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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
133 AM CDT SUN OCT 27 2013


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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         53    306 PM  88    1940  59     -6       46       
  MINIMUM         29   1131 PM  18    1942  38     -9       29       
  AVERAGE         41                        49     -8       38      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.58 1997   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.81                      2.38  -0.57     4.49    
  SINCE SEP 1      2.88                      6.17  -3.29     5.26    
  SINCE JAN 1     31.42                     32.87  -1.45    23.89    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       24                        16      8       27       
  MONTH TO DATE  328                       315     13      311       
  SINCE SEP 1    395                       425    -30      446       
  SINCE JUL 1    411                       436    -25      451       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   33                         9     24       15       
  SINCE SEP 1    199                       102     97       98       
  SINCE JAN 1   1014                       936     78     1235       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.5                                         

                                                                     
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    78           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     35          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    57                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        87      1927                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        19      1936                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2013.......SUNRISE   735 AM CDT   SUNSET   611 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2013.......SUNRISE   736 AM CDT   SUNSET   610 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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