289 CDUS43 KDMX 180650 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1250 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 17 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 31 216 AM 59 1996 31 0 35 MINIMUM 4 1135 PM -16 1982 13 -9 20 AVERAGE 18 22 -4 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 0.66 1996 0.03 0.04 0.15 MONTH TO DATE 0.12 0.53 -0.41 0.81 SINCE DEC 1 2.75 1.90 0.85 2.17 SINCE JAN 1 0.12 0.53 -0.41 0.81 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 47 43 4 37 MONTH TO DATE 595 725 -130 803 SINCE DEC 1 1584 1932 -348 2097 SINCE JUL 1 2780 3230 -450 3197 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 56 500 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 60 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 13 -22 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 18 2012.......SUNRISE 732 AM CST SUNSET 509 PM CST JANUARY 19 2012.......SUNRISE 731 AM CST SUNSET 510 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$