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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
128 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 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         61    106 AM  90    1938  64     -3       66       
  MINIMUM         48   1159 PM  21    1937  42      6       39       
  AVERAGE         55                        53      2       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.13          1.02 1919   0.09   0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.74                      1.39   0.35     3.32    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.81                      5.18  -2.37     4.09    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.35                     31.88  -0.53    22.72    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        13     -3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE   87                       155    -68      210       
  SINCE SEP 1    154                       265   -111      345       
  SINCE JUL 1    170                       276   -106      350       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                         9     24        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    199                       102     97       83       
  SINCE JAN 1   1014                       936     78     1220       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.2                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     51           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    69                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        89      1935                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        27      2002                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2013.......SUNRISE   723 AM CDT   SUNSET   627 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2013.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 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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