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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1253 AM CST WED JAN 7 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 6 2015...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2015


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         14    639 PM  58    2012  32    -18       -3       
  MINIMUM         -6    814 AM -14    1924  14    -20      -13       
  AVERAGE          4                        22    -18       -8      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.14 1995   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      0.20  -0.12     0.19    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.06                      1.57  -0.51     0.85    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.08                      0.20  -0.12     0.19    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       61                        42     19       73       
  MONTH TO DATE  285                       252     33      349       
  SINCE DEC 1   1328                      1459   -131     1694       
  SINCE JUL 1   2836                      2757     79     3024       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    36   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    42   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    95          1000 AM                                     
 LOWEST     64           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        62      2008                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -16      1968                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  7 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   457 PM CST   
JANUARY  8 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   458 PM CST   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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