080 CDUS43 KDMX 240637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 135 AM CDT THU OCT 24 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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 44 1158 AM 83 1963 61 -17 74 MINIMUM 30 711 AM 21 1936 39 -9 65 AVERAGE 37 50 -13 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.55 2000 0.10 -0.10 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.81 2.12 -0.31 4.38 SINCE SEP 1 2.88 5.91 -3.03 5.15 SINCE JAN 1 31.42 32.61 -1.19 23.78 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 15 13 0 MONTH TO DATE 250 267 -17 274 SINCE SEP 1 317 377 -60 409 SINCE JUL 1 333 388 -55 414 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 33 9 24 7 SINCE SEP 1 199 102 97 90 SINCE JAN 1 1014 936 78 1227 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 45 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 85 1940 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 2006 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2013.......SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 616 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2013.......SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 614 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$