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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
138 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24 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         43    424 PM  85    1940  60    -17       81       
  MINIMUM         28   1103 PM  20    2006  39    -11       65       
  AVERAGE         36                        50    -14       73      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.05 1967   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      2.21  -0.40     4.38    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.88                      6.00  -3.12     5.15    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.42                     32.70  -1.28    23.78    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        16     13        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  279                       283     -4      274       
  SINCE SEP 1    346                       393    -47      409       
  SINCE JUL 1    362                       404    -42      414       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        8       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                         9     24       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    199                       102     97       98       
  SINCE JAN 1   1014                       936     78     1235       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     45          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        88      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        23      1962                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 25 2013.......SUNRISE   733 AM CDT   SUNSET   614 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 26 2013.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   613 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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