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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
147 AM CDT THU OCT 10 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 9 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         74    259 PM  91    1938  66      8       61       
  MINIMUM         49   1131 PM  25    2000  43      6       37       
  AVERAGE         62                        55      7       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.65 1985   0.09  -0.09     0.05    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.47                      0.87   0.60     0.20    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.54                      4.66  -2.12     0.97    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.08                     31.36  -0.28    19.60    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        3                        11     -8       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   36                        84    -48      137       
  SINCE SEP 1    103                       194    -91      272       
  SINCE JUL 1    119                       205    -86      277       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   31                         9     22        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    197                       102     95       83       
  SINCE JAN 1   1012                       936     76     1220       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.9                                         

                                                                     
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    86           700 AM                                     
 LOWEST     35           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        89      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        25      2009                    
                                             1925                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 10 2013.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 11 2013.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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