790 CDUS43 KDMX 010650 RRB CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1248 AM CST FRI JAN 1 2016 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 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 28 422 PM 63 1965 32 -4 22 MINIMUM 16 1148 PM -13 1968 14 2 0 AVERAGE 22 23 -1 11 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.99 1931 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 4.13 1.37 2.76 0.98 SINCE DEC 1 4.13 1.37 2.76 0.98 SINCE JAN 1 40.30 37.07 3.23 44.04 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 43 42 1 54 MONTH TO DATE 846 1208 -362 1043 SINCE DEC 1 846 1207 -361 1043 SINCE JUL 1 1857 2505 -648 2551 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 933 938 -5 801 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 500 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 56 2004 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 14 -11 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2016.......SUNRISE 735 AM CST SUNSET 452 PM CST JANUARY 2 2016.......SUNRISE 735 AM CST SUNSET 452 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$