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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
157 AM CDT MON OCT 5 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4 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         58    404 PM  96    1938  68    -10       52       
  MINIMUM         42    148 AM  23    1935  45     -3       34       
  AVERAGE         50                        57     -7       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.04 1959   0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.40  -0.40     0.98    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.26                      4.19   0.07     5.14    
  SINCE JAN 1     29.31                     30.89  -1.58    39.29    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       15                         9      6       22       
  MONTH TO DATE   51                        34     17       46       
  SINCE SEP 1    102                       144    -42      167       
  SINCE JUL 1    124                       155    -31      180       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         4     -4        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    197                        97    100       68       
  SINCE JAN 1    925                       931     -6      800       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     72          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        93      1963                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   45        31      2004                    
                                             1988                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  5 2015.......SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  6 2015.......SUNRISE   711 AM CDT   SUNSET   644 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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