895 CDUS43 KDMX 030716 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 114 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 2 154 AM 74 1983 43 -41 26 MINIMUM -6 1159 PM -11 1913 23 -29 7 AVERAGE -2 33 -35 17 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.02 1970 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.13 -0.13 0.03 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.13 -0.13 0.03 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 2.31 -0.98 3.49 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 67 32 35 48 MONTH TO DATE 120 65 55 88 SINCE MAR 1 120 65 55 88 SINCE JUL 1 5632 4950 682 4615 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 1200 AM LOWEST 51 300 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 79 1983 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -4 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2014.........SUNRISE 641 AM CST SUNSET 603 PM CST MARCH 4 2014.........SUNRISE 639 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$