139 CDUS43 KDMX 240641 RRA CLIOTM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1235 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2018 ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2018... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2018 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 40 333 PM 66 1930 39 1 51 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM -8 1989 21 6 38 AVERAGE 34 30 4 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.26 1925 0.06 -0.06 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 2.04 0.96 1.08 0.20 SINCE DEC 1 3.06 3.23 -0.17 2.72 SINCE JAN 1 2.36 1.86 0.50 1.35 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 35 -4 20 MONTH TO DATE 965 892 73 590 SINCE DEC 1 3456 3416 40 2885 SINCE JUL 1 4583 4714 -131 3678 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 64 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 78 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 -4 1993 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2018......SUNRISE 651 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2018......SUNRISE 650 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$