Explanation of the Preliminary Monthly Climate Data (F6) Product

These data are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at the NCDC - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov.

WFO Monthly/Daily Climate Data


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 PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
 
                                           STATION:   ROCHESTER
                                           MONTH:     MARCH
                                           YEAR:      2006
                                           LATITUDE:   43 55 N                   
                                           LONGITUDE:  92 30 W                   
 
   TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND 
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 1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                           AVG MX 2MIN
 DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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  1  40  30  35  11  30   0    T  0.0    T 13.9 25 140   M    M   2 8      30 130
  2  36  25  31   7  34   0 0.02  0.2    T 18.4 31 310   M    M   6 18     37 310
  3  38  22  30   5  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 13 320   M    M   3 18     15 320
  4  43  20  32   7  33   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.1 15 150   M    M   3        18 190
  5  35  30  33   7  32   0 0.28  3.2    T 11.1 21 160   M    M  10 1268   23 160
  6  33  28  31   5  34   0    T    T    3  4.4 16 340   M    M   9 168    16 170
  7  36  30  33   7  32   0 0.12    T    2 17.2 27 160   M    M   9 1468   33 150
  8  36  33  35   8  30   0 0.27  0.0    1  8.6 22 200   M    M  10 12     26 200
  9  47  31  39  12  26   0 0.04  0.0    0  9.2 15 360   M    M   5 128    17 360
 10  53  28  41  13  24   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.3 24 200   M    M   0 18     28 180
 11  57  31  44  16  21   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.7 23 320   M    M   3 18     29 190
 12  37  28  33   4  32   0 0.12    T    0 11.2 26 100   M    M   5 148    31 100
 13  35  17  26  -3  39   0 0.52  3.6    1 23.9 38 330   M    M   9 12349  44 340
 14  27  12  20 -10  45   0 0.00  0.0    3 16.6 23 300   M    M   2        26 310
 15  31   9  20 -10  45   0    T    T    2  9.4 22 110   M    M   1 18     25 110
 16  31  28  30  -1  35   0 0.20  4.0    3 15.5 24  80   M    M  10 128    28  70
 17  33  13  23  -8  42   0 0.00  0.0    6  7.3 12  70   M    M   1        14  70
 18  32  16  24  -7  41   0 0.00  0.0    5  7.6 14  50   M    M   0        15  50
 19  37  17  27  -5  38   0 0.00  0.0    4  7.9 15  30   M    M   0        16  30
 20  35  28  32   0  33   0 0.00  0.0    3 15.7 23  70   M    M   0        28  70
 21  32  21  27  -6  38   0 0.00  0.0    2 14.4 26  70   M    M   3        30  70
 22  36  16  26  -7  39   0 0.00  0.0    1 12.7 21 330   M    M   1        25 320
 23  35  28  32  -2  33   0 0.01    T    0  9.4 17 330   M    M   8 18     20 330
 24  37  29  33  -1  32   0    T    T    0 10.7 16 320   M    M  10 1      17 330
 25  39  31  35   0  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 12 330   M    M  10        14 330
 26  46  26  36   1  29   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 16 170   M    M   0 1      20 160
 27  38  34  36   0  29   0 0.20  0.1    0 13.3 21 130   M    M   6 18     24 140
 28  50  33  42   6  23   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 10 250   M    M   3 18     13 250
 29  52  33  43   6  22   0 0.05  0.0    0 16.1 25 170   M    M   4 128    33 190
 30  57  42  50  13  15   0 0.54  0.0    0 17.3 26 200   M    M   4 138    35 180
 31  51  39  45   7  20   0 0.17  0.0    0 20.3 31 290   M    M  10 1      37 290
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 SM 1225  808       991   0  2.54    11.1 377.6          M      147              
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 AV 39.5 26.1                              12.2 FASTST  PSBL  %   5    MAX(MPH)  
                                  MISC ---->  # 38 330               # 44  340   
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 NOTES:
 # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
 
 COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
 
 PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
 
                                           STATION:  ROCHESTER
                                           MONTH:    MARCH
                                           YEAR:     2006
                                           LATITUDE:   43 55 N                   
                                           LONGITUDE:  92 30 W                   
 
 [TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16    
 
 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.54    1 = FOG OR MIST              
 DPTR FM NORMAL:   2.2   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.66    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
 HIGHEST:    57 ON 30,11 GRTST 24HR  0.54 ON   M        TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
 LOWEST:      9 ON 15                               3 = THUNDER                  
                         SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                         TOTAL MONTH:  11.1 INCHES  5 = HAIL                     
                         GRTST 24HR   4.0 ON 16-16  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE 
                         GRTST DEPTH:   6 ON 17     7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:  
                                                        VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS    
                                                    8 = SMOKE OR HAZE            
 [NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW             
                                                    X = TORNADO                  
 MAX 32 OR BELOW:   5    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  12                                  
 MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   9                                  
 MIN 32 OR BELOW:  25    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2                                  
 MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
 
 [HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
 TOTAL THIS MO.   991    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  15                                  
 DPTR FM NORMAL   -75    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   6                                  
 TOTAL FM JUL 1  6299    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10                                  
 DPTR FM NORMAL -1054                                                            
 
 [CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
 TOTAL THIS MO.     0                                                            
 DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
 TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
 DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP M ON M                                      
 
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