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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1228 AM CST WED FEB 13 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 12 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         44    249 PM  71    1990  35      9       31       
  MINIMUM         25    741 AM -13    1988  17      8        7       
  AVERAGE         35                        26      9       19      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.12 1906   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.77                      0.42   0.35     0.45    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.91                      2.69   1.22     3.45    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.29                      1.32   0.97     0.82    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       30                        39     -9       46       
  MONTH TO DATE  429                       485    -56      442       
  SINCE DEC 1   2627                      3009   -382     2525       
  SINCE JUL 1   3921                      4307   -386     3721       
                                                                     
 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    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     48           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   35        65      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17        -7      1986                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 13 2013......SUNRISE   706 AM CST   SUNSET   542 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 14 2013......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   543 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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