491 CDUS43 KDMX 210640 RRC CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 138 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2015 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 20 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 62 446 PM 78 1938 51 11 55 MINIMUM 27 205 AM 8 1951 30 -3 28 AVERAGE 45 41 4 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1912 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 1.39 -1.31 0.56 SINCE MAR 1 0.08 1.39 -1.31 0.56 SINCE JAN 1 1.24 3.57 -2.33 3.37 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 24 -4 23 MONTH TO DATE 519 569 -50 680 SINCE MAR 1 519 569 -50 680 SINCE JUL 1 5650 5454 196 6193 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (190) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 32 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 88 1907 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 4 1951 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 21 2015.........SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 723 PM CDT MARCH 22 2015.........SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 724 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$