943 CDUS43 KDMX 070638 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1235 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 72 325 PM 73 2000 44 28 36 MINIMUM 37 118 AM -11 1960 25 12 24 AVERAGE 55 35 20 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.10 1959 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.40 -0.22 0.25 SINCE MAR 1 0.18 0.40 -0.22 0.25 SINCE JAN 1 2.16 2.58 -0.42 3.50 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 30 -20 35 MONTH TO DATE 180 189 -9 191 SINCE MAR 1 180 189 -9 191 SINCE JUL 1 4400 5074 -674 5133 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 36 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 43 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 19.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 62 600 AM LOWEST 29 300 PM AVERAGE 46 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 77 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -5 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 632 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$