582 CDUS43 KDMX 280644 CLIOTM DSMCLIOTX 000 TTAA00 KDMX 280639 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1238 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 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 39 326 PM 72 1976 41 -2 32 MINIMUM 22 724 AM -23 1934 22 0 17 AVERAGE 31 32 -1 25 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1948 0.06 -0.06 0.36 MONTH TO DATE 1.20 1.21 -0.01 2.31 SINCE DEC 1 4.08 3.48 0.60 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 1.45 2.11 -0.66 3.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 34 33 1 40 MONTH TO DATE 895 1028 -133 1050 SINCE DEC 1 2978 3552 -574 3800 SINCE JUL 1 4174 4850 -676 4900 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 100 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 67 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -15 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2012......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$