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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1242 AM CST MON NOV 12 2012


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 11 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         65    320 AM  76    1964  52     13       56
  MINIMUM         25   1159 PM   5    1986  32     -7       26
  AVERAGE         45                        42      3       41

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        1.28R         0.76 1982   0.08   1.20     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.49                      0.96   0.53     2.67
  SINCE SEP 1      6.76                      7.58  -0.82     5.28
  SINCE JAN 1     25.24                     34.28  -9.04    32.17

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       20                        23     -3       24
  MONTH TO DATE  214                       229    -15      227
  SINCE SEP 1    792                       742     50      730
  SINCE JUL 1    797                       753     44      730

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         0      2        0
  SINCE SEP 1    100                       104     -4       88
  SINCE JAN 1   1237                       938    299     1116
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  HEAVY RAIN
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  LT FREEZING RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    96          1000 AM
 LOWEST     60          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    78

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        71      1944
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32         8      1986


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
NOVEMBER 12 2012......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   453 PM CST
NOVEMBER 13 2012......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   452 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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