306 CDUS43 KDMX 010640 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1240 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 53 306 AM 72 1972 42 11 30 MINIMUM 33 1159 PM -2 1960 23 10 15 AVERAGE 43 32 11 23 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.28 MM MM 0.07 0.21 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.53 1.28 0.25 2.31 SINCE DEC 1 4.41 3.55 0.86 4.61 SINCE JAN 1 1.78 2.18 -0.40 3.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 33 -11 42 MONTH TO DATE 941 1094 -153 1092 SINCE DEC 1 3024 3620 -596 3842 SINCE JUL 1 4220 4918 -698 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 38 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 23.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 83 300 AM LOWEST 55 1200 PM AVERAGE 69 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 75 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 643 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$