337 CDUS43 KDMX 090639 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1236 AM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 41 244 PM 75 1977 45 -4 48 MINIMUM 22 631 AM -7 1943 26 -4 30 AVERAGE 32 36 -4 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.57 1998 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.15 0.54 -0.39 0.42 SINCE MAR 1 0.15 0.54 -0.39 0.42 SINCE JAN 1 3.48 2.72 0.76 2.56 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 30 3 26 MONTH TO DATE 316 249 67 220 SINCE MAR 1 316 249 67 220 SINCE JUL 1 4843 5134 -291 4440 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 600 AM LOWEST 64 1200 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... 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 2013.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST MARCH 10 2013.........SUNRISE 729 AM CDT SUNSET 711 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$