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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
150 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31 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         63   1253 AM  85    1950  57      6       51       
  MINIMUM         41    719 PM  16    1925  37      4       28       
  AVERAGE         52                        47      5       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.29          2.00 1900   0.09   0.20     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.38                      2.83   1.55     4.49    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.45                      6.62  -1.17     5.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.10                     33.32   0.78    23.89    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       13                        18     -5       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  405                       402      3      443       
  SINCE SEP 1    472                       513    -41      578       
  SINCE JUL 1    488                       524    -36      583       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        11     22       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    199                       104     95       98       
  SINCE JAN 1   1014                       938     76     1235       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.0                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           400 AM                                     
 LOWEST     92          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    96                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   57        83      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        20      2006                    
                                             1923                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER  1 2013......SUNRISE   741 AM CDT   SUNSET   605 PM CDT   
NOVEMBER  2 2013......SUNRISE   742 AM CDT   SUNSET   604 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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