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:   LA CROSSE
                                           MONTH:     MARCH
                                           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  30  36   8  29   0    T  0.0    1  8.3 18 130   M    M   4        22 100
  2  40  26  33   4  32   0    T    T    1  8.9 22 350   M    M   7 18     26 350
  3  39  19  29   0  36   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.2 12 350   M    M   1        15  10
  4  42  16  29   0  36   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 12 100   M    M   3 1      14 100
  5  35  31  33   3  32   0 0.40  4.4    0  5.5 14 150   M    M  10 128    16 150
  6  37  30  34   4  31   0    T  0.2    4  5.8 12 330   M    M  10 168    14 330
  7  39  33  36   5  29   0 0.07    T    3 11.3 17 160   M    M   7 148    22 160
  8  40  32  36   5  29   0 0.17  0.0    1  4.8 21 300   M    M   9 18     23 310
  9  47  30  39   8  26   0 0.11  0.0    0  6.9 13 310   M    M   7 18     15 340
 10  56  24  40   8  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 16 190   M    M   1 18     21 160
 11  66  33  50  18  15   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.7 21 190   M    M   1 18     25 200
 12  46  23  35   2  30   0 0.05    T    0  5.9 20  60   M    M   5 148    26  60
 13  39  25  32  -1  33   0 0.38  0.5    0 17.0 31 320   M    M  10 14     36 320
 14  34  17  26  -8  39   0 0.00  0.0    1 13.7 21 270   M    M   2        24 270
 15  35  16  26  -8  39   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 14  90   M    M   2 18     17  80
 16  34  28  31  -4  34   0 0.21  2.7    1  9.4 18  50   M    M  10 128    23  60
 17  37  18  28  -7  37   0 0.00  0.0    3  7.7 14 320   M    M   2        15 320
 18  38  15  27  -8  38   0 0.00  0.0    2  7.0 14 330   M    M   0        16 330
 19  43  18  31  -5  34   0 0.00  0.0    T  7.1 16 330   M    M   0        17 330
 20  43  30  37   1  28   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.0 22  80   M    M   0        28  70
 21  40  26  33  -4  32   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.9 21  80   M    M   3        28  70
 22  46  20  33  -4  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.3 18 310   M    M   2        22 310
 23  40  29  35  -3  30   0    T    T    0  8.2 15 330   M    M  10 18     16 320
 24  45  29  37  -1  28   0    T    T    0  8.3 16 320   M    M   9        22 330
 25  46  26  36  -3  29   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.2 15 310   M    M   9        17 330
 26  52  24  38  -1  27   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 14 200   M    M   0        18 190
 27  49  33  41   1  24   0 0.02  0.0    0  8.3 21 190   M    M   6 18     24 190
 28  55  31  43   3  22   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 10 190   M    M   2 18     20  10
 29  53  32  43   3  22   0    T  0.0    0 11.2 22 200   M    M   5 18     26 190
 30  58  44  51  10  14   0 0.83  0.0    0 11.1 20 200   M    M   8 138    24 160
 31  54  42  48   7  17   0 0.37  0.0    0 14.3 28 220   M    M  10 18     32 210
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 SM 1369  830       909   0  2.61     7.8 261.2          M      155              
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 AV 44.2 26.8                               8.4 FASTST  PSBL  %   5    MAX(MPH)  
                                  MISC ---->  # 31 320               # 36  320   
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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:    MARCH
                                           YEAR:     2006
                                           LATITUDE:   43 52 N                   
                                           LONGITUDE:  91 15 W                   
 
 [TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16    
 
 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 35.5   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.61    1 = FOG OR MIST              
 DPTR FM NORMAL:   0.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.61    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
 HIGHEST:    66 ON 11    GRTST 24HR  0.83 ON   M        TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
 LOWEST:     15 ON 18                               3 = THUNDER                  
                         SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                         TOTAL MONTH:   7.8 INCHES  5 = HAIL                     
                         GRTST 24HR   4.4 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE 
                         GRTST DEPTH:   4 ON  6     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:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  10                                  
 MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   7                                  
 MIN 32 OR BELOW:  26    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  
 MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
 
 [HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
 TOTAL THIS MO.   909    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  14                                  
 DPTR FM NORMAL   -50    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   7                                  
 TOTAL FM JUL 1  5805    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10                                  
 DPTR FM NORMAL  -774                                                            
 
 [CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
 TOTAL THIS MO.     0                                                            
 DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
 TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.59 ON 18                                 
 DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.27 ON 13                                 
 
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