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

                                          STATION:   ST CLOUD MN
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          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
                                     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  48  36  42 -10  23   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.0 24 310   M    M   7        30 310
 2  45  30  38 -14  27   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.1 22  10   M    M   0        30  10
 3  43  28  36 -16  29   0 0.02  0.0    0  9.8 20  10   M    M   6 1      24  20
 4  42  32  37 -16  28   0 0.19  0.0    0  7.7 13  40   M    M  10 1      18  20
 5  66  37  52  -1  13   0    T  0.0    0  5.1 12 310   M    M   5 1      14 310
 6  72  36  54   0  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.6  9 240   M    M   1 1      14 230
 7  77  44  61   7   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.1 17 180   M    M   1 18     23 200
 8  73  52  63   9   2   0 0.12  0.0    0  6.5 16  10   M    M   8 18     22 350
 9  57  40  49  -5  16   0 0.02  0.0    0  8.4 20  40   M    M  10 1      29  50
10  65  32  49  -6  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.1 29 360   M    M   2        40 360
11  51  33  42 -13  23   0    T  0.0    0 14.8 31 310   M    M   3        46 310
12  59  28  44 -11  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 18 320   M    M   0        26 330
13  74  31  53  -3  12   0 0.01  0.0    0  9.8 28 160   M    M   2        36 150
14  95  42  69  13   0   4    T  0.0    0 13.0 33 290   M    M   1        43 280
15  83  47  65   9   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 23 280   M    M   1        29 290
16  81  47  64   7   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 17  60   M    M   1        31  50
17  65  54  60   3   5   0 0.17  0.0    0  8.5 16 150   M    M  10 18     23 120
18  76  54  65   8   0   0 1.54  0.0    0  8.7 20 190   M    M   5 13     24 190
19  79  58  69  11   0   4 0.67  0.0    0  9.2 21 150   M    M   7 13     25 130
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SM 1251  761       231   8  2.74     0.0 160.6          M       80              
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AV 65.8 40.1                               8.5 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 33 290               # 46  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 MN
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   45 32 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  94  4 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 52.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.74    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.96    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    95 ON 14    GRTST 24HR  1.71 ON 17-18      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     28 ON 12, 3                            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:   8                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   1    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   6    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   231    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    25    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   6                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  8685    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  3                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   312                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     8                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1     8    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL    -5    LOWEST  SLP 29.49 ON 14                                 

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