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

                                          STATION:   MASON CITY IA
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   43  9 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 20 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  28  17  23   6  42   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.4 14 200   M    M   7        18 200
 2  36  22  29  12  36   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 20 350   M    M   7 1      24 240
 3  31  20  26   9  39   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.3 18 340   M    M   8        24 350
 4  28  19  24   7  41   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 12 210   M    M   9        16 200
 5  36  19  28  12  37   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.4 18 180   M    M   2        23 200
 6  30  24  27  11  38   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 13 310   M    M   9 18     16 310
 7  25  15  20   4  45   0    T    T    T  8.2 17 300   M    M   6 1      23 300
 8  32  20  26  10  39   0 0.07  0.8    0 13.3 22 120   M    M  10 1      29 130
 9  30  19  25   9  40   0 0.24  2.7    3 20.5 31 360   M    M  10 1      40 360
10  24  17  21   5  44   0 0.05  0.8    3  8.5 18 280   M    M  10 1      21 290
11  21   7  14  -2  51   0    T    T    4 11.6 21 360   M    M   7 18     25  10
12  13   6  10  -6  55   0 0.27  4.8    4 26.1 38 330   M    M  10 12     47 340
13   6 -15  -4 -19  69   0 0.03  0.6    7 26.5 37 320   M    M  10 18     47 320
14  -3 -15  -9 -24  74   0 0.00  0.0    6 17.0 31 300   M    M   6 8      46 300
15  -1 -15  -8 -23  73   0 0.00  0.0    6 15.5 25 260   M    M   0        31 250
16   5  -8  -1 -16  66   0 0.00  0.0    5 19.0 28 250   M    M   0        34 250
17  14   0   7  -8  58   0 0.00  0.0    5 10.4 21 240   M    M   3        28 240
18  11   1   6  -9  59   0 0.04  0.8    5 12.4 24 320   M    M   9 18     32 320
19   5  -6   0 -15  65   0 0.01  0.1    6 14.5 22 310   M    M   3 8      27 330
20   5 -13  -4 -19  69   0 0.00  0.0    6  7.5 16 330   M    M   0        19 330
21  20  -7   7  -8  58   0 0.00  0.0    6 18.1 28 160   M    M   2        40 160
22  32  20  26  11  39   0 0.00  0.0    6 10.9 21 170   M    M   4        28 170
23  33  29  31  16  34   0    T    T    5  6.4 10  70   M    M  10 1       M   M
24  34  31  33  18  32   0 0.00  0.0    4  5.8 13 140   M    M  10 12     15 140
25  35  32  34  19  31   0 0.04  0.0    3  4.1  7 350   M    M  10 12      9 140
26  37  33  35  20  30   0 0.12  0.0    2  6.5 12 360   M    M  10 1      14 360
27  34  30  32  17  33   0 0.00  0.0    1  8.2 16 330   M    M  10 1      20 320
28  33  28  31  15  34   0 0.00  0.0    1  6.6 15 340   M    M  10 12     19 330
29  48  26  37  21  28   0 0.00  0.0    1 11.3 23 330   M    M   1 1      31 330
30  38  31  35  19  30   0    T  0.0    0 13.4 22 330   M    M  10 1      29 320
31  54  29  42  26  23   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.3 18 230   M    M   4 12     24 240
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SM  774  416      1412   0  0.87 10.6    358.7          M      207
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AV 25.0 13.4                              11.6 FASTST   M    M   7    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    38 330               # 47 340
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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:   MASON CITY IA
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   43  9 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 20 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 19.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.87    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   3.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.02    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    54 ON 31    GRTST 24HR  0.62 ON  8- 9      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -15 ON 15,14                             3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  10.7 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.8 ON 12-12  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   7 ON 13     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:  20    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  30    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   8    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1412    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   7
DPTR FM NORMAL  -116    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   9
TOTAL FM JUL 1  3840    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 15
DPTR FM NORMAL  -694

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.73 ON 20
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.40 ON  9

[REMARKS]
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