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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1240 AM CST WED FEB 1 2012

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31 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         60    339 PM  71    1989  32     28       27       
  MINIMUM         38   1159 PM -20    1996  14     24       20       
  AVERAGE         49                        23     26       24      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.29 1915   0.03  -0.03     0.06    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.25                      0.90  -0.65     0.94    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.88                      2.27   0.61     2.30    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.25                      0.90  -0.65     0.94    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       16                        42    -26       41       
  MONTH TO DATE 1094                      1320   -226     1456       
  SINCE DEC 1   2083                      2524   -441     2750       
  SINCE JUL 1   3279                      3822   -543     3850       
                                                                     
 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    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.3                                         

                                                                     
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    86           800 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   33        57      1987                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   14       -21      1918                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY  1 2012......SUNRISE   721 AM CST   SUNSET   526 PM CST   
FEBRUARY  2 2012......SUNRISE   720 AM CST   SUNSET   527 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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