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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1257 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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         18    441 PM  66    1930  39    -21       28
  MINIMUM         -7    615 AM  -8    1989  21    -28       17
  AVERAGE          6                        30    -24       23

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.26 1925   0.06  -0.06     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.21                      0.96  -0.75     2.22
  SINCE DEC 1      2.13                      3.23  -1.10     3.32
  SINCE JAN 1      1.15                      1.86  -0.71     2.66

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       59                        35     24       42
  MONTH TO DATE 1084                       892    192     1096
  SINCE DEC 1   3363                      3416    -53     3931
  SINCE JUL 1   4871                      4714    157     5261

 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    19   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    78           100 AM
 LOWEST     33           300 PM
 AVERAGE    56

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        78      1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        -4      1993


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 24 2015......SUNRISE   652 AM CST   SUNSET   555 PM CST
FEBRUARY 25 2015......SUNRISE   650 AM CST   SUNSET   556 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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