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

                                          STATION:   ALLENTOWN PA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          LATITUDE:   40 39 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  75 26 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  51  33  42   5  23   0    T    T    0 12.5 26 250   M    M   6        35 240
 2  42  32  37   0  28   0    T    T    0 13.8 24 250   M    M   5        32 260
 3  47  28  38   2  27   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 18 240   M    M   1        23 240
 4  49  32  41   5  24   0 0.42  0.0    0  3.7 16 220   M    M   9 1      20 230
 5  44  37  41   5  24   0 0.38  0.0    0 12.7 28 330   M    M  10 1      37 320
 6  38  25  32  -3  33   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 22 320   M    M   4        29 320
 7  37  22  30  -5  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.4 15 350   M    M   2        21 330
 8  40  24  32  -2  33   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.2 20 330   M    M   5        25 300
 9  37  29  33  -1  32   0 0.06  0.7    0  8.4 17 240   M    M   6 18     22 240
10  48  26  37   3  28   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.8 20 300   M    M   4        27 310
11  53  24  39   5  26   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.5  8 230   M    M   0 18     10 220
12  49  28  39   6  26   0    T  0.0    0  3.3  9  70   M    M   7 12     10 110
13  55  33  44  11  21   0    T  0.0    0  4.6 18 280   M    M   5 12     25 280
14  39  32  36   4  29   0 0.39  0.8    0  5.1 24 330   M    M   6 1      31 330
15  36  23  30  -2  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.7 15 320   M    M   0        20 320
16  25  20  23  -9  42   0 0.93  9.2    0 15.1 31  50   M    M   7 12     39  50
17  34  17  26  -6  39   0 0.28  2.3   11  9.9 23  50   M    M   6 1      27  40
18  32  14  23  -8  42   0 0.00  0.0   11  6.1 17 330   M    M   5        20 320
19  28   5  17 -14  48   0 0.00  0.0   10  2.0  8 280   M    M   1 1      10 280
20  38  21  30  -1  35   0 0.00  0.0    9  2.9  9  60   M    M  10 1      14 150
21  37  32  35   4  30   0    T  0.0    8  4.1 10 240   M    M   9 18     12 210
22  42  33  38   8  27   0 0.01  0.0    5  8.4 22 300   M    M   9 18     31 300
23  43  24  34   4  31   0 0.00  0.0    4  3.3 10 290   M    M   1        16 300
24  62  35  49  19  16   0 1.53  0.0    1 10.3 22 140   M    M   9 1      33 140
25  64  23  44  14  21   0 0.56    T    0 12.8 32 190   M    M  10 1      43 180
26  28  20  24  -5  41   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.7 22 260   M    M   5        27 270
27  36  17  27  -2  38   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5  9 210   M    M   1        11 190
28  50  29  40  11  25   0    T    T    0  6.8 16 290   M    M   4        21 300
29  39  20  30   1  35   0    T    T    0  9.6 21 310   M    M   5        29 310
30  40  20  30   1  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 17 210   M    M   2        22 210
31  41  27  34   5  31   0 0.19  0.0    0  4.9 13 340   M    M   8 1      16 350
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SM 1304  785       960   0  4.75 13.0    232.1          M      162
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AV 42.1 25.3                               7.5 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    32 190                 43 180
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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:   ALLENTOWN PA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          LATITUDE:   40 39 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  75 26 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 33.7   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   4.75    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   1.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.17    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    64 ON 25    GRTST 24HR  2.09 ON 24-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      5 ON 19                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  13.0 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   9.2 ON 16-16  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  11 ON 18,17  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:   4    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  10
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   8
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  26    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   960    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   8
DPTR FM NORMAL   -55    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  16
TOTAL FM JUL 1  1923    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7
DPTR FM NORMAL  -271

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1043    HIGHEST SLP 30.57 ON 30
DPTR FM NORMAL   286    LOWEST  SLP 29.34 ON 25

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