794 CDUS43 KDMX 150644 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 144 AM CDT FRI MAR 15 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 14 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 56 328 PM 81 2012 48 8 81 MINIMUM 26 116 AM 0 1897 28 -2 57 AVERAGE 41 38 3 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.78 1904 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.83 0.94 0.89 0.58 SINCE MAR 1 1.83 0.94 0.89 0.58 SINCE JAN 1 5.16 3.12 2.04 2.72 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 27 -3 0 MONTH TO DATE 493 417 76 302 SINCE MAR 1 493 417 76 302 SINCE JUL 1 5020 5302 -282 4522 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 4 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 4 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 4 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1000 PM LOWEST 43 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... 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 2013.........SUNRISE 721 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT MARCH 16 2013.........SUNRISE 719 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. $$