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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1246 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2015


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 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         24    615 PM  69    2003  31     -7       14       
  MINIMUM        -13   1227 AM -17    1942  13    -26        4       
  AVERAGE          6                        22    -16        9      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.18 1937   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      0.27  -0.19     0.19    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.06                      1.64  -0.58     0.85    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.08                      0.27  -0.19     0.19    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       59                        43     16       56       
  MONTH TO DATE  411                       338     73      466       
  SINCE DEC 1   1454                      1545    -91     1811       
  SINCE JUL 1   2962                      2843    119     3141       
                                                                     
 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    37   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    48   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    19.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  HAZE                                                               
  BLOWING SNOW                                                       

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           100 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        62      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   13       -17      1982                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  9 2015.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   459 PM CST   
JANUARY 10 2015.......SUNRISE   734 AM CST   SUNSET   500 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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