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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1249 AM CST THU FEB 14 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 13 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         50    352 PM  65    1938  35     15       31       
  MINIMUM         25    653 AM  -7    1986  17      8       26       
  AVERAGE         38                        26     12       29      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.24 1978   0.04  -0.04     0.24    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.77                      0.46   0.31     0.69    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.91                      2.73   1.18     3.69    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.29                      1.36   0.93     1.06    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       27                        39    -12       36       
  MONTH TO DATE  456                       524    -68      478       
  SINCE DEC 1   2654                      3048   -394     2561       
  SINCE JUL 1   3948                      4346   -398     3757       
                                                                     
 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    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (270)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         

                                                                     
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    88           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        69      1954                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   17        -6      1936                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 14 2013......SUNRISE   705 AM CST   SUNSET   543 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 15 2013......SUNRISE   704 AM CST   SUNSET   544 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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