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:   INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          LATITUDE:   48 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 23 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
                                     12Z  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  18   1  10   7  55   0 0.09  4.3   16  9.5 18 320   M    M  10 18     22 330
 2   2 -18  -8 -11  73   0    T    T   19  4.6 12  80   M    M   1        16 320
 3  17  -3   7   4  58   0 0.37  8.4   18  9.0 18 110   M    M  10 128    23 100
 4  17 -24  -3  -5  68   0 0.02  1.2   23 10.1 18 280   M    M   4 18     23 280
 5  -4 -34 -19 -21  84   0    T    T   21  2.3  8  90   M    M   0 18     10  90
 6  15  -9   3   1  62   0 0.04  1.1   21  5.9 10  80   M    M   6 18     14  80
 7  12 -15  -1  -3  66   0 0.04  0.8   22  7.3 13 330   M    M   5 18     15 330
 8   3 -26 -11 -13  76   0    T    T   22  3.3 10 290   M    M   5 8      13 290
 9   7 -29 -11 -13  76   0    T    T   22  0.3  5 210   M    M   1 18      6 220
10  13  -6   4   2  61   0    T    T   21  3.7  9 210   M    M   7        13 190
11  12   0   6   4  59   0 0.01  0.2   21  5.7 14 290   M    M   8 18     16 290
12   6 -26 -10 -12  75   0 0.02  0.4   20  8.8 20 320   M    M   5 18     28 330
13 -11 -42 -26 -28  91   0    T    T   20  1.9  8 280   M    M   1 18     10 270
14 -13 -42 -27 -29  92   0    T    T   19  6.9 16 290   M    M   0 8      21 290
15  -5 -26 -15 -17  80   0 0.00  0.0   18  7.9 15 270   M    M   2        20 280
16   9 -41 -16 -18  81   0 0.03  0.1   18  5.0 15 200   M    M   2 168    26 200
17   9 -10   0  -2  65   0 0.09  1.7   19  5.1 16 310   M    M   8 18     20 310
18  19 -15   2   0  63   0 0.02  0.9   19  4.7 18 360   M    M   8 18     22 360
19  16 -17   0  -2  65   0 0.02  0.8   20  4.5 16 350   M    M   8 18     21 330
20  24 -14   5   3  60   0    T    T   20  5.0 15 280   M    M   3 1      21 300
21  21  20  21  19  44   0    T    T   20  4.8  9 340   M    M  10 1      12 320
22  23  16  20  17  45   0    T  0.1   19  4.5 12 130   M    M  10 1      14 350
23  16 -15   1  -2  64   0 0.02  0.5   19 13.6 23 320   M    M   4 18     28 320
24   0 -19  -9 -12  74   0 0.00  0.0   19 10.7 16 250   M    M   0        23 240
25  -1 -24 -12 -15  77   0 0.00  0.0   18  7.3 13 260   M    M   0        20 240
26   2 -26 -12 -16  77   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.1 12 240   M    M   0        15 260
27  12 -24  -6 -10  71   0 0.00  0.0   18  5.8 13 220   M    M   0        16 230
28  15  -4   6   2  59   0 0.01  0.3   18  6.4  9 220   M    M   5        21 210
29  11 -29  -9 -14  74   0 0.00  0.0   19  8.9 17 290   M    M   1 8      22 290
30  18 -33  -7 -12  72   0 0.01  0.4   18  4.9 14 250   M    M   7 18     20 240
31  42  17  30  25  35   0    T  0.1   18 15.2 43 270   M    M   9 1      62 270
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SM  325 -517      2102   0  0.79    21.3 199.7          M      140
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AV 10.5-16.7                               6.4 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 43 270               # 62  270
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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:  INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
                                          MONTH:    JANUARY
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   48 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 23 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: -3.1   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.79    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -5.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.05    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    42 ON 31    GRTST 24HR  0.45 ON  2- 3      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -42 ON 14,13                            3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  21.3 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   8.4 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  23 ON  4     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:  30    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  14
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:  27    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  2102    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  13
DPTR FM NORMAL   156    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  13
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6514    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  5
DPTR FM NORMAL   367

[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 27.90 ON 31

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