955 CDUS43 KDMX 150632 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 130 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 56 249 PM 81 2012 48 8 56 MINIMUM 32 1156 PM 0 1897 28 4 26 AVERAGE 44 38 6 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.78 1904 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.03 0.94 -0.91 1.87 SINCE MAR 1 0.03 0.94 -0.91 1.87 SINCE JAN 1 1.36 3.12 -1.76 5.33 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 27 -6 24 MONTH TO DATE 508 417 91 493 SINCE MAR 1 508 417 91 493 SINCE JUL 1 6020 5302 718 5020 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 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (330) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 1000 PM LOWEST 35 1200 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 80 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 10 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 15 2014.........SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT MARCH 16 2014.........SUNRISE 720 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$