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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
100 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 20 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         24    344 PM  65    1930  38    -14       48       
  MINIMUM          1    711 AM -16    1929  19    -18       25       
  AVERAGE         13                        29    -16       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.60 1919   0.05  -0.05      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.82                      0.78   0.04     0.71    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.96                      3.05   0.91     3.71    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.34                      1.68   0.66     1.08    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       52                        36     16       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  735                       785    -50      687       
  SINCE DEC 1   2933                      3309   -376     2770       
  SINCE JUL 1   4227                      4607   -380     3966       
                                                                     
 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     N (350)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     44           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        69      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20        -7      1963                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 21 2013......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   552 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 22 2013......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   553 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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