Preliminary Local Climatological Data

Unofficial Preliminary Data

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

                                          STATION:   KALAMAZOO MI
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   42 13 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  85 33 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
                                     12Z  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  84  56  70  16   0   5 0.00    M    M  5.8 17 180   M    M   0        24 140
 2  82  58  70  15   0   5 0.00    M    M  5.4 13 180   M    M   2        20 140
 3  80  59  70  15   0   5 0.00    M    M   M  17 140   M    M   3        26 150
 4  75  58  67  12   0   2 0.00    M    M  7.5 16  90   M    M   0        23  90
 5  76  52  64   8   1   0 0.00    M    M  5.6 16 100   M    M   0        23 120
 6  77  47  62   6   3   0 0.00    M    M  3.5 12 100   M    M   1        16  50
 7  77  48  63   7   2   0 0.00    M    M  2.5 13  90   M    M   3        20 100
 8  81  49  65   8   0   0 0.47    M    M  2.7 18 360   M    M   2 13     23 360
 9  80  50  65   8   0   0 0.16    M    M  1.5 25 250   M    M   3 1      35 250
10  63  45  54  -3  11   0 0.17    M    M  6.9 15 260   M    M   9 1      21 220
11  56  37  47 -11  18   0 0.03    M    M 11.3 31 310   M    M   7 18     39 310
12  48  33  41 -17  24   0 0.00    M    M 11.5 22 310   M    M   5        31 320
13  56  31  44 -14  21   0 0.00    M    0  4.7 18 310   M    M   3        24 310
14  80  47  64   6   1   0    T    M    0  8.9 23 190   M    M   3        29 190
15  77  56  67   8   0   2 0.00    M    0 11.2 23 320   M    M   0        30 330
16  82  49  66   7   0   1 0.00    M    0  5.5 15 340   M    M   0        21 330
17  78  53  66   7   0   1 0.00    M    0  6.2 13  90   M    M   3        21 100
18  82  52  67   7   0   2 0.00    M    M  3.7  9 170   M    M   3        14 140
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SM 1334  880        81  23  0.83    M    104.4          M       47              
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AV 74.1 48.9                               6.1 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 31 310               # 39  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:  KALAMAZOO MI
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   42 13 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  85 33 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 61.5   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.83    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   4.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -1.44    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    84 ON  1    GRTST 24HR  0.51 ON 30- 1      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     31 ON 13                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:    M          5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR    M  ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE 
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           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:   4                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   1    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    81    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  12                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -76    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   5                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6213    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  1                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -87                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    23                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    11    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1    25    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL     9    LOWEST  SLP 29.55 ON 15                                 

[REMARKS]

Explaination of F6 Data

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