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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
130 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2012

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         80    424 PM 102    1983  83     -3       86
  MINIMUM         66   1159 PM  46    1934  61      5       56
  AVERAGE         73                        72      1       71

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.69          2.83 1944   0.15   0.54     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    2.99                      3.89  -0.90     1.39
  SINCE JUN 1      7.13                     13.45  -6.32    11.49
  SINCE JAN 1     18.48                     25.98  -7.50    26.17

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    5                         0      5        0
  SINCE JUN 1     18                        23     -5       15
  SINCE JUL 1      5                         2      3        0

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        8                         7      1        6
  MONTH TO DATE  178                       222    -44      261
  SINCE JUN 1    924                       737    187      914
  SINCE JAN 1   1078                       801    277      997
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (50)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.1

SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5

WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG

RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM
 LOWEST     71           500 PM
 AVERAGE    86

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   82       100      1936
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        47      1986

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 27 2012........SUNRISE   632 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 PM CDT
AUGUST 28 2012........SUNRISE   633 AM CDT   SUNSET   748 PM CDT

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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