658 CDUS43 KDMX 180654 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 154 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 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 76 344 PM 104 1988 84 -8 88 MINIMUM 49R 1138 PM 49 1897 63 -14 67 AVERAGE 63 73 -10 78 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.73 1941 0.16 -0.16 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.53 -0.28 1.31 SINCE JUN 1 6.39 12.09 -5.70 11.41 SINCE JAN 1 17.74 24.62 -6.88 26.09 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 0 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 0 2 0 SINCE JUN 1 15 23 -8 15 SINCE JUL 1 2 2 0 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 13 MONTH TO DATE 120 153 -33 178 SINCE JUN 1 866 668 198 831 SINCE JAN 1 1020 732 288 914 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 500 AM LOWEST 33 500 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 109 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 50 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 18 2012........SUNRISE 623 AM CDT SUNSET 803 PM CDT AUGUST 19 2012........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$