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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
159 AM CDT WED APR 16 2014

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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         45    455 PM  89    2002  62    -17       54       
  MINIMUM         22    507 AM  19    1928  39    -17       40       
  AVERAGE         34                        51    -17       47      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.00 1921   0.10  -0.10     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.49                      1.49   0.00     2.56    
  SINCE MAR 1      2.02                      3.73  -1.71     5.02    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.35                      5.91  -2.56     8.48    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       31                        15     16       18       
  MONTH TO DATE  283                       257     26      284       
  SINCE MAR 1   1262                      1068    194     1295       
  SINCE JUL 1   6774                      5953    821     5822       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    5                         0      5        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      5                         1      4        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      5                         1      4        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    81           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     36           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    59                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        88      2004                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        24      1961                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 16 2014.........SUNRISE   629 AM CDT   SUNSET   751 PM CDT   
APRIL 17 2014.........SUNRISE   627 AM CDT   SUNSET   752 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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