559 CDUS43 KDMX 090630 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1228 AM CST FRI MAR 9 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 48 414 PM 75 1977 45 3 41 MINIMUM 30 805 AM -7 1943 26 4 32 AVERAGE 39 36 3 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.57 1998 0.07 -0.07 0.71 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 0.54 -0.12 0.96 SINCE MAR 1 0.42 0.54 -0.12 0.96 SINCE JAN 1 2.40 2.72 -0.32 4.21 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 30 -4 28 MONTH TO DATE 220 249 -29 251 SINCE MAR 1 220 249 -29 251 SINCE JUL 1 4440 5134 -694 5193 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 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 300 AM LOWEST 31 500 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 71 1990 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -1 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 630 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST MARCH 10 2012.........SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$