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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2018

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM          9    753 PM  65    1939  32    -23       17       
  MINIMUM         -6    516 AM -28    1947  14    -20        7       
  AVERAGE          2                        23    -21       12      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.82 1910   0.03  -0.03     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.13  -0.13     0.10    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.70                      1.50  -0.80     1.47    
  SINCE JAN 1      T                         0.13  -0.13     0.10    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       63                        42     21       53       
  MONTH TO DATE  258                       168     90      160       
  SINCE DEC 1   1453                      1375     78     1316       
  SINCE JUL 1   2580                      2673    -93     2109       
                                                                     
 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    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    79           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     63           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        65      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -20      1924                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY  5 2018.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   456 PM CST   
JANUARY  6 2018.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   457 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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