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:   FARGO ND
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          LATITUDE:   46 54 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 48 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   8 -15  -3 -23  68   0 0.00  0.0   11  6.3 16 160   M    M   3        21 160
 2  21   7  14  -6  51   0 0.00  0.0   11 16.5 24 150   M    M   1        32 150
 3  30  19  25   4  40   0 0.00  0.0   11 20.7 29 150   M    M   2 8      38 160
 4  33  21  27   6  38   0 0.00  0.0   11 13.0 23 160   M    M   0 18     31 160
 5  37  26  32  10  33   0 0.10  0.0   10  6.3 18 130   M    M   6 18     31 210
 6  35  13  24   2  41   0 0.00  0.0    6 14.5 24 280   M    M   4 1      35  30
 7  18   4  11 -12  54   0 0.00  0.0    6  5.1 14 310   M    M   0        17 320
 8  29   5  17  -6  48   0 0.00  0.0    6  2.9 10 200   M    M   6 18     12 200
 9  28   8  18  -6  47   0 0.35  3.6    9 20.0 31 350   M    M  10 1268   37 350
10   8  -4   2 -22  63   0 0.43  6.5    9 29.2 44 340   M    M  10 1289   48 350
11  -1 -13  -7 -32  72   0    T    T   15 13.2 26 330   M    M   3 18     32 330
12  13 -17  -2 -27  67   0 0.00  0.0   15 10.4 18 180   M    M   1        22 180
13  30   1  16  -9  49   0 0.00  0.0   15 12.3 20 200   M    M   0        23 200
14  40  24  32   6  33   0 0.00  0.0   15 11.8 18 180   M    M   0        22 190
15  47  34  41  15  24   0 0.00  0.0    9 17.6 29 160   M    M   0        37 150
16  47  33  40  13  25   0 0.00  0.0    9  7.8 16 160   M    M   0 18     18 170
17  43  30  37   9  28   0 0.00  0.0    6  8.2 20 330   M    M   1 18     23 330
18  32  22  27  -1  38   0 0.00  0.0    4 10.4 20 320   M    M   0 1      23 320
19  33  18  26  -3  39   0 0.00  0.0    3  7.6 16 150   M    M   1        22 150
20  46  31  39  10  26   0 0.01  0.0    2 12.8 28 160   M    M   3 12     36 160
21  46  29  38   8  27   0 0.00  0.0    1  6.9 15 120   M    M   7 128    20 110
22  53  38  46  16  19   0 0.72  0.0    T 19.4 31 130   M    M   5 18     43 130
23  48  44  46  15  19   0 0.90  0.0    T 17.4 31 140   M    M   9 18     41 140
24  51  30  41  10  24   0 0.21  0.0    0 16.6 32 340   M    M   6 168    38 350
25  30  19  25  -7  40   0 0.93  7.1    7 18.2 32 330   M    M  10 128    37 330
26  22  16  19 -13  46   0 0.03  0.4    7 18.4 26 340   M    M   9 8      30 330
27  19  11  15 -18  50   0    T  0.1    7 10.1 24 330   M    M   6 8      26 330
28  29   7  18 -15  47   0 0.00  0.0    7  2.6 10 140   M    M   0 18     14 160
29  33  14  24 -10  41   0 0.00  0.0    7  5.0 14  30   M    M   3 128    16  20
30  35  30  33  -1  32   0 0.34  5.8    6 13.3 23  30   M    M  10 12     28  30
31  33  30  32  -3  33   0 0.60  4.6    9 18.6 24  20   M    M  10 128    31  20
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SM  976  515      1262   0  4.62    28.1 393.1          M      126
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AV 31.5 16.6                              12.7 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 44 340               # 48  350
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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:  FARGO ND
                                          MONTH:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   46 54 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 48 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 24.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   4.62    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -3.1   DPTR FM NORMAL:    3.45    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    53 ON 22    GRTST 24HR  0.93 ON 25-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -17 ON 12                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  28.1 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   7.1 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  15 ON 14,13  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:  15    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  11
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   9
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  27    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   4    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1262    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  16
DPTR FM NORMAL    89    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   8
TOTAL FM JUL 1  8309    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7
DPTR FM NORMAL   257

[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 29.38 ON 31

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