719 CDUS43 KDMX 250644 CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 140 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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 37 1159 PM 84 1910 53 -16 37 MINIMUM 30 709 AM 4 1974 31 -1 22 AVERAGE 34 42 -8 30 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.25 2.05 1920 0.07 0.18 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.42 1.67 -1.25 0.62 SINCE MAR 1 0.42 1.67 -1.25 0.62 SINCE JAN 1 1.58 3.85 -2.27 3.43 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 23 8 35 MONTH TO DATE 616 663 -47 808 SINCE MAR 1 616 663 -47 808 SINCE JUL 1 5747 5548 199 6321 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (100) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (100) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 PM LOWEST 75 900 AM AVERAGE 88 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 85 1910 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 3 1965 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2015.........SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 727 PM CDT MARCH 26 2015.........SUNRISE 703 AM CDT SUNSET 728 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$