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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
200 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 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         57    428 PM  89    1930  66     -9       77       
  MINIMUM         30    625 AM  25    2009  43    -13       50       
                                      1925                          
  AVERAGE         44                        54    -10       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.43 1973   0.09  -0.09     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      0.96  -0.76     0.03    
  SINCE SEP 1      0.98                      4.75  -3.77     1.51    
  SINCE JAN 1     19.46                     31.45 -11.99    28.40    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                        11     10        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  158                        95     63       38       
  SINCE SEP 1    293                       205     88      206       
  SINCE JUL 1    298                       216     82      206       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         9     -9       22       
  SINCE SEP 1     83                       102    -19       87       
  SINCE JAN 1   1220                       936    284     1115       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.3                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

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

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     24           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    55                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        86      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        25      2009                    
                                             1987                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 11 2012.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 12 2012.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   633 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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