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:     APRIL
                                          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  36  29  33  -3  32   0 0.02  0.2    9 15.1 22 320   M    M   8        26 330
 2  35  21  28  -8  37   0    T    T    7  7.7 20 270   M    M   3 1      23 270
 3  36  14  25 -12  40   0 0.00  0.0    7  5.4 14  10   M    M   5 128    16  20
 4  36  29  33  -4  32   0 0.00  0.0    6 14.6 23 350   M    M   7        26 350
 5  32  25  29  -9  36   0 0.00  0.0    5 21.2 32 340   M    M   1        38 340
 6  36  25  31  -8  34   0 0.00  0.0    5 17.7 30 350   M    M   0        35 350
 7  39  21  30  -9  35   0 0.00  0.0    5  6.5 13 200   M    M   0        16 210
 8  42  28  35  -5  30   0 0.00  0.0    3 11.4 22 350   M    M   3        40 360
 9  42  27  35  -5  30   0 0.00  0.0    1 10.9 21 340   M    M   0 1      25 360
10  48  27  38  -3  27   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.2 12  30   M    M   0        15  30
11  54  35  45   4  20   0 0.00  0.0    T 13.0 24 160   M    M   1        31 130
12  55  41  48   6  17   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.1 26 160   M    M   3        32 170
13  58  42  50   8  15   0    T  0.0    0 12.6 20 160   M    M   7        26 170
14  62  42  52   9  13   0    T  0.0    0 13.9 21 150   M    M   3        28 150
15  66  41  54  11  11   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.3 29 160   M    M   1        36 150
16  63  51  57  13   8   0    T  0.0    0 17.3 30 170   M    M   8        38 160
17  57  44  51   7  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.9 18 350   M    M   9        22 360
18  44  36  40  -5  25   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.9 21  10   M    M  10 18     26 360
19  52  34  43  -2  22   0 0.01  0.0    0 10.5 24 350   M    M   9 1      29 350
20  50  36  43  -3  22   0 0.01    T    0 19.8 29 330   M    M   6 1      35 340
21  61  33  47   1  18   0 0.02  0.0    0  8.6 28 360   M    M   2        35 360
22  58  31  45  -2  20   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.3 24 140   M    M   1        32 140
23  82  45  64  16   1   0 0.00  0.0    0 18.3 36 350   M    M   0        41 360
24  46  34  40  -8  25   0 0.15    T    0 15.5 35  10   M    M   6 1      43 350
25  55  30  43  -6  22   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.5 13 240   M    M   0        31 210
26  48  35  42  -7  23   0 0.19    T    0 13.6 26 360   M    M   8 18     33 360
27  52  34  43  -6  22   0 0.02  0.0    0 12.1 23 340   M    M   8 1      29 340
28  61  29  45  -5  20   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 22 130   M    M   4 1      26 140
29  51  46  49  -1  16   0 0.39  0.0    0 13.4 26 110   M    M   9 1      31 110
30  54  40  47  -4  18   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.8 26 310   M    M   8 1      32 320
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SM 1511 1005       685   0  0.81     0.2 378.5          M      130
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AV 50.4 33.5                              12.6 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 36 350               # 43  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:    APRIL
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   46 54 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 48 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 41.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.81    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.56    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    82 ON 23    GRTST 24HR  0.43 ON 28-29      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     14 ON  3                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.2 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   0.2 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   9 ON  1     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:   1    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  13    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   685    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  14
DPTR FM NORMAL    33    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  8994    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  5
DPTR FM NORMAL   290

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    LOWEST  SLP 29.34 ON 23

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