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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1232 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         39    331 PM  65    1930  38      1       38       
  MINIMUM         13   1240 AM -16    1929  19     -6       29       
  AVERAGE         26                        29     -3       34      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 1919   0.05  -0.05     0.79    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.78  -0.57     2.22    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.13                      3.05  -0.92     3.32    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.15                      1.68  -0.53     2.66    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       39                        36      3       31       
  MONTH TO DATE  928                       785    143      985       
  SINCE DEC 1   3207                      3309   -102     3820       
  SINCE JUL 1   4715                      4607    108     5150       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         

                                                                     
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    84          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     40           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        69      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20        -7      1963                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 21 2015......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   551 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 22 2015......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   552 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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