040 CDUS43 KDMX 082114 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 100 AM CST SUN MAR 8 2015 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 54 128 PM 77 2000 45 9 50 MINIMUM 27 1148 PM -5 1943 25 2 29 AVERAGE 41 35 6 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.79 2009 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.47 -0.39 0.43 SINCE MAR 1 0.08 0.47 -0.39 0.43 SINCE JAN 1 1.24 2.65 -1.41 3.24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 30 -6 25 MONTH TO DATE 286 219 67 331 SINCE MAR 1 286 219 67 331 SINCE JUL 1 5417 5104 313 5844 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 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 78 1100 PM LOWEST 41 1000 AM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 75 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 -7 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2015.........SUNRISE 733 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT MARCH 9 2015.........SUNRISE 732 AM CDT SUNSET 710 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$