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

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2010
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
================================================================================
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
================================================================================

 1  30   6  18  -9  47   0 0.00  0.0   16  2.8  8 190   M    M   0 1       9 180
 2  33   7  20  -7  45   0 0.00  0.0   16  5.4 12 160   M    M   7 1      13 160
 3  35  18  27  -1  38   0 0.00  0.0   16  7.5 15 140   M    M   5 1      18 150
 4  38  24  31   3  34   0 0.00  0.0   16 14.0 18 150   M    M   0 1      23 160
 5  39  27  33   4  32   0    T  0.0   15 13.0 20 110   M    M   3 18     25 130
 6  36  33  35   6  30   0 0.02  0.0   12  8.6 23 130   M    M   8 1      28 140
 7  37  33  35   6  30   0 0.00  0.0   11  7.5 17 320   M    M  10 12     21 320
 8  37  34  36   6  29   0 0.04  0.0    8 14.0 24 160   M    M  10 1      30 160
 9  36  34  35   5  30   0 0.07  0.0    8  6.7 13 120   M    M  10 1      16 130
10  36  33  35   4  30   0 0.03  0.0    7  9.0 14 320   M    M  10 1      16 330
11  34  33  34   3  31   0 0.09  1.5    7 16.8 26 330   M    M  10 1      33 330
12  37  34  36   5  29   0 0.04  0.0    7 18.0 23 340   M    M  10 1      30 330
13  41  34  38   6  27   0 0.00  0.0    5  9.0 14 340   M    M  10 1      18 330
14  39  34  37   5  28   0 0.13  0.0    3 12.9 18 340   M    M  10 1      24 350
15  38  34  36   3  29   0 0.03  0.0    1 11.9 17 330   M    M  10 1      22 320
16  40  32  36   3  29   0    T    T    T  8.6 20 340   M    M  10 1      23 320
17  52  29  41   7  24   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.6 14 210   M    M   2        20 200
18  55  31  43   9  22   0    T  0.0    0 10.1 25  10   M    M   2 1      32 360
19  40  26  33  -1  32   0 0.00  0.0    0 18.5 28 350   M    M   8        33 360
20  38  21  30  -5  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 20 350   M    M   3        25 350
21  56  24  40   5  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.7 15 160   M    M   0        21 160
22  68  33  51  15  14   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.5 23 160   M    M   0        28 170
23  52  35  44   8  21   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.7  M   M   M    M   4         M  M
24  52  28  40   3  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 16 350   M    M   0        21 350
25  47  26  37   0  28   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.1 21 130   M    M   2        26 140
26  61  32  47  10  18   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.9 32 170   M    M   1        43 170
27  46  33  40   2  25   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.5 28 350   M    M   6 18     33 360
28  58  27  43   5  22   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.5 12 340   M    M   0 18      M  M
29  73  37  55  16  10   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.2 21 160   M    M   0        26 150
30  79  48  64  25   1   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.4 23 180   M    M   0        31 180
31  67  45  56  16   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.9 25 320   M    M   0        31 330
================================================================================
SM 1430  925       829   0  0.45     1.5 341.8          M      151
================================================================================
AV 46.1 29.8                              11.0 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 32 170               # 43  170
================================================================================
NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
- COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
- PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7, 8, AND 9 ARE THE OFFICAL
  PRECIPITATION FOR MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA.
- SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).


PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     2010
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 38.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.45    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   4.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -1.21    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    79 ON 30    GRTST 24HR  0.13 ON 14-14      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      6 ON  1                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   1.5 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   1.5 ON 11-11  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  16 ON  4, 3  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:   8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  15    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   829    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  13
DPTR FM NORMAL  -157    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   7
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6854    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11
DPTR FM NORMAL    52

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.49 ON 15
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.22 ON 30

[REMARKS]

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