612 CDUS43 KDMX 200656 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 156 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 19 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 77 413 PM 106 1913 84 -7 88 MINIMUM 53 555 AM 48 1950 62 -9 60 AVERAGE 65 73 -8 74 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.38 1949 0.15 -0.15 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.25 2.84 -0.59 1.39 SINCE JUN 1 6.39 12.40 -6.01 11.49 SINCE JAN 1 17.74 24.93 -7.19 26.17 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 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 9 MONTH TO DATE 120 169 -49 195 SINCE JUN 1 866 684 182 848 SINCE JAN 1 1020 748 272 931 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 400 AM LOWEST 43 1100 AM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 103 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 41 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 20 2012........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT AUGUST 21 2012........SUNRISE 626 AM CDT SUNSET 759 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$