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:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2008
                                          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  27   7  17   3  48   0 0.00  0.0    8  8.2 20 160   M    M   5 18     25 150
 2  29  19  24  10  41   0 0.00  0.0    7  9.0 16 160   M    M   8 18     20 170
 3  26  17  22   8  43   0 0.00  0.0    7  9.0 15 130   M    M   7 128    18 140
 4  33  26  30  15  35   0 0.32  3.1    6 11.3 20 100   M    M  10 126    22 100
 5  31  27  29  14  36   0 0.00  0.0    9 11.8 18 340   M    M   9 18     23 340
 6  28   9  19   4  46   0 0.00  0.0    8 12.6 18  20   M    M   7 18     22  20
 7  18   2  10  -6  55   0    T    T    8  8.2 15 210   M    M   9 128    18 220
 8  28  16  22   6  43   0    T  0.3    8  7.8 14 130   M    M  10 128    17 150
 9  25  -8   9  -7  56   0 0.03  0.2    8 19.7 37 310   M    M   9 1289   45 300
10  -4 -13  -8 -25  73   0 0.00  0.0    8 20.0 33 290   M    M   5 89     41 300
11   6  -6   0 -17  65   0 0.01  0.1    8  8.1 14  80   M    M  10        17  80
12  12  -1   6 -11  59   0 0.07  0.9    9  6.8 12 260   M    M   8 8      13 260
13  19  -2   9  -9  56   0    T    T    9 10.0 24 160   M    M   9 18     32 160
14  22   2  12  -6  53   0 0.05  0.8   10 12.7 26 170   M    M   5 18     33 160
15   8  -5   2 -16  63   0 0.00  0.0   10  8.9 18 190   M    M   1        21 190
16  27   8  18  -1  47   0 0.00  0.0   10 17.8 26 180   M    M   0        32 170
17  33  15  24   5  41   0 0.03  0.5    9 18.2 35 300   M    M  10 12689  41 340
18  15  -3   6 -14  59   0    T    T   10 21.4 29 300   M    M   7 189    35 300
19   7  -9  -1 -21  66   0    T  0.1   10 10.2 21 320   M    M   5 18     23 320
20   3 -10  -3 -23  68   0    T    T   10  8.7 18 330   M    M   1 8      23 330
21  13 -12   1 -20  64   0 0.00  0.0    9  6.3 13 160   M    M   4 1      16 160
22  19  -5   7 -14  58   0 0.00  0.0    9  3.9  8 240   M    M   2 18      9 240
23  24   1  13  -8  52   0 0.00  0.0    8  7.5 14 180   M    M   1 128    24 180
24  33  12  23   1  42   0 0.00  0.0    7 10.8 18 220   M    M   4 18     21 220
25  33  27  30   8  35   0    T    T    7  8.3 26 340   M    M   9 128    33 350
26  27  11  19  -4  46   0    T    T    6 18.3 28 320   M    M   5        33 310
27  22   7  15  -8  50   0    T    T    6 10.9 21 320   M    M   4 8      24 320
28  24   3  14 -10  51   0 0.05  1.3    6 13.4 24 140   M    M   5 1268   29 130
29  32  14  23  -1  42   0    T    T    7 20.7 37 300   M    M   5 1689   48 280
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SM  620  149      1493   0  0.56     7.3 340.5          M      174
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AV 21.4  5.1                              11.7 FASTST  PSBL  %   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 37 310               # 48  280
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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:    FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:     2008
                                          LATITUDE:   43 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  92 30 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 13.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.56    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -5.1   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.19    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    33 ON 25,24 GRTST 24HR  0.36 ON  3- 4      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -13 ON 10                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   7.3 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   3.1 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  10 ON 20,19  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:  25    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  29    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:  11    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1493    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   5
DPTR FM NORMAL   188    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  15
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5980    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  9
DPTR FM NORMAL  -348

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.59 ON 10
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.37 ON 17

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