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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
110 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 8 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         41    318 PM  69    2003  31     10       15       
  MINIMUM         23    432 AM -17    1942  13     10       -2       
  AVERAGE         32                        22     10        7      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.18 1937   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.03                      0.27  -0.24     0.25    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.66                      1.64   1.02     1.61    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.03                      0.27  -0.24     0.25    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       33                        43    -10       58       
  MONTH TO DATE  250                       338    -88      354       
  SINCE DEC 1   1239                      1545   -306     1648       
  SINCE JUL 1   2435                      2843   -408     2748       
                                                                     
 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     8   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED     9   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (40)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     1.4                                         

                                                                     
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    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     54           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    73                                                       

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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 2012.......SUNRISE   735 AM CST   SUNSET   459 PM CST   
JANUARY 10 2012.......SUNRISE   735 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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