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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: MARCH
YEAR: 2005
LATITUDE: 43 34 N
LONGITUDE: 96 44 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 35 6 21 -5 44 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.1 10 330 638 95 1 12 270
2 42 18 30 3 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.1 21 100 607 90 5 25 100
3 49 16 33 6 32 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 9 190 656 97 0 12 190
4 53 28 41 13 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.7 26 320 632 93 3 32 310
5 57 26 42 14 23 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 14 210 628 92 4 18 17 210
6 70 33 52 24 13 0 T 0.0 0 11.1 31 330 618 90 0 37 340
7 43 21 32 3 33 0 T T 0 17.7 30 340 521 75 8 37 330
8 34 16 25 -4 40 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.2 18 330 420 61 6 22 320
9 38 15 27 -3 38 0 0.01 0.1 0 9.0 14 180 346 50 8 17 180
10 43 25 34 4 31 0 T T 0 23.0 46 300 115 16 8 148 60 300
11 49 23 36 6 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 14.9 26 300 386 55 9 31 290
12 25 12 19 -12 46 0 0.05 0.5 0 7.7 22 60 85 12 8 168 25 60
13 31 12 22 -9 43 0 0.03 0.6 0 8.0 23 320 165 23 5 1 29 310
14 31 12 22 -10 43 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.8 22 300 642 90 5 25 300
15 47 15 31 -1 34 0 T T 0 6.9 29 280 621 87 4 32 280
16 39 13 26 -7 39 0 T 0.0 0 5.3 17 70 546 76 4 21 70
17 42 20 31 -2 34 0 0.24 2.8 3 17.4 28 80 348 48 9 1 31 90
18 29 22 26 -7 39 0 0.73 9.4 7 22.1 30 30 0 0 10 129 35 20
19 29 6 18 -16 47 0 0.00 0.0 10 6.5 16 20 684 94 3 17 10
20 35 13 24 -10 41 0 T T 8 12.1 24 90 146 20 9 14 28 90
21 36 29 33 -2 32 0 0.00 0.0 6 18.8 29 80 0 0 10 32 70
22 37 29 33 -2 32 0 0.00 0.0 5 11.8 20 70 130 18 8 23 70
23 43 18 31 -5 34 0 0.00 0.0 4 7.2 15 80 296 40 6 1 16 100
24 44 30 37 1 28 0 T 0.0 3 9.3 23 10 0 0 10 18 29 10
25 42 28 35 -1 30 0 0.00 0.0 1 9.2 24 20 510 68 10 29 20
26 52 23 38 1 27 0 0.00 0.0 1 4.1 15 260 680 91 1 18 250
27 63 25 44 7 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.4 24 190 572 76 0 29 190
28 74 31 53 15 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.6 17 190 547 73 0 22 190
29 73 45 59 21 6 0 0.03 0.0 0 11.2 22 10 593 78 0 3 29 10
30 51 36 44 5 21 0 0.44 0.0 0 17.1 35 350 177 23 9 13 41 340
31 58 31 45 6 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.1 23 340 662 87 3 29 340
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SM 1394 677 971 0 1.53 13.4 335.0 12971 166
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AV 45.0 21.8 10.8 FASTST PSBL % 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> 46 300 60 300
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
-COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
-PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7, 8, AND 9 ARE
THE OFFICAL 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: MARCH
YEAR: 2005
LATITUDE: 43 34 N
LONGITUDE: 96 44 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 33.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.53 1 = FOG
DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.28 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 74 ON 28 GRTST 24HR 0.73 ON 18-18 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 6 ON 19, 1 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: 13.4 INCHES 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR 9.4 ON 18-18 6 = GLAZE OR RIME
GRTST DEPTH: 10 ON 19 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: 5 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 3
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 28 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 971 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL -18 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8
SEASONAL TOTAL 6162 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL -782
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 0
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA]
SEASONAL TOTAL 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.26 ON 5
DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.24 ON 29
[REMARKS]
RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 18TH WITH 9.4 INCHES.