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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
128 AM CDT MON OCT 7 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         50   1050 PM  92    1963  67    -17       48       
  MINIMUM         41    427 AM  22    1935  44     -3       26       
  AVERAGE         46                        56    -10       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.13          1.94 1927   0.09   0.04     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.47                      0.59   0.88     0.15    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.54                      4.38  -1.84     0.92    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.08                     31.08   0.00    19.55    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        10      9       28       
  MONTH TO DATE   25                        53    -28       79       
  SINCE SEP 1     92                       163    -71      214       
  SINCE JUL 1    108                       174    -66      219       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   31                         6     25        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    197                        99     98       83       
  SINCE JAN 1   1012                       933     79     1220       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    17   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (300)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.0                                         

                                                                     
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    93           400 PM                                     
 LOWEST     71           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    82                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   67        95      1939                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   44        25      2012                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  7 2013.......SUNRISE   713 AM CDT   SUNSET   641 PM CDT   
OCTOBER  8 2013.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 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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