574 CDUS43 KDMX 130634 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 132 AM CDT WED MAR 13 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 12 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 35 248 PM 79 1990 47 -12 62 MINIMUM 24 653 AM -6 1948 27 -3 44 AVERAGE 30 37 -7 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 2.20 1939 0.07 -0.07 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 0.81 1.02 0.58 SINCE MAR 1 1.83 0.81 1.02 0.58 SINCE JAN 1 5.16 2.99 2.17 2.72 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 35 28 7 12 MONTH TO DATE 432 363 69 292 SINCE MAR 1 432 363 69 292 SINCE JUL 1 4959 5248 -289 4512 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 (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 81 1200 AM LOWEST 58 600 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 77 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 4 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 13 2013.........SUNRISE 724 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT MARCH 14 2013.........SUNRISE 723 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$