AFOS product CLIOTM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download
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.                                          




$$