352 CDUS43 KDMX 051416 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 813 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 29 502 PM 78 1921 43 -14 48 MINIMUM 18 643 AM -8 1960 24 -6 31 AVERAGE 24 34 -10 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 2.79 1976 0.07 0.02 0.25 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.27 -0.09 0.25 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 0.27 -0.09 0.25 SINCE JAN 1 2.16 2.45 -0.29 3.50 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 31 10 25 MONTH TO DATE 132 128 4 119 SINCE MAR 1 132 128 4 119 SINCE JUL 1 4352 5013 -661 5061 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 500 AM LOWEST 77 100 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 75 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -15 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2012.........SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 6 2012.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$