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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
105 AM CST SUN JAN 29 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 28 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         42    304 PM  59    2008  32     10       37
  MINIMUM         24    746 AM -20    1915  14     10       18
  AVERAGE         33                        23     10       28

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.98 2006   0.03  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.82  -0.57     0.88
  SINCE DEC 1      2.88                      2.19   0.69     2.24
  SINCE JAN 1      0.25                      0.82  -0.57     0.88

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       32                        42    -10       37
  MONTH TO DATE 1029                      1194   -165     1336
  SINCE DEC 1   2018                      2401   -383     2630
  SINCE JUL 1   3214                      3699   -485     3730

 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           300 AM
 LOWEST     38           300 PM
 AVERAGE    57

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        57      1988
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -20      1966

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 29 2012.......SUNRISE   724 AM CST   SUNSET   522 PM CST
JANUARY 30 2012.......SUNRISE   723 AM CST   SUNSET   524 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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