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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1229 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31 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         20   1217 AM  71    1989  32    -12       60       
  MINIMUM          1   1159 PM -20    1996  14    -13       38       
  AVERAGE         11                        23    -12       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.29 1915   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.52                      0.90   0.62     0.37    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.14                      2.27   0.87     3.00    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.52                      0.90   0.62     0.37    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       54                        42     12       16       
  MONTH TO DATE 1183                      1320   -137     1094       
  SINCE DEC 1   2198                      2524   -326     2083       
  SINCE JUL 1   3492                      3822   -330     3279       
                                                                     
 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    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    16.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY SNOW                                                         
  SNOW                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    76           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        57      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -21      1918                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  1 2013......SUNRISE   720 AM CST   SUNSET   527 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  2 2013......SUNRISE   719 AM CST   SUNSET   528 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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