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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
131 AM CDT MON OCT 21 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20 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         62    408 PM  85    1947  62      0       58       
  MINIMUM         33    301 AM  21    1960  40     -7       42       
  AVERAGE         48                        51     -3       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.90 1929   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.84  -0.10     3.70    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      5.63  -2.82     4.47    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.35                     32.33  -0.98    23.10    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        14      3       15       
  MONTH TO DATE  172                       223    -51      268       
  SINCE SEP 1    239                       333    -94      403       
  SINCE JUL 1    255                       344    -89      408       
                                                                     
 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    SW (230)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         
                                                                     
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    83           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        87      1947                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        18      1930                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 21 2013.......SUNRISE   728 AM CDT   SUNSET   620 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 22 2013.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 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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