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:   ST CLOUD MN
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          LATITUDE:   45 32 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  94  4 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  29   3  16   7  49   0    T    T   12 15.1 28 290   M    M   6 8      35 290
 2  10  -9   1  -8  64   0 0.00  0.0   12  5.8 18 300   M    M   2        22 310
 3  21   9  15   6  50   0 0.25  2.4   11  9.1 21 310   M    M   9 18     25 320
 4  17 -16   1  -8  64   0 0.00  0.0   13 10.9 28 310   M    M   1 8      32 310
 5  17 -22  -2 -11  67   0 0.00  0.0   13  3.7 12 130   M    M   0        15 120
 6  21   6  14   5  51   0 0.00  0.0   12  7.6 16 160   M    M   3        20 160
 7  11  -2   5  -3  60   0 0.01  0.2   12 12.5 18 300   M    M   5 8      22 310
 8  10  -7   2  -6  63   0 0.00  0.0   12  4.7  7  90   M    M   1         8  90
 9  15   5  10   2  55   0    T  0.1   12  7.4 14  50   M    M   9        18 360
10  12  -6   3  -5  62   0 0.05  0.8   12  4.2  9 160   M    M   1 1      10 160
11  16  -7   5  -3  60   0 0.02  0.2   13  4.3 15 310   M    M   5 1      17 310
12  13 -12   1  -7  64   0 0.12  1.6   13  9.6 21 350   M    M   5 128    33 350
13  -7 -27 -17 -25  82   0 0.03  0.4   14  5.4 14 320   M    M   3 18     18 320
14  -5 -21 -13 -21  78   0    T  0.1   14 11.2 18 310   M    M   3 8      24 350
15  -6 -30 -18 -26  83   0 0.00  0.0   14  7.5 14 270   M    M   0 8      17 290
16   7 -36 -14 -22  79   0    T    T   13  8.4 20 150   M    M   4 18     26 150
17  20   7  14   6  51   0    T  0.1   13  9.9 25 320   M    M   9 18     32 310
18  29   7  18  10  47   0    T    T   13  5.9 22 350   M    M   9 18     28 360
19  22   2  12   4  53   0    T    T   13  5.2 21 360   M    M   7 18     29 360
20  19   2  11   3  54   0 0.00  0.0   13  5.3 13 220   M    M   1        15 210
21  29   5  17   8  48   0 0.00  0.0   13  3.9 10 240   M    M   2 18     12 230
22  21   2  12   3  53   0 0.00  0.0   13  2.1  8 310   M    M   4 128    10 310
23  20 -11   5  -4  60   0    T    T   13 17.4 29 310   M    M   5 128    32 310
24   0 -22 -11 -20  76   0 0.00  0.0   13  7.7 14 250   M    M   0        16 270
25   2 -15  -6 -15  71   0 0.00  0.0   13  6.1 13 280   M    M   0        15 300
26   1 -18  -8 -18  73   0 0.00  0.0   13  6.4 14 270   M    M   0        16 270
27   6 -14  -4 -14  69   0 0.00  0.0   13  3.7 12 190   M    M   0 18     12 190
28  16 -11   3  -7  62   0 0.06  0.7   13  5.6 14 170   M    M   5 18     16 170
29  18  -3   8  -2  57   0    T    T   13 12.7 21 310   M    M   2 18     25 310
30  19 -18   1 -10  64   0    T    T   13  4.6 10 180   M    M   5 18     12 190
31  45  14  30  19  35   0 0.00  0.0   13 12.4 30 290   M    M   1 1      39 290
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SM  448 -245      1904   0  0.54     6.6 236.3          M      107
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AV 14.5 -7.9                               7.6 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 30 290               # 39  290
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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:  ST CLOUD MN
                                          MONTH:    JANUARY
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   45 32 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  94  4 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY:  3.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.54    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -5.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.22    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    45 ON 31    GRTST 24HR  0.25 ON  3- 3      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -36 ON 16                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   6.6 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   2.4 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  14 ON 15,14  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:   7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:  20    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1904    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  16
DPTR FM NORMAL   162    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5390    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  4
DPTR FM NORMAL    92

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.82 ON 15
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.44 ON 31

[REMARKS]
THE ASOS PRECIPITATION VALUE ON JANUARY 1ST...7TH AND 30TH WAS FOUND
TO BE UNREPRESENTATIVE. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A VALUE FROM THE BACKUP
8 INCH RAIN GAGE.
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