381 CDUS43 KDMX 260632 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT THU APR 26 2018 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25 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 66 351 PM 89 1986 66 0 76 MINIMUM 42 1152 PM 23 1934 43 -1 55 AVERAGE 54 54 0 66 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.09 1904 0.13 -0.13 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 2.73 -2.26 3.11 SINCE MAR 1 2.83 4.97 -2.14 6.31 SINCE JAN 1 5.38 7.15 -1.77 7.90 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 11 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 594 385 209 215 SINCE MAR 1 1450 1196 254 942 SINCE JUL 1 6143 6081 62 4749 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 1 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 15 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 15 SINCE JAN 1 0 6 -6 15 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 500 AM LOWEST 25 600 PM AVERAGE 48 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1926 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 26 2018.........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT APRIL 27 2018.........SUNRISE 613 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$