991 CDUS43 KDMX 020638 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 49 343 PM 75 1992 42 7 47 MINIMUM 29 720 AM -20 1962 23 6 20 AVERAGE 39 32 7 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.92 1991 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.07 -0.07 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.07 -0.07 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 1.78 2.25 -0.47 3.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 33 -7 31 MONTH TO DATE 26 33 -7 31 SINCE MAR 1 26 33 -7 31 SINCE JUL 1 4246 4918 -672 4973 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 700 AM LOWEST 56 300 PM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 74 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -11 1913 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST MARCH 3 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$