196 CDUS43 KDMX 030637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 134 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2018 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 83 244 PM 89 1968 68 15 63 MINIMUM 61 741 PM 32 2013 46 15 39 2005 1970 AVERAGE 72 57 15 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.25 4.43 1993 0.15 1.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 0.29 0.96 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 4.08 5.93 -1.85 8.28 SINCE JAN 1 6.63 8.11 -1.48 9.87 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 9 -9 14 MONTH TO DATE 0 18 -18 32 SINCE MAR 1 1498 1263 235 1069 SINCE JUL 1 6191 6148 43 4876 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 14 2 12 0 SINCE MAR 1 18 13 5 15 SINCE JAN 1 18 13 5 15 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 35 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 57 1200 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 88 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 24 2005 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2018...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT MAY 4 2018...........SUNRISE 604 AM CDT SUNSET 810 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$