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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
126 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 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         48    201 PM  92    1963  67    -19       82
  MINIMUM         26    509 AM  22    1935  44    -18       50
  AVERAGE         37                        56    -19       66

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.94 1927   0.09  -0.09     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.15                      0.59  -0.44     0.00
  SINCE SEP 1      0.93                      4.38  -3.45     1.48
  SINCE JAN 1     19.41                     31.08 -11.67    28.37

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       28                        10     18        0
  MONTH TO DATE   79                        53     26       37
  SINCE SEP 1    214                       163     51      205
  SINCE JUL 1    219                       174     45      205

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        1
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         6     -6        4
  SINCE SEP 1     83                        99    -16       69
  SINCE JAN 1   1220                       933    287     1097
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    75           700 AM
 LOWEST     45           200 PM
 AVERAGE    60

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        95      1939
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        26      2000
                                             1952


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER  7 2012.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT
OCTOBER  8 2012.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   639 PM CDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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