946 CDUS43 KDMX 030637 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 40 534 PM 74 1983 43 -3 34 MINIMUM 30 1028 PM -11 1913 23 7 17 AVERAGE 35 33 2 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.02 1970 0.06 0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.09 0.13 -0.04 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.09 0.13 -0.04 0.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.07 2.31 -0.24 3.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 32 -2 39 MONTH TO DATE 56 65 -9 70 SINCE MAR 1 56 65 -9 70 SINCE JUL 1 4276 4950 -674 5012 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 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (270) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 AM LOWEST 64 600 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 79 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -4 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2012.........SUNRISE 640 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 605 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$