492 CDUS43 KDMX 090654 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 8 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 85 407 PM 115 1934 85 0 84 MINIMUM 64 1159 PM 48 1903 64 0 65 AVERAGE 75 74 1 75 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 2.00 1939 0.15 -0.06 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.35 1.15 -0.80 1.11 SINCE JUN 1 4.49 10.71 -6.22 11.21 SINCE JAN 1 15.84 23.24 -7.40 25.89 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE JUN 1 13 23 -10 15 SINCE JUL 1 0 2 -2 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 10 9 1 10 MONTH TO DATE 92 74 18 124 SINCE JUN 1 838 589 249 777 SINCE JAN 1 992 653 339 860 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1100 PM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 113 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 47 1927 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 9 2012........SUNRISE 614 AM CDT SUNSET 816 PM CDT AUGUST 10 2012........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 815 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$