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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
132 AM CDT TUE OCT 22 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 21 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         50    402 PM  87    1947  62    -12       76       
  MINIMUM         31    558 AM  18    1930  40     -9       42       
  AVERAGE         41                        51    -10       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.25 1900   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.93  -0.19     3.70    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      5.72  -2.91     4.47    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.35                     32.42  -1.07    23.10    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        14     10        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  196                       237    -41      274       
  SINCE SEP 1    263                       347    -84      409       
  SINCE JUL 1    279                       358    -79      414       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        86      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        22      1976                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 22 2013.......SUNRISE   729 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 23 2013.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   617 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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