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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
134 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2012


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 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         49    407 AM  87    1950  63    -14       51
  MINIMUM         44    758 PM  21    1948  41      3       42
  AVERAGE         47                        52     -5       47

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.26          2.25 1984   0.10   0.16      T
  MONTH TO DATE    3.70                      1.66   2.04     1.06
  SINCE SEP 1      4.48                      5.45  -0.97     2.54
  SINCE JAN 1     22.96                     32.15  -9.19    29.43

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       18                        14      4       18
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       195     41      124
  SINCE SEP 1    371                       305     66      292
  SINCE JUL 1    376                       316     60      292

 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    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


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


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           800 PM
 LOWEST     46           400 AM
 AVERAGE    69

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   62        85      1924
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        17      1972


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
OCTOBER 19 2012.......SUNRISE   726 AM CDT   SUNSET   622 PM CDT
OCTOBER 20 2012.......SUNRISE   727 AM CDT   SUNSET   621 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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