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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
148 AM CDT MON APR 16 2018

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2018

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         36   1234 AM  89    2002  62    -26       82       
  MINIMUM         28   1159 PM  19    1928  39    -11       58       
  AVERAGE         32                        51    -19       70      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          2.00 1921   0.10  -0.07     0.67    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.42                      1.49  -1.07     2.86    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.78                      3.73  -0.95     6.06    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.33                      5.91  -0.58     7.65    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       33                        15     18        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  416                       257    159      155       
  SINCE MAR 1   1272                      1068    204      882       
  SINCE JUL 1   5965                      5953     12     4689       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        5       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0       11       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         1     -1       11       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         1     -1       11       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.5                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     69           600 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    85                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        88      2004                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        24      1961                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 16 2018.........SUNRISE   629 AM CDT   SUNSET   751 PM CDT   
APRIL 17 2018.........SUNRISE   627 AM CDT   SUNSET   752 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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