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Explanation of the Preliminary Monthly Climate Data (F6) Product |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: SIOUX FALLS
MONTH: FEBRUARY
YEAR: 2005
LATITUDE: 43 34 N
LONGITUDE: 96 44 W
TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND
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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 42 31 37 21 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.5 17 190 106 18 8 18 22 180
2 45 25 35 18 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.3 15 190 497 83 0 18 18 190
3 58 24 41 24 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.5 13 190 579 96 0 1 14 200
4 61 27 44 27 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.2 18 180 509 84 0 22 190
5 57 30 44 26 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 17.1 33 190 401 66 0 40 190
6 30 14 22 4 43 0 T T 0 13.0 21 340 56 9 9 24 330
7 19 7 13 -5 52 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.4 20 20 499 82 5 24 340
8 13 7 10 -8 55 0 0.11 3.0 0 5.2 14 20 0 0 10 12 15 20
9 19 -3 8 -11 57 0 T T 2 3.6 13 280 566 92 2 18 15 280
10 43 0 22 3 43 0 T T 1 6.9 18 270 542 88 0 1 25 260
11 57 18 38 19 27 0 0.00 0.0 T 5.8 13 230 622 100 0 17 220
12 59 19 39 19 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 14 130 367 59 1 15 120
13 40 34 37 17 28 0 0.90 0.0 0 10.6 16 80 0 0 10 1 21 70
14 51 31 41 21 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 22 340 461 73 7 12 26 340
15 36 25 31 10 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.5 25 310 390 62 3 1 32 310
16 31 14 23 2 42 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.3 24 310 553 87 3 29 300
17 37 13 25 3 40 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 17 50 461 72 3 24 50
18 42 9 26 4 39 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.2 17 280 559 87 1 21 250
19 34 21 28 6 37 0 0.03 0.2 0 13.7 21 140 0 0 9 16 26 130
20 36 24 30 7 35 0 0.03 0.0 0 9.8 21 310 0 0 10 12 25 310
21 29 19 24 1 41 0 T T 0 2.1 13 330 0 0 8 8 15 330
22 33 19 26 3 39 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 13 330 622 95 5 1 16 330
23 38 12 25 1 40 0 0.05 0.8 0 6.9 17 150 446 68 6 18 21 150
24 31 19 25 1 40 0 T T 1 8.2 20 340 60 9 8 18 24 310
25 38 15 27 2 38 0 0.00 0.0 T 7.4 15 100 630 95 2 1 17 80
26 48 20 34 9 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 14.1 24 150 578 87 6 18 29 180
27 40 19 30 5 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 14.7 22 310 91 14 9 18 26 310
28 26 13 20 -6 45 0 T T T 17.3 28 330 296 44 7 1 33 320
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SM 1093 506 1015 0 1.12 4.0 251.9 9891 132
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AV 39.0 18.1 9.0 FASTST PSBL % 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 33 190 40 190
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
-COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN (MPH).
-PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7, 8, AND 9 ARE
THE OFFICIAL PRECIPITATION FOR SIOUX FALLS, SD.
-SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).
PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2
STATION: SIOUX FALLS
MONTH: FEBRUARY
YEAR: 2005
LATITUDE: 43 34 N
LONGITUDE: 96 44 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 28.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.12 1 = FOG
DPTR FM NORMAL: 7.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.61 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 61 ON 4 GRTST 24HR 1.84 ON 22-23 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: -3 ON 9 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 4.0 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 3.0 ON 8- 8 6 = GLAZE OR RIME
GRTST DEPTH: 2 ON 9 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND:
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: 8 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 5
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 2
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 27 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 2 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 1015 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL -221 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 6
SEASONAL TOTAL 5191 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9
DPTR FM NORMAL -764
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
SEASONAL TOTAL 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.39 ON 22
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.73 ON 20
[REMARKS]
NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 3RD.
NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 4TH.
NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 13TH.