892 CDUS43 KDMX 290641 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1238 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 53 400 PM 67 1972 42 11 30 MINIMUM 29 221 AM -15 1962 23 6 15 AVERAGE 41 32 9 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.06 1939 0.07 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.25 1.28 -0.03 2.31 SINCE DEC 1 4.13 3.55 0.58 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 1.50 2.18 -0.68 3.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 33 -9 42 MONTH TO DATE 919 1061 -142 1092 SINCE DEC 1 3002 3587 -585 3842 SINCE JUL 1 4198 4885 -687 4942 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 700 PM LOWEST 52 300 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 72 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -2 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 645 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 643 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$