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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
150 AM CDT WED OCT 28 2015

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27 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         51   1057 PM  87    1927  59     -8       77       
  MINIMUM         44    328 AM  19    1936  38      6       55       
  AVERAGE         48                        48      0       66      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.68          0.90 1939   0.10   0.58     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.09                      2.48  -1.39     3.51    
  SINCE SEP 1      5.35                      6.27  -0.92     7.67    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.07                     32.97  -1.90    41.82    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       17                        17      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  255                       332    -77      314       
  SINCE SEP 1    306                       442   -136      435       
  SINCE JUL 1    328                       453   -125      448       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        1       
  MONTH TO DATE    8                         9     -1        1       
  SINCE SEP 1    205                       102    103       69       
  SINCE JAN 1    933                       936     -3      801       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (100)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (100)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          1200 PM                                     
 LOWEST     66          1200 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        84      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        12      1925                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 28 2015.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   611 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 29 2015.......SUNRISE   737 AM CDT   SUNSET   609 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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