963 CDUS43 KDMX 280640 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1238 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 14 422 PM 72 1976 41 -27 20 MINIMUM -10 724 AM -23 1934 22 -32 0 AVERAGE 2 32 -30 10 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1948 0.06 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.22 1.21 -0.99 2.33 SINCE DEC 1 2.14 3.48 -1.34 3.43 SINCE JAN 1 1.16 2.11 -0.95 2.77 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 63 33 30 55 MONTH TO DATE 1288 1028 260 1307 SINCE DEC 1 3567 3552 15 4142 SINCE JUL 1 5075 4850 225 5472 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 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 12 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 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 87 1000 AM LOWEST 55 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 42 67 1972 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -15 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 28 2015......SUNRISE 646 AM CST SUNSET 559 PM CST MARCH 1 2015.........SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 600 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$