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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1227 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 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         51    320 PM  68    2011  37     14       68
  MINIMUM         27    143 AM -20    1958  18      9       40
  AVERAGE         39                        28     11       54

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 2008   0.05  -0.05     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.63  -0.12     0.79
  SINCE DEC 1      3.39                      2.90   0.49     3.09
  SINCE JAN 1      0.76                      1.53  -0.77     1.73

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       26                        37    -11       11
  MONTH TO DATE  593                       675    -82      711
  SINCE DEC 1   2676                      3199   -523     3461
  SINCE JUL 1   3872                      4497   -625     4561

 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    33   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (230)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.9


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          1200 AM
 LOWEST     39           300 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        66      1930
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   19       -14      1936


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 18 2012......SUNRISE   701 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST
FEBRUARY 19 2012......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   548 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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