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

                                          STATION:   WATERTOWN SD
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          LATITUDE:   44 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  9 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  37  25  31   8  34   0 0.00  0.0   17 14.4 25 300   M    M   3        37 300
 2  35  17  26   3  39   0 0.00  0.0   16 11.5 21 200   M    M   4        28 310
 3  37  24  31   7  34   0 0.00  0.0   16 11.2 18 270   M    M   4        28 280
 4  47  23  35  11  30   0    T    T   14  9.8 23 260   M    M   4 12     36 290
 5  39  19  29   4  36   0    T    T   13 21.0 38 320   M    M   4        50 330
 6  37  12  25   0  40   0 0.00  0.0   13 11.5 22 160   M    M   0 1      29 150
 7  46  30  38  13  27   0 0.00  0.0   12 13.8 21 170   M    M   0        27 170
 8  52  27  40  14  25   0 0.00  0.0    9 14.0 24 330   M    M   2 1      31 340
 9  27  17  22  -4  43   0 0.00  0.0    6 13.3 24 360   M    M   6        33 360
10  35  15  25  -2  40   0 0.00  0.0    6  2.0  8 170   M    M   6 1      11 180
11  47  21  34   7  31   0 0.00  0.0    6  7.1 17 170   M    M   2 1      21 170
12  43  28  36   8  29   0    T  0.0    5 14.7 28 310   M    M   6        38 310
13  34  22  28   0  37   0 0.00  0.0    4 11.6 21 320   M    M   1        26 320
14  31  18  25  -3  40   0    T    T    3  8.8 15  60   M    M   6        21  40
15  34  21  28  -1  37   0 0.00  0.0    3 11.6 22 160   M    M   7 1      29 170
16  35  26  31   2  34   0 0.01  0.1    3 10.8 20 340   M    M  10 1      24 340
17  38  19  29  -1  36   0 0.00  0.0    2  9.8 17 160   M    M   6        24 270
18  49  34  42  12  23   0 0.00  0.0    1  4.8 14 160   M    M  10 12     18 160
19  38  12  25  -6  40   0 0.04  0.0    0 19.2 36 350   M    M   8 126    48 350
20  26   8  17 -14  48   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.0 28 350   M    M   0        38 360
21  36  14  25  -7  40   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.1 25 160   M    M   8        36 170
22  44  27  36   4  29   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 21 170   M    M   8        29 160
23  49  19  34   2  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 17 150   M    M   2 12     22 150
24  52  31  42   9  23   0 0.20  0.0    0 10.7 21 200   M    M   9 123    28 190
25  37  26  32  -1  33   0 0.30  0.7    0 10.4 20  10   M    M   8 1246   24 360
26  37  24  31  -3  34   0 0.04    T    1  4.0 12 170   M    M  10 1      15 170
27  51  30  41   7  24   0    T  0.0    0  4.4 12  90   M    M   9 12     18 130
28  45  34  40   5  25   0 0.05  0.0    0 15.6 32  20   M    M   8 1      44  20
29  55  30  43   8  22   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 21 340   M    M   0        34 360
30  61  22  42   6  23   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 17 150   M    M   0        24 110
31  52  36  44   8  21   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 21 130   M    M   6        29 120
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SM 1286  711      1008   0  0.64     0.8 339.3          M      157
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AV 41.5 22.9                              10.9 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 38 320               # 50  330
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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:  WATERTOWN SD
                                          MONTH:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     2020
                                          LATITUDE:   44 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  9 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.64    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   2.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.47    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    61 ON 30    GRTST 24HR  0.30 ON 25-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      8 ON 20                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.8 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   0.7 ON 25-25  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  17 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:   3    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   6
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  28    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1008    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL   -96    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  14
TOTAL FM JUL 1  7443    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7
DPTR FM NORMAL   -72

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.69 ON 14
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.53 ON 12

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