310 CDUS43 KDMX 080632 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1231 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 50 134 PM 77 2000 45 5 32 MINIMUM 29 611 AM -5 1943 25 4 11 AVERAGE 40 35 5 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.79 2009 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.47 -0.47 0.19 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.47 -0.47 0.19 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 2.65 -1.32 3.65 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 30 -5 43 MONTH TO DATE 331 219 112 283 SINCE MAR 1 331 219 112 283 SINCE JUL 1 5843 5104 739 4810 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 N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 600 PM LOWEST 56 100 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 75 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -7 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2014.........SUNRISE 633 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST MARCH 9 2014.........SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$