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

                                          STATION:   BLUEFIELD WV
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   37 17 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  81 12 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  67  54  61   2   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.4 17 140   M    M   9        24 140
 2  68  51  60   0   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.2 18 120   M    M   8         M  M
 3  64  49  57  -3   8   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.8 23 140   M    M   2        35 140
 4  63  45  54  -6  11   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.7 18 110   M    M   7        30 120
 5  56  47  52  -8  13   0 0.05  0.0    0 12.2 20 100   M    M   8 18     40 110
 6  56  50  53  -7  12   0 0.72  0.0    0  9.1 22 100   M    M  10 1      37 100
 7  57  50  54  -7  11   0 0.02  0.0    0  2.8 10  40   M    M   9 12     15  40
 8  59  50  55  -6  10   0 0.78  0.0    0  4.8 14 270   M    M  10 1      21 250
 9  75  54  65   4   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.4 17 300   M    M   5 1      23 270
10  79  58  69   8   0   4 0.24  0.0    0  6.7 17 170   M    M   5 3      28 170
11  70  52  61  -1   4   0    M  0.0    0  8.9 16 290   M    M   9 13     25 290
12  55  41  48 -14  17   0    M  0.0    0  9.1 20 310   M    M   6        32 260
13  55  38  47 -15  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 21 310   M    M   7        28 250
14  72  39  56  -6   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 21 260   M    M   1        28 260
15  84  62  73  11   0   8 0.00  0.0    0 13.3 22 260   M    M   0        35 270
16  77  61  69   6   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 20 360   M    M   2        29 280
17  80  57  69   6   0   4 0.01  0.0    0  2.4 10 250   M    M   5 13     14 140
18  70  60  65   2   0   0 0.02  0.0    0  5.1 13 150   M    M   7 128    21 140
19  79  62  71   8   0   6 0.17  0.0    0  5.4 16 240   M    M   7 13     23 170
20  73  62  68   4   0   3 0.71  0.0    0  3.8 10 270   M    M   5 13      M  M
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SM 1359 1042       122  29  2.72     0.0 154.7          M      122
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AV 67.9 52.1                               7.7 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 23 140               # 40  110
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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:  BLUEFIELD WV
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   37 17 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  81 12 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 60.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.72    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.04    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    84 ON 15    GRTST 24HR  0.84 ON 19-20      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     38 ON 13                               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:   0           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:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   122    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   4
DPTR FM NORMAL    18    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  4650    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  5
DPTR FM NORMAL   116

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    29
DPTR FM NORMAL    -2    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1    56    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    LOWEST  SLP 29.74 ON 11

[REMARKS]
DUE TO A POWER FAILURE CAUSING LOSS OF TEMPERATURE DATA ON
APRIL 5 AND 6...ALL ANNUAL TOTALS AND DEPARTURES FOR HDD WILL BE
CALCULATED WITHOUT DATA FROM THOSE DAYS.

ALSO...DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE ASOS RAIN GAUGE ON MAY 11 AND
12...ALL MONTHLY TOTALS AND DEPARTURES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE
CALCULATED WITHOUT DATA FROM THOSE DAYS.