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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
132 AM CDT THU OCT 17 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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         51    234 PM  89    1935  63    -12       78       
  MINIMUM         44   1159 PM  27    2002  41      3       51       
  AVERAGE         48                        52     -4       65      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.40 1913   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.48   0.26     3.32    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      5.27  -2.46     4.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.35                     31.97  -0.62    22.72    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        13      4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  104                       168    -64      210       
  SINCE SEP 1    171                       278   -107      345       
  SINCE JUL 1    187                       289   -102      350       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                         9     24        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    199                       102     97       83       
  SINCE JAN 1   1014                       936     78     1220       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    82           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     71           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    77                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        23      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2013.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2013.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 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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