837 CDUS43 KDMX 040644 RRC CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 142 AM CDT WED APR 4 2018 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 39 1131 AM 86 2011 58 -19 54 MINIMUM 23 1159 PM 11 1936 35 -12 49 AVERAGE 31 46 -15 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 1.24 1957 0.09 -0.01 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.27 -0.19 0.55 SINCE MAR 1 2.44 2.51 -0.07 3.75 SINCE JAN 1 4.99 4.69 0.30 5.34 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 19 15 13 MONTH TO DATE 112 58 54 47 SINCE MAR 1 968 869 99 774 SINCE JUL 1 5661 5754 -93 4581 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 1 -1 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 100 AM LOWEST 72 800 PM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 85 1929 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 15 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2018.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 738 PM CDT APRIL 5 2018.........SUNRISE 646 AM CDT SUNSET 739 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$