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

                                          STATION:   OTTUMWA IA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   41  6 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  92 27 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  37  33  35   2  30   0 0.15  0.5    0 10.2 18  30   M    M  10 1      24  10
 2  36  32  34   1  31   0    T  0.0    0  4.4  8 130   M    M  10 1      10 150
 3  42  31  37   5  28   0    T  0.0    0  4.6 15 230   M    M   8 18     21 200
 4  40  23  32   0  33   0 0.05  0.0    0  7.8 14 200   M    M   7 18     19 210
 5  36  25  31  -1  34   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.7 22 330   M    M   7 1      29 330
 6  46  22  34   2  31   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.0 22 190   M    M   0 1      29 190
 7  61  38  50  19  15   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.5 20 180   M    M   0        25 190
 8  59  41  50  19  15   0 0.08  0.0    0  8.1 21 220   M    M   2        26 220
 9  45  31  38   8  27   0    T    T    0 14.7 25 320   M    M   8        39 310
10  37  23  30   0  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.4 22 310   M    M   5        28 310
11  44  20  32   2  33   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.7 13 110   M    M   1        16  70
12  37  24  31   1  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 18 340   M    M   3        24 330
13  47  26  37   8  28   0    T    T    0  5.1 10 190   M    M   3 8      13 170
14  55  22  39  10  26   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 18 200   M    M   0        27 220
15  52  41  47  19  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 15 170   M    M   4        20 170
16  46  39  43  15  22   0 0.25  0.0    0  8.2 17 160   M    M  10 1      24 160
17  40  32  36   8  29   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 21 320   M    M   8        27 320
18  34  15  25  -3  40   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.9 31 320   M    M   0        45 330
19  41  13  27   0  38   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.8 22 180   M    M   0        28 190
20  48  25  37  10  28   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 13 170   M    M   1        17 170
21  56  38  47  20  18   0    T  0.0    0  5.8  9 170   M    M  10 18     12 170
22  50  45  48  22  17   0 0.77  0.0    0  4.0  9 120   M    M  10 12     10 190
23  54  44  49  23  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 13 200   M    M   8 12     17 170
24  61  44  53  27  12   0 0.21  0.0    0 13.4 21 140   M    M   8 1      30 130
25  55  33  44  18  21   0 0.53  0.0    0 14.5 23 210   M    M  10 1      29 120
26  37  32  35   9  30   0    T    T    0 10.0 20 180   M    M  10 18     25 180
27  37  33  35  10  30   0 0.13    T    0 11.0 16  20   M    M  10 18     24  30
28  36  29  33   8  32   0 0.13  1.7    0 14.8 26 330   M    M   7 1      33 310
29  40  26  33   8  32   0    T  0.1    1 12.1 22 340   M    M   6 1      28 330
30  43  25  34   9  31   0 0.00  0.0    T  9.1 22 340   M    M   2 1      27 330
31  33  28  31   7  34   0    T    T    0 14.9 23 330   M    M  10 1      31 310
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SM 1385  933       848   0  2.30  2.3    297.8          M      178
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AV 44.7 30.1                               9.6 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    31 320                 45 330
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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:   OTTUMWA IA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   41  6 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  92 27 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 37.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.30    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   9.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.86    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    61 ON 24, 7  GRTST 24HR  0.77 ON 22-22      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     13 ON 19                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   2.3 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   1.7 ON 28-28  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   1 ON 29     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:   7
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  20    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   848    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL  -285    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  1931    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL  -461

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1   990    HIGHEST SLP 30.70 ON 13
DPTR FM NORMAL     5    LOWEST  SLP 29.53 ON  8

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