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




$$