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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
1239 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23 2014...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2014


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM          7    422 PM  64    1942  32    -25       31       
  MINIMUM         -6    819 AM -21    1963  13    -19        8       
  AVERAGE          1                        22    -21       20      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.80 1898   0.03  -0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.11                      0.69  -0.58     0.24    
  SINCE DEC 1      0.45                      2.06  -1.61     1.87    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.11                      0.69  -0.58     0.24    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       64                        43     21       45       
  MONTH TO DATE 1017                       983     34      887       
  SINCE DEC 1   2361                      2190    171     1902       
  SINCE JUL 1   3691                      3488    203     3196       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (320)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.9                                         

                                                                     
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    79           900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     55           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        59      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   13       -16      1897                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 24 2014.......SUNRISE   727 AM CST   SUNSET   517 PM CST   
JANUARY 25 2014.......SUNRISE   727 AM CST   SUNSET   518 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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