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

                                          STATION:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2021
                                          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  30  16  23  -1  42   0    T    T    8  8.4 16 340   M    M   9 18     22 310
 2  24   9  17  -7  48   0 0.00  0.0    8  4.1 12 100   M    M   8 128    18 100
 3  40  18  29   5  36   0 0.00  0.0    8 11.4 18 140   M    M   9 1      24 160
 4  40  13  27   3  38   0 0.14  2.8    7 17.4 35 320   M    M   7 1289   45 310
 5  20   8  14 -10  51   0    T    T   10 16.1 28 300   M    M   3        36 290
 6  11  -2   5 -20  60   0 0.13  1.6    9  9.2 17 320   M    M   6 18     23 360
 7   1  -5  -2 -27  67   0 0.07  1.2   10  7.6 13  20   M    M   8 8      16  10
 8   4  -6  -1 -26  66   0 0.02  1.1   11  7.5 13  10   M    M   9 8      17  30
 9  10 -11   0 -25  65   0 0.00  0.0   11  3.4  8  70   M    M   4        10 360
10  12   4   8 -18  57   0    T  0.1   11  6.7 14  20   M    M   8        18  10
11   5  -3   1 -25  64   0 0.01  0.4   10 11.0 17  20   M    M   8 8      23  20
12  -2  -7  -4 -30  69   0 0.02  0.7   10 11.8 21 350   M    M   9 18     27 360
13   2  -6  -2 -29  67   0 0.05  1.2   12 10.6 18 350   M    M   6 8      26 360
14  -4 -10  -7 -34  72   0    T    T   11 12.5 21 360   M    M  10        27 360
15  -3 -10  -6 -33  71   0 0.00  0.0   11 11.5 17 360   M    M   9        23 350
16   6 -17  -5 -33  70   0 0.00  0.0   11  5.2  9 250   M    M   2        13 250
17  15  -2   7 -21  58   0 0.02  0.3   10  5.7 10 150   M    M   9 1      13 110
18  21   2  12 -16  53   0    T  0.3   10  5.4 13 300   M    M   6 1      17 280
19  27   5  16 -13  49   0    T    T   10  6.0 12 230   M    M   5 8      14 230
20  34  13  24  -5  41   0 0.00  0.0    9  7.6 13 150   M    M   4 18     18 140
21  32  25  29  -1  36   0 0.24  2.2    9 10.9 25 300   M    M  10 12589   30 300
22  44  22  33   3  32   0 0.00  0.0   11 12.3 24 240   M    M   5 1      30 240
23  49  29  39   9  26   0 0.00  0.0    9  9.1 20 290   M    M   2        27 300
24  41  25  33   2  32   0 0.00  0.0    7 13.2 24 310   M    M   5        33 300
25  43  22  33   2  32   0 0.00  0.0    5  5.5 13 310   M    M   3        15 300
26  45  25  35   3  30   0 0.00  0.0    3  9.9 21 180   M    M   5        27 140
27  53  29  41   9  24   0 0.00  0.0    2  7.7 15 100   M    M   4        23  90
28  41  25  33   1  32   0 0.00  0.0    1 13.6 31 300   M    M   6        40 290
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SM  641  211      1388   0  0.70 11.9    261.3          M      179
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AV 22.9  7.5                               9.3 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    35 320                 45 310
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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:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2021
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 15.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.70    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: -12.2   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.58    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    53 ON 27    GRTST 24HR  0.24 ON 21-21      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -17 ON 16                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  12.0 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   2.8 ON  4- 4  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  12 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:  18    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  28    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:  11    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1388    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   4
DPTR FM NORMAL   337    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  13
TOTAL FM JUL 1  4920    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11
DPTR FM NORMAL    89

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.75 ON 14
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.54 ON  4

[REMARKS]
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