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

                                          STATION:   HICKORY NC
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   35 45 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  81 23 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  67  53  60  -2   5   0    T    M    M  7.4 17  60   M    M   9        22  60
 2  61  53  57  -6   8   0 0.10    M    M  6.8 12  60   M    M  10 1      16  60
 3  64  54  59  -4   6   0 0.00    M    M  8.3 17  60   M    M   9        22  50
 4  62  49  56  -7   9   0 0.04    M    M 10.7 18  60   M    M   8 18     25  60
 5  57  47  52 -11  13   0 1.53    M    M 11.5 21  60   M    M   9 1      30  60
 6  68  51  60  -4   5   0 1.72    M    M  4.1 20  80   M    M   6 1      38  70
 7  68  46  57  -7   8   0 0.24    M    M  2.9 15 250   M    M   6 123    20 250
 8  72  50  61  -3   4   0    T    M    M  2.7 13 240   M    M   8 12     17 270
 9  80  51  66   2   0   1 0.00    M    M  3.6 14 200   M    M   2 1      20 210
10  80  54  67   2   0   2 0.00    M    M  6.0 21 220   M    M   1        30 190
11  76  60  68   3   0   3 0.37    M    M  5.0 23 290   M    M   6 13     31 290
12  68  49  59  -6   6   0    T    M    M  6.4 17 290   M    M   0        23 340
13  67  41  54 -11  11   0 0.00    M    M  4.6 16 320   M    M   0        24 320
14  71  40  56 -10   9   0 0.00    M    M  4.9 15 210   M    M   0        26 200
15  89  50  70   4   0   5 0.00    M    M  5.6 16 220   M    M   0        22 210
16  81  62  72   6   0   7 0.00    M    M  5.4 13 250   M    M   0        16 250
17  84  59  72   6   0   7 0.00    M    M  2.9 13 200   M    M   1 1      16 200
18  70  60  65  -2   0   0 0.28    M    M  0.8  6 130   M    M   7 1      10 160
19  76  64  70   3   0   5 0.23    M    M  3.4 10 220   M    M   8 12     15 210
20  80  65  73   6   0   8 0.07    M    M  1.2  9 210   M    M   7 1      15 210
21  87  62  75   7   0  10 0.00    M    M  2.3 14 190   M    M   3 12     21 170
22  83  62  73   5   0   8 0.92    M    M  4.8 18 240   M    M   5 13     26 240
================================================================================
SM 1611 1182        84  56  5.50    M    111.3          M      105
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AV 73.2 53.7                               5.1 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 23 290               # 38   70
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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:  HICKORY NC
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   35 45 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  81 23 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 63.5   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   5.50    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.6   DPTR FM NORMAL:    3.00    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    89 ON 15    GRTST 24HR  3.18 ON  5- 6      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     40 ON 14                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:    M          5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR    M  ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  M  ON   M    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:  10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   8
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   2

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    84    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   9
DPTR FM NORMAL    27    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   8
TOTAL FM JUL 1  3560    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  5
DPTR FM NORMAL   -46

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    56
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1    83    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL    -5    LOWEST  SLP 29.78 ON  6

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