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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                
130 AM CDT FRI OCT 17 2014

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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         73    332 PM  89    1935  63     10       51       
  MINIMUM         39    642 AM  27    2002  41     -2       44       
  AVERAGE         56                        52      4       48      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.40 1913   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.51                      1.48   2.03     1.74    
  SINCE SEP 1      7.67                      5.27   2.40     2.81    
  SINCE JAN 1     38.96                     31.97   6.99    31.92    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        9                        13     -4       17       
  MONTH TO DATE  197                       168     29      104       
  SINCE SEP 1    318                       278     40      171       
  SINCE JUL 1    331                       289     42      187       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         9     -9       33       
  SINCE SEP 1     68                       102    -34      199       
  SINCE JAN 1    800                       936   -136     1014       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
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    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     33          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    63                                                       
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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        87      1938                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   41        23      1943                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 17 2014.......SUNRISE   724 AM CDT   SUNSET   626 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 18 2014.......SUNRISE   725 AM CDT   SUNSET   625 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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