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

                                          STATION:   TWIN CITIES MN
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   44 52 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 13 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  56  35  46  -8  19   0 0.35    T    0 10.2 20  20   M    M  10 1      25  20
 2  48  35  42 -13  23   0    T    T    0 13.0 20 350   M    M   9 1      25  10
 3  38  32  35 -20  30   0 0.20  0.5    0 12.8 22  10   M    M  10 14     30  30
 4  49  34  42 -14  23   0 0.08    T    0 10.2 15  10   M    M   9 1      24  30
 5  67  39  53  -3  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 10 340   M    M   7        21  20
 6  76  46  61   5   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.5  8 290   M    M   4        18 340
 7  78  53  66  10   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 13 140   M    M   5 8      20 170
 8  78  58  68  11   0   3 0.12  0.0    0  4.6 16 260   M    M   9 18     26  20
 9  60  43  52  -5  13   0 0.10  0.0    0 11.6 24  20   M    M  10 1      32  20
10  67  37  52  -5  13   0    T  0.0    0  5.9 14 300   M    M   3        20  10
11  57  42  50  -8  15   0    T  0.0    0 19.5 33 340   M    M   4        40 330
12  59  34  47 -11  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.4 18 310   M    M   1        26 290
13  72  41  57  -1   8   0 0.01  0.0    0  9.3 24 170   M    M   7        35 170
14  98  54  76  17   0  11 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 31 280   M    M   2        44 290
15  79  56  68   9   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  8.7 26 320   M    M   3        35 310
16  83  58  71  12   0   6    T  0.0    0  8.0 22  70   M    M   6        29  80
17  66  57  62   2   3   0 0.25  0.0    0 13.5 22 120   M    M  10 1      25 120
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SM 1131  754       181  24  1.11     0.5 157.9          M      109              
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AV 66.5 44.4                               9.3 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 33 340               # 44  290   
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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:  TWIN CITIES MN
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   44 52 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 13 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 55.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.11    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.6   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.74    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    98 ON 14    GRTST 24HR  0.35 ON  1- 1      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     32 ON  3                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.5 INCH    5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR   0.5 ON  3- 3  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:   7                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   1    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5                                  
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.   181    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   2                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    33    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   8                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  7597    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   131                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    24                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL     9    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1    27    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL     7    LOWEST  SLP 29.48 ON 14                                 

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