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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1233 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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         33    418 PM  61    1981  36     -3       46       
  MINIMUM         11    515 AM -17    1958  18     -7       26       
  AVERAGE         22                        27     -5       36      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 1911   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.77                      0.58   0.19     0.71    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.91                      2.85   1.06     3.71    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.29                      1.48   0.81     1.08    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       43                        38      5       29       
  MONTH TO DATE  570                       638    -68      567       
  SINCE DEC 1   2768                      3162   -394     2650       
  SINCE JUL 1   4062                      4460   -398     3846       
                                                                     
 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    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.7                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        68      2011                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -20      1958                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2013......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 18 2013......SUNRISE   700 AM CST   SUNSET   548 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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