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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1229 AM CST THU FEB 16 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15 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         44   1254 PM  63    1984  36      8       42
  MINIMUM         26    740 AM -15    1930  18      8       30
  AVERAGE         35                        27      8       36

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.02          1.26 2003   0.04  -0.02     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.54  -0.03     0.79
  SINCE DEC 1      3.39                      2.81   0.58     3.09
  SINCE JAN 1      0.76                      1.44  -0.68     1.73

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       30                        38     -8       29
  MONTH TO DATE  538                       600    -62      676
  SINCE DEC 1   2621                      3124   -503     3426
  SINCE JUL 1   3817                      4422   -605     4526

 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    13   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    15   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100           600 PM
 LOWEST     76           200 PM
 AVERAGE    88

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        61      1981
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -17      1958


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 16 2012......SUNRISE   704 AM CST   SUNSET   545 PM CST
FEBRUARY 17 2012......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   546 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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