669 CDUS43 KDMX 220642 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 137 AM CDT WED APR 22 2015 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 60 212 PM 89 1980 64 -4 71 MINIMUM 33 540 AM 25 1934 42 -9 49 AVERAGE 47 53 -6 60 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.38 1972 0.12 -0.12 0.16 MONTH TO DATE 1.91 2.21 -0.30 1.98 SINCE MAR 1 2.37 4.45 -2.08 3.00 SINCE JAN 1 3.53 6.63 -3.10 5.81 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 13 5 5 MONTH TO DATE 223 338 -115 347 SINCE MAR 1 990 1149 -159 1326 SINCE JUL 1 6121 6034 87 6839 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 1 0 8 SINCE MAR 1 1 2 -1 8 SINCE JAN 1 1 2 -1 8 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 64 600 AM LOWEST 24 1100 AM AVERAGE 44 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 89 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 25 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 22 2015.........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 757 PM CDT APRIL 23 2015.........SUNRISE 619 AM CDT SUNSET 758 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$