422 CDUS43 KDMX 100628 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1226 AM CST SAT MAR 10 2012 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 9 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 46 418 PM 71 1990 46 0 37 MINIMUM 23 653 AM -1 1912 26 -3 33 AVERAGE 35 36 -1 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.80 1946 0.06 -0.06 0.04 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 0.60 -0.18 1.00 SINCE MAR 1 0.42 0.60 -0.18 1.00 SINCE JAN 1 2.40 2.78 -0.38 4.25 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 30 29 1 30 MONTH TO DATE 250 278 -28 281 SINCE MAR 1 250 278 -28 281 SINCE JUL 1 4470 5163 -693 5223 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 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 74 700 AM LOWEST 27 300 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 73 1917 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -12 1934 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 10 2012.........SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST MARCH 11 2012.........SUNRISE 727 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$