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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
235 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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         62   1259 PM  87    1938  63     -1       64       
  MINIMUM         48    819 PM  23    1943  41      7       41       
  AVERAGE         55                        52      3       53      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.26 1998   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      1.56   1.95     1.74    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.67                      5.35   2.32     2.81    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.96                     32.05   6.91    31.92    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        13     -3       12       
  MONTH TO DATE  207                       181     26      116       
  SINCE SEP 1    328                       291     37      183       
  SINCE JUL 1    341                       302     39      199       
                                                                     
 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    77           800 PM                                     
 LOWEST     53           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    65                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      1950                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        21      1948                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 18 2014.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 19 2014.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   623 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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