177 CDUS43 KDMX 170651 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 151 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 78 310 AM 106 1936 84 -6 78 MINIMUM 53 1132 PM 51 1992 63 -10 59 AVERAGE 66 73 -7 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.61 2.22 2009 0.17 0.44 0.20 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.37 -0.12 1.31 SINCE JUN 1 6.39 11.93 -5.54 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 17.74 24.46 -6.72 26.09 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 1 8 -7 4 MONTH TO DATE 120 145 -25 165 SINCE JUN 1 866 660 206 818 SINCE JAN 1 1020 724 296 901 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 800 AM LOWEST 49 500 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 104 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 63 49 1897 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 17 2012........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT AUGUST 18 2012........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$