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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
137 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2014


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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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         53    439 PM  91    1931  72    -19       79
  MINIMUM         37    532 AM  35    2011  51    -14       58
  AVERAGE         45                        61    -16       69

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             2.10 1896   0.16  -0.16     0.11
  MONTH TO DATE    3.93                      2.36   1.57     2.40
  SINCE MAR 1      9.24                      8.00   1.24    13.44
  SINCE JAN 1     10.57                     10.18   0.39    16.90

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       20                         5     15        0
  MONTH TO DATE  131                       112     19      149
  SINCE MAR 1   1557                      1357    200     1682
  SINCE JUL 1   7069                      6242    827     6209

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        4
  MONTH TO DATE   19                        17      2       21
  SINCE MAR 1     27                        28     -1       33
  SINCE JAN 1     27                        28     -1       33
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (330)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (350)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     7.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89           100 AM
 LOWEST     48          1200 PM
 AVERAGE    69

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   73        90      1996
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   51        36      2009


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 17 2014...........SUNRISE   550 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 PM CDT
MAY 18 2014...........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 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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