499 CDUS43 KDMX 190638 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 18 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 1247 PM 109 1936 84 -8 87 MINIMUM 47R 555 AM 50 1963 62 -15 59 AVERAGE 62 73 -11 73 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.88 2004 0.16 -0.16 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.69 -0.44 1.39 SINCE JUN 1 6.39 12.25 -5.86 11.49 SINCE JAN 1 17.74 24.78 -7.04 26.17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 0 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 5 0 5 0 SINCE JUN 1 18 23 -5 15 SINCE JUL 1 5 2 3 0 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 8 MONTH TO DATE 120 161 -41 186 SINCE JUN 1 866 676 190 839 SINCE JAN 1 1020 740 280 922 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 13 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 17 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 600 AM LOWEST 31 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 84 106 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 48 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 19 2012........SUNRISE 624 AM CDT SUNSET 802 PM CDT AUGUST 20 2012........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$