PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) Station: Rockford Month: March Year: 1998 ================================================================================ TEMPERATURE IN F : :PCPN :SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND <====================================Columns===================================> -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6a/6b- -7- -8- -9- -10- -11- -12-13- -14--15a/15b--16- Day Max Min Avg Dep HDD CDD Wtr Snw Dpth Avg Spd Dir Spd Dir Sun Wx # Tmp Tmp Tmp +/- ( in inches ) ( MPH Degrees ) Min % Code ================================================================================ 1 37 27 32 4 33 0 T T 0 4.5 10 170 15 180 0 0 1 2 36 26 31 2 34 0 0.01 M 0 6.1 13 290 15 280 0 0 821 3 36 28 32 3 33 0 0.12 M 0 6.9 15 040 17 040 0 0 41 4 36 27 32 2 33 0 0.01 M 0 7.3 13 010 16 330 0 0 1 5 38 31 35 5 30 0 T T 0 5.5 10 100 16 100 0 0 1 6 38 29 34 3 31 0 0.01 M 0 4.7 14 270 16 280 0 0 1 7 41 27 34 3 31 0 T 0.0 0 12.1 22 050 30 050 0 0 0 8 38 33 36 5 29 0 0.88 T 0 21.7 32 020 40 030 0 0 1 9 33 16 25 -7 40 0 0.01 T 0 25.6 40 010 49 010 0 0 1 10 23 12 18 -14 47 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.0 26 340 33 350 0 0 0 11 22 11 17 -16 48 0 0.00 0.0 0 14.3 23 010 28 320 0 0 0 12 30 7 19 -14 46 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.6 20 200 24 210 0 0 0 13 41 19 30 -4 35 0 T T 0 16.6 32 290 41 290 0 0 0 14 32 20 26 -8 39 0 T T 0 11.8 26 310 32 300 0 0 0 15 33 19 26 -9 39 0 0.04 T 0 8.1 15 070 18 080 0 0 1 16 39 21 30 -5 35 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.5 16 090 20 100 0 0 0 17 38 31 35 -1 30 0 0.29 0.0 0 13.9 22 070 29 080 0 0 1 18 43 36 40 4 25 0 0.20 0.0 0 9.9 18 070 23 060 0 0 1 19 37 31 34 -2 31 0 0.01 0.0 0 14.3 25 040 30 030 0 0 41 20 43 31 37 0 28 0 T T 0 21.3 31 020 38 020 0 0 0 21 46 27 37 0 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.7 23 020 29 020 0 0 0 22 48 23 36 -2 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 16 290 20 290 0 0 0 23 47 30 39 1 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.5 16 020 20 020 0 0 0 24 50 24 37 -2 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.9 23 200 25 200 0 0 1 25 61 40 51 12 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 15.6 24 160 29 170 0 0 0 26 77 56 67 28 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 19.2 33 200 45 200 0 0 0 27 76 54 65 25 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 19.9 39 200 45 200 0 0 0 28 64 46 55 15 10 0 0.29 0.0 0 10.4 24 260 31 260 0 0 1 29 80 44 62 21 3 0 0.02 0.0 0 16.3 36 180 44 180 0 0 0 30 78 63 71 30 0 6 0.37 0.0 0 15.0 26 180 31 170 0 0 3 31 62 46 54 13 11 0 1.17 0.0 0 12.6 28 170 34 210 0 0 1 ==================================================================================== Avg 45.3 30.2 37.8 ==================================================================================== PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6), Page 2 Station: Rockford Month: March Year: 1998 ==================================================================================== {Temperature Data} {Precipitation Data} SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 Average Monthly: 37.8 Total for Month: 3.43 1 = BR Departure: 2.8 Departure: 0.97 2 = FG Highest: 80 on 29 Greatest daily: 1.17 on 31 3 = TS Lowest: 7 on 12 4 = PE {Snowfall, Ice Pellets, Hail} 5 = GR / GS 6 = FZRA / FZDZ Total for Month: Trace 7 = DU / SS Greatest daily snowfall: Trace on 20 8 = FU / HZ 9 = BLSN X = FC { No. of Days with } {WEATHER - No. of Days with } { Sunshine Data } Max 32 or below: 4 0.01 inch or more Precip: 14 Total sunshine: 0 Max 90 or above: 0 0.10 inch or more Precip: 7 Sunshine %: 0 Min 32 or below: 22 0.50 inch or more Precip: 2 Min 0 or below: 0 1.00 inch or more Precip: 1 {Heating Degree Days (Base 65) } { Wind data (MPH) } Total this Month: 846 Peak wind: 49 Departure from Normal: -84 Direction: 010 Seasonal Total: 5441 Fastest 2-min wind: 40 Departure from Normal: -746 Direction: 010 Average wind: 12.3 {Cooling Degree Days (Base 65) } { Days of weather } Wx Code 1-8 Hail = 0 Total this Month: 8 Mist =15 Freezing Rain= 0 Departure from Normal: 8 Fog = 1 Dust/Sand = 0 Seasonal Total: 8 Thunder= 1 Smoke/Haze = 1 Departure from Normal: 8 Pellets= 2 Blowing Snow = 0