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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1230 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 19 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         26    318 PM  72    1930  38    -12       42       
  MINIMUM         10   1159 PM -23    1936  19     -9       22       
  AVERAGE         18                        28    -10       32      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             0.63 1994   0.05  -0.05     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      0.73   0.09     0.71    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.96                      3.00   0.96     3.71    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      1.63   0.71     1.08    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       47                        37     10       33       
  MONTH TO DATE  683                       749    -66      659       
  SINCE DEC 1   2881                      3273   -392     2742       
  SINCE JUL 1   4175                      4571   -396     3938       
                                                                     
 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    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    21.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    67           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     40           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    54                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        65      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -16      1929                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 20 2013......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   550 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 21 2013......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   552 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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