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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
144 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 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         95    418 PM 101    1911  85     10       79       
  MINIMUM         72    506 AM  49    1924  64      8       68       
  AVERAGE         84                        75      9       74      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.25 1896   0.16  -0.16     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.08                      0.48  -0.40     0.02    
  SINCE JUN 1      3.32                      5.57  -2.25     9.22    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.67                     18.10  -3.43    23.90    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JUN 1     13                        21     -8       15       
  SINCE JUL 1      0                         0      0        0       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        10      9        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   52                        30     22       44       
  SINCE JUN 1    290                       231     59      228       
  SINCE JAN 1    444                       295    149      311       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (220)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    22   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (200)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     39           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   85       108      1936                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        49      1940                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JULY  4 2012..........SUNRISE   543 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT   
JULY  5 2012..........SUNRISE   544 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 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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