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

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 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  47  32  40 -13  25   0 0.61  1.5    1 12.4 23 350   M    M   9 1      28 350
 2  53  31  42 -11  23   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.6 26 350   M    M   1        36  20
 3  53  24  39 -15  26   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.6 24  30   M    M   3        33  10
 4  40  36  38 -16  27   0 0.06  0.0    0 11.8 22  30   M    M  10 1      26  30
 5  50  39  45  -9  20   0 0.07  0.0    0  6.0 10 340   M    M   9 1      13 320
 6  62  44  53  -2  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.6  7 120   M    M   7        10  10
 7  75  35  55   0  10   0 0.02  0.0    0  5.9 23 190   M    M   3 1      31 170
 8  65  55  60   4   5   0 0.89  0.0    0  8.1 17  80   M    M   7 1      21 150
 9  64  48  56   0   9   0 0.03  0.0    0 13.6 24  40   M    M   9 1      30  30
10  69  38  54  -2  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.2 28 360   M    M   2        35 360
11  55  34  45 -11  20   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.4 32 330   M    M   1        39 330
12  63  26  45 -12  20   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.7  9 150   M    M   0        14 250
13  89  50  70  13   0   5 0.00  0.0    0 10.2 23 190   M    M   0        30 190
14  94  52  73  16   0   8 0.00  0.0    0 12.3 31 320   M    M   0        37 320
15  80  50  65   7   0   0    T  0.0    0  4.2 16  40   M    M   3        23  60
16  82  49  66   8   0   1 0.43  0.0    0  6.6 21 210   M    M   4 13     31 210
17  83  60  72  14   0   7 0.02  0.0    0 11.1 20 130   M    M   4 1      25 160
18  81  65  73  14   0   8 0.00  0.0    0 10.1 23 170   M    M   4        29 150
19  74  62  68   9   0   3 0.35  0.0    0  7.0 30 210   M    M   7 15     47 200
20  67  55  61   2   4   0    T  0.0    0  9.1 20 230   M    M  10 13     28 200
21  61  51  56  -4   9   0 0.03  0.0    0  7.7 18 340   M    M  10 1      23 350
22  53  47  50 -10  15   0 0.11  0.0    0 12.1 23  60   M    M  10 1      31  40
23  66  44  55  -5  10   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.1 21  60   M    M   1        29  50
24  66  46  56  -5   9   0 0.02  0.0    0 13.5 24 170   M    M   7 3      33 150
25  74  51  63   2   2   0 1.97  0.0    0 15.6 26 110   M    M   6 13     33 120
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SM 1666 1124       257  32  4.61     1.5 242.5          M      127
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AV 66.6 45.0                               9.7 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 32 330               # 47  200
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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:  SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 55.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   4.61    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.2   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.91    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    94 ON 14    GRTST 24HR  1.97 ON 25-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     24 ON  3                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   1.5 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   1.5 ON  1- 1  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   1 ON  1     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:  13
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   1    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   6
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   4    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   257    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   8
DPTR FM NORMAL    37    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  10
TOTAL FM JUL 1  7798    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7
DPTR FM NORMAL   171

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    32
DPTR FM NORMAL    11    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1    36    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL    10    LOWEST  SLP 29.46 ON 20

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