340 CDUS43 KDMX 050653 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 152 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 4 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 94 445 PM 103 1925 80 14 74 MINIMUM 68 550 AM 43 1974 58 10 50 AVERAGE 81 69 12 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.17 1971 0.14 -0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.56 -0.53 0.56 SINCE SEP 1 0.03 0.56 -0.53 0.56 SINCE JAN 1 18.51 27.26 -8.75 27.45 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 0 4 -4 3 SINCE SEP 1 0 4 -4 3 SINCE JUL 1 5 15 -10 3 COOLING YESTERDAY 16 5 11 0 MONTH TO DATE 44 22 22 46 SINCE SEP 1 44 22 22 46 SINCE JAN 1 1181 856 325 1074 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 AM LOWEST 39 500 PM AVERAGE 68 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 107 1913 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 42 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET SEPTEMBER 5 2012.....SUNRISE 641 AM CDT SUNSET 735 PM CDT SEPTEMBER 6 2012.....SUNRISE 642 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$