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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
101 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 18 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         63   1201 AM  75    1999  47     16       24       
  MINIMUM         42    818 PM   4    2014  29     13        4       
  AVERAGE         53                        38     15       14      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.27          1.50 1900   0.08   0.19     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.16                      1.53   0.63     0.27    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.82                      8.15  -0.33     7.94    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.54                     34.85  -1.31    42.09    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       12                        27    -15       51       
  MONTH TO DATE  249                       406   -157      556       
  SINCE SEP 1    640                       919   -279     1078       
  SINCE JUL 1    662                       930   -268     1091       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    205                       104    101       69       
  SINCE JAN 1    933                       938     -5      801       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    43   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    93          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     76          1000 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    85                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   47        79      1942                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         9      1937                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 19 2015......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   448 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 20 2015......SUNRISE   703 AM CST   SUNSET   447 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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