795 CDUS43 KDMX 010632 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1232 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 31 324 PM 67 1972 42 -11 53 MINIMUM 23 708 AM -15 1962 23 0 29 AVERAGE 27 32 -5 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.06 1939 0.07 -0.07 0.05 MONTH TO DATE 1.06 1.28 -0.22 1.49 SINCE DEC 1 4.20 3.55 0.65 4.49 SINCE JAN 1 2.58 2.18 0.40 1.86 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 33 5 24 MONTH TO DATE 1035 1061 -26 919 SINCE DEC 1 3233 3587 -354 3002 SINCE JUL 1 4527 4885 -358 4198 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 88 300 AM LOWEST 75 900 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 75 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -20 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2013.........SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 601 PM CST MARCH 2 2013.........SUNRISE 642 AM CST SUNSET 602 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ SMALL