675 CDUS43 KDMX 170633 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST MON DEC 17 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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 42 1200 AM 67 1939 34 8 35 MINIMUM 30 1120 PM -19 1932 17 13 17 AVERAGE 36 26 10 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.86 1940 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.85 0.81 0.04 2.29 SINCE DEC 1 0.85 0.81 0.04 2.29 SINCE JAN 1 26.31 36.51 -10.20 34.86 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 29 40 -11 39 MONTH TO DATE 404 592 -188 554 SINCE DEC 1 404 592 -188 554 SINCE JUL 1 1698 1890 -192 1750 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1237 938 299 1116 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1100 PM LOWEST 82 1200 AM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 64 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 17 -12 1932 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 17 2012......SUNRISE 730 AM CST SUNSET 443 PM CST DECEMBER 18 2012......SUNRISE 730 AM CST SUNSET 443 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$