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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1235 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 11 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         37    159 PM  62    1987  35      2       22       
  MINIMUM         29   1159 PM -17    1936  16     13        6       
  AVERAGE         33                        26      7       14      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.46 1999   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.77                      0.38   0.39     0.45    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.91                      2.65   1.26     3.45    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.29                      1.28   1.01     0.82    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        39     -7       51       
  MONTH TO DATE  399                       446    -47      396       
  SINCE DEC 1   2597                      2970   -373     2479       
  SINCE JUL 1   3891                      4268   -377     3675       
                                                                     
 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    35   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    46   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (250)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    20.1                                         

                                                                     
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    75          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     59          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        71      1990                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17       -13      1988                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 12 2013......SUNRISE   708 AM CST   SUNSET   541 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 13 2013......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   542 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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