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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
227 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2014

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         67    335 PM  90    1938  64      3       61       
  MINIMUM         41   1159 PM  21    1937  42     -1       48       
  AVERAGE         54                        53      1       55      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.02 1919   0.09  -0.09     0.13    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      1.39   2.12     1.74    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.67                      5.18   2.49     2.81    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.96                     31.88   7.08    31.92    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       11                        13     -2       10       
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       155     33       87       
  SINCE SEP 1    309                       265     44      154       
  SINCE JUL 1    322                       276     46      170       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         9     -9       33       
  SINCE SEP 1     68                       102    -34      199       
  SINCE JAN 1    800                       936   -136     1014       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89          1100 PM                                     
 LOWEST     32           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    61                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        89      1935                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        27      2002                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 16 2014.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 17 2014.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 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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