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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1248 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 7 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         40    147 AM  61    1987  34      6       32       
  MINIMUM         30   1159 PM -18    1905  15     15       26       
  AVERAGE         35                        24     11       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.51          0.70 1901   0.03   0.48     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.52                      0.22   0.30     0.45    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.66                      2.49   1.17     3.45    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.04                      1.12   0.92     0.82    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       30                        40    -10       36       
  MONTH TO DATE  278                       287     -9      217       
  SINCE DEC 1   2476                      2811   -335     2300       
  SINCE JUL 1   3770                      4109   -339     3496       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     76          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    88                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   34        62      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   16       -18      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  8 2013......SUNRISE   713 AM CST   SUNSET   536 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  9 2013......SUNRISE   711 AM CST   SUNSET   537 PM CST   

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

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