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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 CF6LSE
 PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
 
                                           STATION:   LA CROSSE
                                           MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                           YEAR:      2006
                                           LATITUDE:   43 52 N                   
                                           LONGITUDE:  91 15 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  41  28  35  17  30   0    T  0.0    0 11.1 20 300   M    M  10 8      23 290
  2  51  28  40  22  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.9 17 180   M    M   4 18     21 170
  3  35  20  28   9  37   0 0.02  0.6    0 10.0 22 310   M    M   8 128    25 330
  4  20  17  19   0  46   0    T    T    1 15.0 21 330   M    M   9 8      24 330
  5  31  14  23   4  42   0 0.00  0.0    1 11.5 18 330   M    M   2        22 320
  6  32  14  23   3  42   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.1 20 310   M    M   0        22 310
  7  31  15  23   3  42   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8  8 330   M    M   7        10 350
  8  31  12  22   2  43   0    T    T    0  6.4 16  10   M    M   2        21 360
  9  29  10  20  -1  45   0 0.03  1.0    0  8.4 18 210   M    M   4 18     22 220
 10  33  22  28   7  37   0 0.01  0.5    2  7.6 18 290   M    M   8 18     22 290
 11  33  19  26   5  39   0    T    T    T  8.3 15 310   M    M   9 18     17 320
 12  28  14  21  -1  44   0    T    T    0 10.4 15 320   M    M   7 8      18 320
 13  36  12  24   2  41   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.6 17 320   M    M   4        21 320
 14  42  23  33  11  32   0 0.01    T    0  6.3 18 320   M    M   7 1      22 320
 15  32  18  25   2  40   0 0.04  0.7    0  8.6 18 320   M    M   4        22 320
 16  22  13  18  -5  47   0 0.56  8.0    2 13.5 23 330   M    M  10 128    28 320
 17  14 -12   1 -22  64   0    T    T    8 15.4 21 300   M    M   2        23 310
 18   6 -21  -7 -31  72   0 0.00  0.0    7  6.7 17 320   M    M   0        20 280
 19  19  -7   6 -18  59   0 0.00  0.0    6  9.3 21 270   M    M   0        24 270
 20  30   7  19  -5  46   0 0.00  0.0    6 12.2 23 220   M    M   3        28 260
 21  29   3  16  -9  49   0 0.00  0.0    5  5.8 20 310   M    M   3 18     22 310
 22  39  16  28   3  37   0 0.00  0.0    5  6.0 15 220   M    M   2 1      17 220
 23  33  12  23  -3  42   0 0.04  0.6    5  9.8 21 330   M    M   3 18     24 320
 24  42  10  26   0  39   0 0.00  0.0    4 12.2 30 330   M    M   5        33 330
 25  30  10  20  -6  45   0 0.00  0.0    3 11.6 26 330   M    M   1        30 340
 26  35   4  20  -7  45   0 0.00  0.0    3  5.1 17 230   M    M   4        20 240
 27  33  24  29   2  36   0 0.00  0.0    3  8.5 16  60   M    M   4        18  90
 28  40  23  32   4  33   0 0.00  0.0    2  6.4 14 150   M    M   1        16 150
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 SM  877  348      1199   0  0.71    11.4 257.5          M      123              
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 AV 31.3 12.4                               9.2 FASTST  PSBL  %   4    MAX(MPH)  
                                  MISC ---->    30 330                 33  330   
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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:  LA CROSSE
                                           MONTH:    FEBRUARY
                                           YEAR:     2006
                                           LATITUDE:   43 52 N                   
                                           LONGITUDE:  91 15 W                   
 
 [TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16    
 
 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 21.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.71    1 = FOG OR MIST              
 DPTR FM NORMAL:  -0.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.28    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
 HIGHEST:    51 ON  2    GRTST 24HR  0.56 ON 16-16      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
 LOWEST:    -21 ON 18                               3 = THUNDER                  
                         SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                         TOTAL MONTH:  11.4 INCHES  5 = HAIL                     
                         GRTST 24HR   8.0 ON 16-16  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE 
                         GRTST DEPTH:   8 ON 17     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:   7                                  
 MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  
 MIN 32 OR BELOW:  28    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  
 MIN  0 OR BELOW:   3    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
 
 [HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
 TOTAL THIS MO.  1199    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  12                                  
 DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  10                                  
 TOTAL FM JUL 1  4896    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6                                  
 DPTR FM NORMAL  -724                                                            
 
 [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 M ON M                                      
 
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