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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
205 AM CDT FRI OCT 18 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         64    304 PM  87    1938  63      1       66       
  MINIMUM         41    345 AM  23    1943  41      0       48       
  AVERAGE         53                        52      1       57      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.26 1998   0.08  -0.08     0.12    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.56   0.18     3.44    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      5.35  -2.54     4.21    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.35                     32.05  -0.70    22.84    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        13     -1        8       
  MONTH TO DATE  116                       181    -65      218       
  SINCE SEP 1    183                       291   -108      353       
  SINCE JUL 1    199                       302   -103      358       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     32           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2013.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   624 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2013.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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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