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

                                          STATION:   EPHRATA WA AIRPORT
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   47 18 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 31 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  31  11  21 -11  44   0 0.13    M    M  3.5 10 340   M    M   8 12     12 340
 2  44  24  34   2  31   0 0.05    M    M  9.2 25 270   M    M   4 16     32 260
 3  37  32  35   3  30   0 0.16    M    M  7.4 13  10   M    M   8 126    15  10
 4  38  30  34   2  31   0 0.08    M    M  5.4 13 350   M    M   8 12     16  10
 5  43  36  40   9  25   0 0.15    M    M  3.3  9 350   M    M   9 12     10 350
 6  45  40  43  12  22   0 0.24    M    M  5.0 13 290   M    M   9 12     17 300
 7  47  37  42  11  23   0 0.03    M    M 11.1 21 280   M    M   5        26 270
 8  47  27  37   6  28   0 0.00    M    M  5.7 14 280   M    M   0        16 250
 9  35  25  30   0  35   0 0.07    M    M  4.8  9 360   M    M   5 1      10 360
10  37  33  35   5  30   0 0.02    M    M  3.2  9 340   M    M  10 1      11 300
11  43  35  39   9  26   0 0.00    M    M  8.1 15 330   M    M  10        17 330
12  41  37  39   9  26   0    T    M    M  8.0 15 340   M    M  10        17 340
13  40  34  37   7  28   0    T    M    M  5.6  9 350   M    M  10        10 350
14  41  33  37   7  28   0 0.00    M    M  4.3  8  40   M    M   9         9  30
15  46  28  37   8  28   0 0.00    M    M  7.3 13 310   M    M   5 12     15 320
16   M   M   M   M   M   M    M    M    M    M  M   M   M    M   M 12      M   M
17  38  33  36   7  29   0 0.00    M    M  4.1 12  20   M    M   9        13 360
18  35  32  34   5  31   0 0.12    M    M  3.0 10  40   M    M   9 12     11  40
19  43  34  39  10  26   0 0.19    M    M  7.7 14 350   M    M  10 1      16 360
20  41  37  39  10  26   0 0.00    M    M  4.1  9 320   M    M  10 1      11 320
21  40  37  39  11  26   0 0.00    M    M  1.4  6 310   M    M  10 1       8 170
22  41  33  37   9  28   0    T    M    M  7.8 26 280   M    M   8 1      31 280
23  45  25  35   7  30   0 0.00    M    M  4.9 20 320   M    M   0        27 300
24  34  23  29   1  36   0 0.00    M    M  8.1 15  30   M    M   6        17  40
25  38  26  32   4  33   0 0.01    M    M  7.7 12  40   M    M   9        14  30
26  39  33  36   8  29   0 0.03    M    M  5.9 14  10   M    M  10 1      16  10
27  45  36  41  13  24   0 0.01    M    M  8.9 17  20   M    M   7        20  20
28  43  29  36   8  29   0 0.00    M    M  7.5 14 320   M    M   2        17 330
29  49  35  42  14  23   0    T    M    M  9.2 15  20   M    M   4        18  10
30  43  31  37   9  28   0 0.01    M    M  4.7  9  20   M    M   5 1      11  20
31  40  35  38  10  27   0 0.00    M    M  2.8  8 350   M    M  10 12     10 350
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SM 1229  941       860   0  1.30    M    179.7          M      219
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AV 41.0 31.4                               6.0 FASTST   M    M   7    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    26 280                 32 260
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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:   EPHRATA WA AIRPORT
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   47 18 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 31 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 36.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.30    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   6.6   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.17    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    49 ON 29    GRTST 24HR  0.31 ON 18-19      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     11 ON  1                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  M            5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR    M  ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  M  ON   M    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:   1    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  15
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   6
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  13    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   860    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   3
DPTR FM NORMAL  -239    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2169    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 17
DPTR FM NORMAL  -300

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1102    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL   259    LOWEST  SLP 29.52 ON  2

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