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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1244 AM CST WED NOV 13 2013

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 12 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         29    307 PM  71    1944  51    -22       38       
  MINIMUM         12    731 AM   8    1986  32    -20       22       
  AVERAGE         21                        41    -20       30      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.84 1949   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.78                      1.04  -0.26     1.50    
  SINCE SEP 1      6.23                      7.66  -1.43     6.76    
  SINCE JAN 1     34.88                     34.36   0.52    25.39    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       44                        24     20       35       
  MONTH TO DATE  279                       253     26      249       
  SINCE SEP 1    751                       766    -15      827       
  SINCE JUL 1    767                       777    -10      832       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        2       
  SINCE SEP 1    199                       104     95      100       
  SINCE JAN 1   1014                       938     76     1237       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.4                                         
                                                                     
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    84           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        78      1999                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31         3      1940                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
NOVEMBER 13 2013......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   452 PM CST   
NOVEMBER 14 2013......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   451 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          

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