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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: MAY
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 46 32 39 -13 26 0 T T 0 17.5 30 300 290 34 9 37 290
2 52 29 41 -12 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.8 26 340 725 85 4 31 330
3 56 20 38 -15 27 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 17 300 855 100 0 22 300
4 71 26 49 -4 16 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.2 22 190 671 78 3 26 200
5 76 48 62 8 3 0 0.14 0.0 0 10.0 31 340 623 72 3 3 40 350
6 76 43 60 6 5 0 T 0.0 0 9.4 20 150 463 54 4 13 23 130
7 81 58 70 15 0 5 0.30 0.0 0 17.0 31 180 451 52 7 13 39 170
8 78 57 68 13 0 3 0.02 0.0 0 15.4 26 160 577 66 6 35 35 170
9 61 54 58 3 7 0 T 0.0 0 12.4 25 280 81 9 9 1 33 270
10 61 52 57 1 8 0 0.01 T 0 11.5 24 20 118 14 10 35 29 20
11 53 47 50 -6 15 0 0.53 0.0 0 21.8 30 70 0 0 10 1 39 70
12 48 43 46 -10 19 0 1.03 0.0 0 16.8 33 90 0 0 10 13 45 80
13 53 41 47 -10 18 0 T 0.0 0 11.2 25 280 185 21 8 1 33 290
14 51 36 44 -13 21 0 T 0.0 0 17.5 35 320 225 26 8 40 330
15 59 30 45 -13 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 15 140 770 87 2 20 130
16 73 47 60 2 5 0 0.35 0.0 0 18.1 29 180 495 56 7 13 36 170
17 78 58 68 10 0 3 0.19 0.0 0 17.3 32 160 306 34 9 13 43 170
18 70 49 60 1 5 0 0.88 0.0 0 11.9 25 170 519 58 5 13 30 280
19 79 44 62 3 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.7 22 340 807 90 1 1 29 310
20 81 52 67 8 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 9.7 21 130 832 93 1 18 25 120
21 81 55 68 8 0 3 0.21 0.0 0 16.2 35 140 507 57 5 138 45 140
22 76 52 64 4 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.5 28 300 897 100 0 37 300
23 80 46 63 3 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 17 100 850 95 3 21 100
24 80 59 70 9 0 5 0.01 0.0 0 12.3 20 130 556 62 5 25 150
25 66 49 58 -3 7 0 0.50 0.0 0 13.2 30 310 242 27 7 13 35 310
26 67 47 57 -4 8 0 0.05 0.0 0 11.0 35 300 680 75 3 13 41 300
27 61 47 54 -8 11 0 0.03 0.0 0 11.9 26 300 597 66 7 33 260
28 71 43 57 -5 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.1 22 300 778 86 3 29 310
29 60 42 51 -11 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.5 15 340 180 18 6 18 330
30 70 41 56 -7 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.5 12 90 503 55 4 14 90
31 70 57 64 1 1 0 0.97 0.0 0 10.1 24 140 208 23 9 13 29 130
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SM 2085 1404 283 21 5.22 T 374.7 14991 168
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AV 67.3 45.3 12.1 FASTST PSBL % 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 35 300 # 45 140
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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 WERE SUBMITTED
AS 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: MAY
YEAR: 2005
LATITUDE: 43 34 N
LONGITUDE: 96 44 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 56.3 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 5.22 1 = FOG
DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.5 DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.83 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 81 ON 21,20 GRTST 24HR 1.50 ON 11-12 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 20 ON 3 3 = THUNDER
SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS
TOTAL MONTH: T 5 = HAIL
GRTST 24HR T ON 10-10 6 = GLAZE OR RIME
GRTST DEPTH: 0 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: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 15
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 10
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 5 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 283 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL 41 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 12
SEASONAL TOTAL 6831 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9
DPTR FM NORMAL -923
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 21
DPTR FM NORMAL -14 [PRESSURE DATA]
SEASONAL TOTAL 26 HIGHEST SLP 30.25 ON 2
DPTR FM NORMAL -14 LOWEST SLP 29.46 ON 8
[REMARKS]
NEW RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION 0.97 INCHES ON THE 31ST (PREVIOUS RECORD 0.85 IN 1996)