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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
131 AM CDT SAT OCT 26 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 25 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         55    302 PM  88    1927  60     -5       72       
  MINIMUM         25    631 AM  23    1962  39    -14       38       
  AVERAGE         40                        49     -9       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.00 1899   0.08  -0.08     0.11    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      2.29  -0.48     4.49    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.88                      6.08  -3.20     5.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.42                     32.78  -1.36    23.89    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        16      9       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  304                       299      5      284       
  SINCE SEP 1    371                       409    -38      419       
  SINCE JUL 1    387                       420    -33      424       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (230)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.4                                         

                                                                     
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    85          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     30           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    58                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        88      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        18      1942                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 26 2013.......SUNRISE   734 AM CDT   SUNSET   613 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 27 2013.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   611 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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