.00 8.00 5.00 8.30 SINCE JAN 1 16.33 10.18 6.15 10.44 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 5 -5 4 MONTH TO DATE 149 112 37 41 SINCE MAR 1 1682 1357 325 780 SINCE JUL 1 6209 6242 -33 5000 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 2 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 21 17 4 42 SINCE MAR 1 33 28 5 86 SINCE JAN 1 33 28 5 86 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 84 700 AM LOWEST 54 1100 AM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 90 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 36 2009 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2013...........SUNRISE 550 AM CDT SUNSET 823 PM CDT MAY 18 2013...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$