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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                             
130 AM CDT SAT OCT 24 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 23 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         66   1159 PM  83    1963  61      5       67       
  MINIMUM         55    801 AM  21    1936  39     16       42       
  AVERAGE         61                        50     11       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.38          1.55 2000   0.10   0.28     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.41                      2.12  -1.71     3.51    
  SINCE SEP 1      4.67                      5.91  -1.24     7.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     30.39                     32.61  -2.22    41.82    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        4                        15    -11       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  190                       267    -77      288       
  SINCE SEP 1    241                       377   -136      409       
  SINCE JUL 1    263                       388   -125      422       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         9     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    205                       102    103       68       
  SINCE JAN 1    933                       936     -3      800       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (190)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     67           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    84                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   60        85      1940                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   39        20      2006                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 24 2015.......SUNRISE   731 AM CDT   SUNSET   616 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 25 2015.......SUNRISE   732 AM CDT   SUNSET   615 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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