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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
959 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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         80    405 PM  88    1949  68     12       57
  MINIMUM         66   1144 PM  24    2005  46     20       29
  AVERAGE         73                        57     16       43

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.11          2.08 1984   0.14  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.62                      0.43   0.19     0.00
  SINCE MAR 1      6.97                      6.07   0.90     5.73
  SINCE JAN 1      8.95                      8.25   0.70     8.98

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        0                         8     -8       22
  MONTH TO DATE    5                        26    -21       56
  SINCE MAR 1    744                      1271   -527     1300
  SINCE JUL 1   4964                      6156  -1192     6242

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        8                         1      7        0
  MONTH TO DATE   11                         3      8        0
  SINCE MAR 1     55                        14     41        5
  SINCE JAN 1     55                        14     41        5
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    32   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (180)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  THUNDERSTORM
  RAIN
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    93           400 AM
 LOWEST     54          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   69        88      1949
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        28      2005


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY  4 2012...........SUNRISE   603 AM CDT   SUNSET   810 PM CDT
MAY  5 2012...........SUNRISE   602 AM CDT   SUNSET   811 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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