631 CDUS43 KDMX 280632 RRE CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT SAT APR 28 2018 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 27 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 77 242 PM 86 1981 66 11 57 MINIMUM 39 532 AM 25 1933 44 -5 37 AVERAGE 58 55 3 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.84 2002 0.14 -0.14 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.47 3.00 -2.53 3.34 SINCE MAR 1 2.83 5.24 -2.41 6.54 SINCE JAN 1 5.38 7.42 -2.04 8.13 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 10 -3 18 MONTH TO DATE 613 406 207 248 SINCE MAR 1 1469 1217 252 975 SINCE JUL 1 6162 6102 60 4782 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 15 SINCE MAR 1 0 8 -8 15 SINCE JAN 1 0 8 -8 15 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 37 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 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 21 100 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 90 1970 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 28 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 28 2018.........SUNRISE 612 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT APRIL 29 2018.........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$