656 CDUS43 KDMX 060636 RRC CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1235 AM CST THU MAR 6 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 5 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 25 319 PM 75 1921 44 -19 31 MINIMUM 20 1159 PM -15 1960 24 -4 27 AVERAGE 23 34 -11 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.30 2006 0.07 -0.07 0.14 MONTH TO DATE T 0.34 -0.34 0.19 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.34 -0.34 0.19 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 2.52 -1.19 3.65 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 42 31 11 36 MONTH TO DATE 268 159 109 199 SINCE MAR 1 268 159 109 199 SINCE JUL 1 5780 5044 736 4726 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 100 PM LOWEST 68 1200 AM AVERAGE 78 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 73 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 -11 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 6 2014.........SUNRISE 636 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST MARCH 7 2014.........SUNRISE 635 AM CST SUNSET 608 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$