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

                                          STATION:   AMES IA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2022
                                          LATITUDE:   41 59 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 37 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  45  11  28  -2  37   0 0.00  0.0    M 13.1 29 180   M    M   0        40 160
 2  56  20  38   8  27   0    T    M    M 15.0 29 320   M    M   5        50 310
 3  27   9  18 -12  47   0 0.00  0.0    M 11.7 30 310   M    M   0        41 320
 4  44  13  29   0  36   0 0.00  0.0    M  5.7 14 260   M    M   0        17 260
 5  43  20  32   3  33   0 0.00  0.0    M  7.6 20 350   M    M   6        26 360
 6  42  18  30   2  35   0 0.00  0.0    M  4.8 16  10   M    M   3 8      20  20
 7  43  15  29   1  36   0 0.00  0.0    M  5.2 14  30   M    M   0 18     19  20
 8  39  18  29   1  36   0 0.43  0.0    M  8.1 14  90   M    M   8 18     20  90
 9  38  34  36   9  29   0 0.08  0.0    M  5.6 13  90   M    M  10 1      17 120
10  36  27  32   5  33   0 0.00  0.0    M  5.9 14 220   M    M   9 1      19 270
11  33  27  30   3  35   0 0.00  0.0    M  7.6 14 120   M    M  10 1      18 120
12  35  30  33   7  32   0 0.00  0.0    M 15.7 23 120   M    M  10 18     34 120
13  41  35  38  12  27   0 0.83  0.0    M 18.2 26 120   M    M  10 1      39 120
14  43  32  38  12  27   0 0.01    M    M 10.6 18 150   M    M   7 16     26 120
15  33  22  28   3  37   0    M    M    M 19.8 29 270   M    M  10 18     39 260
16  24  19  22  -3  43   0    M    M    M 20.4 28 270   M    M  10 18     38 270
17  19   9  14 -11  51   0    T    M    M 15.8 25 290   M    M   8        33 290
18  18   5  12 -12  53   0 0.00  0.0    M  6.8 16 300   M    M   0        23 310
19  30   8  19  -5  46   0 0.03    M    M  8.9 23 320   M    M   9 18     29 320
20  20  -1  10 -14  55   0 0.00  0.0    M  9.9 22 340   M    M   3        28 350
21  16   0   8 -15  57   0 0.26    M    M  8.1 24 330   M    M   7 128    34 330
22   7 -11  -2 -25  67   0    M    M    M 22.5 32 300   M    M  10 8      49 290
23   0  -9  -4 -27  69   0 0.00  0.0    M 26.5 39 290   M    M  10 8      52 280
24  10  -2   4 -19  61   0 0.00  0.0    M 19.8 30 300   M    M   3        40 300
25  16  -2   7 -15  58   0    M    M    M 10.5 18 310   M    M   4 18     25 310
26  17  -6   6 -16  59   0    M    M    M 11.4 25 350   M    M   4 1      33 340
27  32  -5  14  -8  51   0 0.00  0.0    M 11.8 21 180   M    M   0        27 180
28  42  32  37  15  28   0 0.00  0.0    M 10.7 17 180   M    M   0        23 170
29  51  29  40  18  25   0 0.00  0.0    M  5.7 18 300   M    M   3 1      26 300
30  35  23  29   8  36   0 0.00  0.0    M  5.8 17 290   M    M   5        22 300
31  37  24  31  10  34   0    T  0.0    M  7.6 17 150   M    M   5 1      22 140
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SM  972  444      1300   0  1.64  0.0    356.8          M      169
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AV 31.4 14.3                              11.5 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    39 290                 52 280
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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:   AMES IA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2022
                                          LATITUDE:   41 59 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 37 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 22.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.64    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -2.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.59    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    56 ON  2    GRTST 24HR  0.83 ON 13-13      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -11 ON 22                               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:  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:  13    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   6
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:   8    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1300    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL    66    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  10
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2676    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11
DPTR FM NORMAL    12

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1046    HIGHEST SLP 30.67 ON 20
DPTR FM NORMAL   260    LOWEST  SLP 29.45 ON 15

[REMARKS]
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