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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1241 AM CST MON FEB 17 2014

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         28   1208 AM  61    1981  36     -8       33       
  MINIMUM         21   1005 AM -17    1958  18      3       11       
  AVERAGE         25                        27     -2       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.50 1911   0.04  -0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.19                      0.58  -0.39     0.79    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.65                      2.85  -2.20     4.05    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.31                      1.48  -1.17     2.42    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       40                        38      2       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  868                       638    230      570       
  SINCE DEC 1   3702                      3162    540     2768       
  SINCE JUL 1   5032                      4460    572     4062       
                                                                     
 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    22   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.4                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    88           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     68          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        68      2011                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -20      1958                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 17 2014......SUNRISE   702 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 18 2014......SUNRISE   700 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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