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

 PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   ST CLOUD AND 7 AM COOP
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2005
                                          LATITUDE:   45 32 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  94  4 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  22   1  12 -10  53   0 0.00  0.0    3  4.7 13 310   M    M   1 1      14 320
 2  25  -3  11 -11  54   0 0.00  0.0    3  4.2 12  20   M    M   0        14  90
 3  34  -5  15  -7  50   0 0.00  0.0    3  4.2 10 190   M    M   0 18     13 190
 4  40  19  30   7  35   0    T  0.0    3  9.1 22 310   M    M   6 18     24 310
 5  38  26  32   9  33   0 0.00  0.0    1  9.4 17 210   M    M   6 18     20 210
 6  57  28  43  19  22   0 0.00  0.0    1  9.5 29 310   M    M   0        33 320
 7  37  16  27   3  38   0    T    T    T 15.8 32 310   M    M   6        38 310
 8  24  10  17  -7  48   0 0.00  0.0    T  8.1 16 310   M    M   0        18 310
 9  30   9  20  -5  45   0 0.00  0.0    T  6.7 14 270   M    M   6        16 160
10  38  26  32   7  33   0 0.03  0.6    1 16.3 28 310   M    M   9 18     33 310
11  34  10  22  -4  43   0 0.02  0.2    T 17.3 31 290   M    M   6 128    38 310
12  23   8  16 -10  49   0 0.00  0.0    T  9.7 21 300   M    M   4        23 300
13  29   8  19  -8  46   0 0.00  0.0    T  9.2 20 290   M    M   1        22 300
14  20  12  16 -11  49   0 0.01  0.1    T  4.9 10 310   M    M   7 8      13 320
15  34  12  23  -5  42   0 0.01  0.1    T  3.4 13 180   M    M   5 1      15 180
16  30  15  23  -5  42   0 0.00  0.0    T  6.2 15 310   M    M   3        17 310
17  34  17  26  -3  39   0 0.00  0.0    T  8.9 16  60   M    M   1 1      22  60
18  31  21  26  -3  39   0 0.00  0.0    T 13.1 22  60   M    M   0        28  50
19  37  15  26  -4  39   0 0.00  0.0    T  8.7 16  30   M    M   2        21  20
20  39  19  29  -1  36   0 0.00  0.0    T  5.6 13  50   M    M   2        15  50
21  41  24  33   2  32   0 0.00  0.0    T  6.9 16  70   M    M   0        20  60
22  45  25  35   4  30   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.5 12  40   M    M   0        16  30
23  46  28  37   5  28   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.5 13 160   M    M   3        16 160
24  48  29  39   7  26   0 0.00  0.0    T  5.8 16 360   M    M   5 8      18 360
25  42  22  32  -1  33   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.9 13  50   M    M   0 8      16  20
26  50  20  35   2  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 20 270   M    M   0 1      24 270
27  56  24  40   6  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.6 25 210   M    M   1 18     31 210
28  65  29  47  13  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 15 140   M    M   0 1      18 140
29  66  42  54  19  11   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 30 170   M    M   1        35 180
30  51  39  45  10  20   0 0.58  0.0    0 14.8 25 330   M    M   9 13     32 350
31  56  37  47  11  18   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.3 28 320   M    M   2        32 350
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SM 1222  583      1106   0  0.65     1.0 263.4          M       86              
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AV 39.4 18.8                               8.5 FASTST  PSBL  %   3    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->    32 310               # 38  310   
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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:  ST CLOUD AND 7 AM COOP
                                          MONTH:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     2005
                                          LATITUDE:   45 32 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  94  4 W                   

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16    

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 29.1   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.65    1 = FOG                      
DPTR FM NORMAL:   0.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.85    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    66 ON 29    GRTST 24HR  0.58 ON 30-30      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     -5 ON  3                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:   1.0 INCH    5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR   0.6 ON 10-10  6 = GLAZE OR RIME            
                        GRTST DEPTH:   3 ON  4, 3  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:   9    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   5                                  
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:   2    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.  1106    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  20                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -29    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   9                                  
SEASONAL TOTAL  7046    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  2                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -812                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     0                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
SEASONAL TOTAL     0    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP M ON M                                      

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