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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
141 AM CDT SAT OCT 19 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         49    324 PM  87    1950  63    -14       49       
  MINIMUM         39    722 AM  21    1948  41     -2       44       
  AVERAGE         44                        52     -8       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.25 1984   0.10  -0.10     0.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.66   0.08     3.70    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      5.45  -2.64     4.47    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.35                     32.15  -0.80    23.10    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        14      7       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  137                       195    -58      236       
  SINCE SEP 1    204                       305   -101      371       
  SINCE JUL 1    220                       316    -96      376       
                                                                     
 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    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      1924                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        17      1972                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 19 2013.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 20 2013.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 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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