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

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 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  35  13  24  -4  41   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.8  8 160   M    M   3        12 140
 2  42  22  32   5  33   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 17 170   M    M   0        27 160
 3  31  22  27   0  38   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 10 130   M    M   9        13 150
 4  50  22  36  10  29   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.3 29 320   M    M   3        37 320
 5  45  23  34   8  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.8 20 340   M    M   1        26 340
 6  65  28  47  21  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 15 160   M    M   0        23 150
 7  65  28  47  22  18   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 20 260   M    M   0        29 260
 8  51  35  43  18  22   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.6 29 290   M    M   5        40 290
 9  37  22  30   5  35   0    T    T    0 23.6 39 320   M    M   5 1      50 330
10  36  21  29   5  36   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 10 250   M    M   3        14 260
11  49  20  35  11  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.8 17 310   M    M   3        23 320
12  35  15  25   1  40   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.6 16 330   M    M   1        22 330
13  47  18  33  10  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.1 14 200   M    M   0        21 210
14  49  24  37  14  28   0    T  0.0    0 11.6 22 180   M    M   4        32 190
15  43  37  40  17  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.7 20 190   M    M   7 1      29 190
16  37  31  34  11  31   0    T    T    0 11.9 18 330   M    M  10 1      25 320
17  45  24  35  13  30   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.1 32 340   M    M   4 12     45 340
18  32  15  24   2  41   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 22 170   M    M   0        34 170
19  43  21  32  10  33   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.7 21 170   M    M   0        28 180
20  45  18  32  10  33   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.4 13 150   M    M   0        16 130
21  47  26  37  16  28   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 16 160   M    M   1 1      22 150
22  50  21  36  15  29   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 13 160   M    M   0 1      15 160
23  52  28  40  19  25   0 0.44  0.0    0 13.6 22 150   M    M   4 1      28 150
24  50  29  40  19  25   0 0.47  0.7    0 18.9 29 340   M    M  10 1      37 340
25  37  22  30   9  35   0 0.51  4.3    1 21.8 30 340   M    M  10 126    42 330
26  34  27  31  11  34   0    T    T    3  6.5 13 160   M    M  10 1      16 110
27  33  28  31  11  34   0 0.04  0.2    3  5.1 12  20   M    M  10 1      15  20
28  34  24  29   9  36   0    T    T    3  8.5 21 330   M    M   8 1      25 320
29  38  18  28   8  37   0 0.00  0.0    3  9.2 16 290   M    M   0        22 290
30  35  26  31  11  34   0 0.00  0.0    3 15.1 23 330   M    M   5        30 330
31  27  14  21   1  44   0 0.00  0.0    2 11.6 23 360   M    M   4        31 360
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SM 1319  722       985   0  1.46  5.2    320.5          M      120
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AV 42.5 23.3                              10.3 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    39 320                 50 330
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
-COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
-PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7,8 AND 9 ARE THE OFFICIAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR MITCHELL, SD.
-SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.46    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   9.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.97    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    65 ON  7, 6  GRTST 24HR  0.83 ON 23-24      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     13 ON  1                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   5.2 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.3 ON 25-25  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   3 ON 26,30  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:   3    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   4
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  29    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   985    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  15
DPTR FM NORMAL  -317    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  10
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2293    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6
DPTR FM NORMAL  -530

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1113    HIGHEST SLP 30.61 ON 13
DPTR FM NORMAL   234    LOWEST  SLP 29.35 ON  7

[REMARKS]
RECORD HIGH DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 7TH WITH
65 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 58 IN 1965.

RECORD HIGH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON THE 8TH WITH
35 DEGREES. THIS VALUE WAS PREVIOUSLY ATTAINED IN 1952.

RECORD HIGH DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 15TH WITH
37 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 33 DEGREES IN 2001.

RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 23RD WITH
0.44 INCHES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.40 INCHES IN 1968.

THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 32.9 DEGREES WAS THE RECORD WARMEST
DECEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.  THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF
23.3 DEGREES TIED THE RECORD FOR THE WARMEST DECEMBER AVERAGE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.

#FINAL-12-23#