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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1237 AM CST MON NOV 12 2018

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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         44    303 PM  76    1964  52     -8       46       
  MINIMUM         26    733 AM   5    1986  32     -6       34       
  AVERAGE         35                        42     -7       40      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.28 2012   0.08  -0.08     0.09    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.39                      0.96   0.43     0.09    
  SINCE SEP 1     11.46                      7.58   3.88     8.19    
  SINCE JAN 1     33.92                     34.28  -0.36    24.03    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       30                        23      7       25       
  MONTH TO DATE  307                       229     78      304       
  SINCE SEP 1    824                       742     82      657       
  SINCE JUL 1    824                       753     71      657       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    187                       104     83      195       
  SINCE JAN 1   1309                       938    371     1120       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.6                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        71      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         8      1986                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 12 2018......SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   453 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 13 2018......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   453 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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