284 CDUS43 KDMX 090642 RRB CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1242 AM CST SUN MAR 9 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 8 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 35 350 PM 75 1977 45 -10 41 MINIMUM 25 1159 PM -7 1943 26 -1 22 AVERAGE 30 36 -6 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.57 1998 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE T 0.54 -0.54 0.19 SINCE MAR 1 T 0.54 -0.54 0.19 SINCE JAN 1 1.33 2.72 -1.39 3.65 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 30 5 33 MONTH TO DATE 366 249 117 316 SINCE MAR 1 366 249 117 316 SINCE JUL 1 5878 5134 744 4843 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 (340) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 AM LOWEST 69 500 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... 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 2014.........SUNRISE 731 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT MARCH 10 2014.........SUNRISE 730 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. $$