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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1231 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2015...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2015


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         37    409 PM  56    1998  32      5       31       
  MINIMUM         28   1159 PM -11    2014  14     14      -11       
  AVERAGE         33                        23     10       10      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          1.26 1973   0.03  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.10  -0.09     0.19    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.99                      1.47  -0.48     0.85    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.01                      0.10  -0.09     0.19    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       32                        42    -10       55       
  MONTH TO DATE  113                       126    -13      174       
  SINCE DEC 1   1156                      1333   -177     1519       
  SINCE JUL 1   2664                      2631     33     2849       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     3.9                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE                                       
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     76           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    88                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        65      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -28      1947                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  4 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   454 PM CST   
JANUARY  5 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   455 PM CST   

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

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