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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
134 AM CDT WED OCT 9 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 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         78    216 PM  92    1938  67     11       64       
  MINIMUM         49    636 AM  25    2000  44      5       33       
  AVERAGE         64                        55      9       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.84 1970   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.47                      0.78   0.69     0.15    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.54                      4.57  -2.03     0.92    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.08                     31.27  -0.19    19.55    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                        10     -9       16       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                        73    -40      121       
  SINCE SEP 1    100                       183    -83      256       
  SINCE JUL 1    116                       194    -78      261       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   31                         8     23        0       
  SINCE SEP 1    197                       101     96       83       
  SINCE JAN 1   1012                       935     77     1220       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (170)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    26   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (170)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.0                                         

                                                                     
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    80           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    53                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        91      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        25      2000                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER  9 2013.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   638 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 10 2013.......SUNRISE   716 AM CDT   SUNSET   637 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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