730 CDUS43 KDMX 170637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 45 245 PM 61 1990 31 14 20 MINIMUM 30 1139 PM -20 2009 13 17 -2 AVERAGE 38 22 16 9 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.91 1980 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.05 0.50 -0.45 0.66 SINCE DEC 1 2.68 1.87 0.81 2.02 SINCE JAN 1 0.05 0.50 -0.45 0.66 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 43 -16 56 MONTH TO DATE 548 682 -134 766 SINCE DEC 1 1537 1889 -352 2060 SINCE JUL 1 2733 3187 -454 3160 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1100 PM LOWEST 70 1200 AM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 59 1996 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -16 1982 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 508 PM CST JANUARY 18 2012.......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$