473 CDUS43 KDMX 010645 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1243 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 43 325 PM 67 1972 42 1 31 MINIMUM 5 215 AM -15 1962 23 -18 23 AVERAGE 24 32 -8 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.06 1939 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 1.21 1.28 -0.07 1.83 SINCE DEC 1 1.67 3.55 -1.88 5.09 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 2.18 -0.85 3.46 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 41 33 8 38 MONTH TO DATE 1348 1061 287 1035 SINCE DEC 1 4182 3587 595 3233 SINCE JUL 1 5512 4885 627 4527 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 900 PM LOWEST 39 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 75 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2014.........SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST MARCH 2 2014.........SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$