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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1259 AM CST THU JAN 24 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         31    157 PM  64    1942  32     -1       36       
  MINIMUM          8   1159 PM -21    1963  13     -5       27       
  AVERAGE         20                        22     -2       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1898   0.03  -0.03     0.04    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.69  -0.56     0.36    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.75                      2.06  -0.31     2.99    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.13                      0.69  -0.56     0.36    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       45                        43      2       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  887                       983    -96      868       
  SINCE DEC 1   1902                      2190   -288     1857       
  SINCE JUL 1   3196                      3488   -292     3053       
                                                                     
 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    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        59      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   13       -16      1897                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 24 2013.......SUNRISE   727 AM CST   SUNSET   517 PM CST   
JANUARY 25 2013.......SUNRISE   726 AM CST   SUNSET   518 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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