213 CDUS43 KDMX 290631 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 128 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 55 258 PM 85 1910 55 0 72 MINIMUM 25 520 AM 8 1970 33 -8 41 AVERAGE 40 44 -4 57 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.68 1931 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.99 1.98 0.01 1.73 SINCE MAR 1 1.99 1.98 0.01 1.73 SINCE JAN 1 5.32 4.16 1.16 3.87 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 21 4 8 MONTH TO DATE 955 750 205 352 SINCE MAR 1 955 750 205 352 SINCE JUL 1 5482 5635 -153 4572 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 32 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 32 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 32 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 44 100 PM AVERAGE 65 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 88 1986 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 9 1969 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 29 2013.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 732 PM CDT MARCH 30 2013.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 733 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$