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CLIOTM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA                               
143 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018

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...THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 10 2018...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2018


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         68   1247 AM  89    1930  66      2       53       
  MINIMUM         42   1159 PM  25    2009  43     -1       47       
                                      1925                          
  AVERAGE         55                        54      1       50      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        T             1.43 1973   0.09  -0.09     0.28    
  MONTH TO DATE    4.90                      0.96   3.94     2.08    
  SINCE SEP 1      9.96                      4.75   5.21     5.75    
  SINCE JAN 1     32.42                     31.45   0.97    21.59    
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       10                        11     -1       15       
  MONTH TO DATE   40                        95    -55       31       
  SINCE SEP 1    124                       205    -81       68       
  SINCE JUL 1    124                       216    -92       68       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                         9     12       23       
  SINCE SEP 1    187                       102     85      192       
  SINCE JAN 1   1309                       936    373     1117       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    25   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (260)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    34   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    13.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     65          1000 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    83                                                       

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THE OTTUMWA IA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   65        86      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        25      2009                    
                                             1987                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 11 2018.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   635 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 12 2018.......SUNRISE   718 AM CDT   SUNSET   634 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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