Preliminary Local Climatological Data

Unofficial Preliminary Data

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

                                          STATION:   BATTLE CREEK MI
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   42 17 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  85 14 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  82  58  70  16   0   5 0.00    M    M  7.6 18 170   M    M   0        25 150
 2  80  60  70  16   0   5 0.00    M    M  7.6 16 160   M    M   1        21 170
 3  78  59  69  15   0   4 0.00    M    M  9.8 21 170   M    M   3        28 120
 4  73  59  66  11   0   1 0.00    M    M  9.5 17 110   M    M   0        24 100
 5  74  54  64   9   1   0 0.00    M    M  7.9 17 110   M    M   0        24 110
 6  75  47  61   6   4   0 0.00    M    M  5.8 12  70   M    M   0        15  70
 7  75  48  62   6   3   0 0.00    M    M  3.9 14 140   M    M   2        20 140
 8  78  50  64   8   1   0 0.00    M    M  2.6 14 260   M    M   2        16 260
 9  78  51  65   9   0   0 0.19    M    M  3.5 23 270   M    M   3 1      28 270
10  62  44  53  -3  12   0 0.17    M    M  7.9 15 260   M    M  10 1      20 260
11  56  36  46 -11  19   0 0.03    M    M 10.3 31 310   M    M   7 1      39 310
12  46  33  40 -17  25   0 0.00    M    M 13.7 24 280   M    M   5        33 300
13  55  32  44 -13  21   0 0.00    M    0  5.7 18 300   M    M   3        24 290
14  79  47  63   5   2   0    T    M    0 10.8 26 190   M    M   4        36 190
15  77  57  67   9   0   2    T  0.0    0 12.2 23 310   M    M   0        28 280
16  82  49  66   8   0   1 0.00    M    0  6.4 17 310   M    M   0        24 290
17  76  52  64   6   1   0 0.00    M    0  8.7 16  50   M    M   5        22  50
18  81  56  69  10   0   4 0.00    M    M  6.4 14 110   M    M   4        18 110
19  85  57  71  12   0   6 0.00    M    M  5.7 15 160   M    M   1        20 160
20  88  68  78  19   0  13 0.03    M    M 11.2 22 200   M    M   2        45 210
21  80  63  72  12   0   7 0.25    M    M 10.7 23 210   M    M   4 13     29 220
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SM 1560 1080        89  48  0.67     0.0 167.9          M       56              
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AV 74.3 51.4                               8.0 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 31 310                 45    M   
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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:  BATTLE CREEK MI
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   42 17 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  85 14 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 62.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.67    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   6.1   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -1.83    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    88 ON 20    GRTST 24HR  0.74 ON 30- 1      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     32 ON 13                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         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:   5                                  
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.    89    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  14                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -103    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   6                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6316    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  1                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -265                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    48                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    33    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1    48    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL    26    LOWEST  SLP 29.55 ON 15                                 

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