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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 13 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         69    546 PM  88    1975  65      4       70
  MINIMUM         52   1250 AM  28    2006  42     10       48
                                      2002
                                      1979
  AVERAGE         61                        53      8       59

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        1.47R         0.99 1981   0.09   1.38      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.75                      1.22   0.53     1.04
  SINCE SEP 1      2.53                      5.01  -2.48     2.52
  SINCE JAN 1     21.01                     31.71 -10.70    29.41

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY        4                        12     -8        6
  MONTH TO DATE  188                       130     58       45
  SINCE SEP 1    323                       240     83      213
  SINCE JUL 1    328                       251     77      213

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         9     -9       23
  SINCE SEP 1     83                       102    -19       88
  SINCE JAN 1   1220                       936    284     1116
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    30   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (180)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    37   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (190)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST   100          1100 PM
 LOWEST     71          1200 AM
 AVERAGE    86

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   64        91      1938
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        20      1937


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 14 2012.......SUNRISE   721 AM CDT   SUNSET   630 PM CDT
OCTOBER 15 2012.......SUNRISE   722 AM CDT   SUNSET   628 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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