AFOS product CLIOTM
Dates interpreted at 00:00 UTC
Download date range (UTC midnight)
Bulk Download
864 
CDUS43 KDMX 190642
CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013


................................... 

...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 18 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         49   1000 AM  66    1930  37     12       41       
  MINIMUM         19   1159 PM -14    1936  19      0       22       
  AVERAGE         34                        28      6       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.65 2000   0.05   0.00     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      0.68   0.14     0.71    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.96                      2.95   1.01     3.71    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      1.58   0.76     1.08    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        37     -6       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  636                       712    -76      626       
  SINCE DEC 1   2834                      3236   -402     2709       
  SINCE JUL 1   4128                      4534   -406     3905       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
..................................................................


WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    36   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    44   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    18.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           300 PM                                     
 LOWEST     56          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    74                                                       

..........................................................

                                                                     
THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        72      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -23      1936                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 19 2013......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   549 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 20 2013......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   550 PM CST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




$$