740 CDUS43 KDMX 160639 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 139 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 15 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 88 445 PM 105 1936 84 4 84 MINIMUM 59 539 AM 45 2004 63 -4 56 AVERAGE 74 73 1 70 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 1902 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.64 2.20 -0.56 1.11 SINCE JUN 1 5.78 11.76 -5.98 11.21 SINCE JAN 1 17.13 24.29 -7.16 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 9 9 0 5 MONTH TO DATE 119 137 -18 161 SINCE JUN 1 865 652 213 814 SINCE JAN 1 1019 716 303 897 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 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 84 200 AM LOWEST 36 400 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 106 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 51 1992 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 16 2012........SUNRISE 621 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT AUGUST 17 2012........SUNRISE 622 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. $$