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

                                          STATION:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 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  42  28  35  11  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.0  9  10   M    M   7 1      11  10
 2  40  32  36  13  29   0 0.54  0.0    0  9.2 22  50   M    M   9 18     29  60
 3  41  30  36  13  29   0 0.11  0.0    0 13.3 25 220   M    M  10 12     38  60
 4  30  27  29   6  36   0 0.02  0.6    0 13.2 21 270   M    M  10 1      26 280
 5  31  21  26   3  39   0    T    T    1 14.3 22 300   M    M   8 1      28 300
 6  36  19  28   5  37   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.2 10  30   M    M   5        13 270
 7  27  12  20  -3  45   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.5  8  50   M    M   3 18     13  10
 8  38  13  26   4  39   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.0  9 150   M    M   4 128    11 150
 9  52  24  38  16  27   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 20 190   M    M   5        25 190
10  42  26  34  12  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 15  90   M    M   6        19  90
11  42  26  34  12  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.8 16 340   M    M   9 18     25 330
12  29  19  24   2  41   0    T    T    0 16.6 29 320   M    M  10 18     37 320
13  28  13  21  -1  44   0    T    T    0  8.4 20 320   M    M   4        26 320
14  41  17  29   7  36   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.9 22 150   M    M   7        28 170
15  47  32  40  18  25   0    T  0.0    0 12.5 22 160   M    M   8        30 150
16  54  35  45  23  20   0 0.11  0.0    0 13.3 25 230   M    M   9 1      32 270
17  35  31  33  11  32   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.5 22 290   M    M  10        29 300
18  34  31  33  11  32   0 0.68  4.1    0 10.4 24  60   M    M  10 146    33  50
19  33  28  31   9  34   0 0.02  0.6    4 15.7 26 300   M    M  10 16     37 310
20  27  24  26   4  39   0    T    T    5  9.4 23 290   M    M  10 1      28 290
21  32  25  29   7  36   0 0.06  0.6    5  4.6 10 210   M    M  10 1      13 200
22  30   9  20  -2  45   0 0.01  0.1    5  6.0 13 300   M    M   9 1      17 300
23  31   5  18  -4  47   0    T    T    5  8.7 18 250   M    M   9 12     25 230
24  36  20  28   6  37   0    T    T    4  4.7 14 190   M    M   8 12     17 180
25  33  12  23   1  42   0    T    T    3 15.6 31 310   M    M  10 1      38 300
26  22   5  14  -8  51   0    T    T    3 13.0 23 310   M    M   3        29 310
27  38  21  30   8  35   0    T    T    3 14.6 37 300   M    M   8        47 300
28  23  10  17  -5  48   0 0.09  1.0    3 13.1 20  10   M    M  10 168    27 360
29  10   1   6 -16  59   0    T    T    4 10.2 22 350   M    M   8        29 360
30  11  -1   5 -18  60   0    T    T    3  8.9 17 300   M    M   4        22 310
31  20  -4   8 -15  57   0 0.00  0.0    3  7.6 17 240   M    M   3        21 220
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SM 1035  591      1193   0  1.64  7.0    304.0          M      236
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AV 33.4 19.1                               9.8 FASTST   M    M   8    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    37 300                 47 300
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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:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 26.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.64    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   3.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.56    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    54 ON 16    GRTST 24HR  0.88 ON  2- 3      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     -4 ON 31                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   7.0 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.1 ON 18-18  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   5 ON 23,22  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:  14    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  30    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   2    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1193    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   1
DPTR FM NORMAL  -129    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  14
TOTAL FM JUL 1  3641    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 16
DPTR FM NORMAL   -83

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.60 ON 30
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.31 ON 16

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