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

                                          STATION:   ANCHORAGE AK
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   61 10 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 150  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  48  29  39  -4  26   0 0.00  0.0    2  4.6 12 340   M    M   8 1      17 350
 2  40  33  37  -6  28   0 0.33    T    2  3.3  8  20   M    M  10 1       M  M
 3  43  33  38  -6  27   0    T  0.0    1  8.9 17 200   M    M  10        39 170
 4  37  32  35  -9  30   0 0.36  0.9    T  4.3  8 160   M    M   9 1       M  M
 5  48  29  39  -5  26   0 0.00  0.0    T  5.0  9 280   M    M   5         M  M
 6  48  30  39  -6  26   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.7 12 280   M    M   8 1       M  M
 7  50  32  41  -4  24   0 0.00  0.0    T  4.1  9 280   M    M   9         M  M
 8  55  30  43  -2  22   0 0.00  0.0    T  3.8  7 330   M    M   5         M  M
 9  53  33  43  -3  22   0    T  0.0    T  3.0  8 340   M    M   8         M  M
10  61  35  48   2  17   0 0.00  0.0    T  5.9 18 150   M    M   8        30 170
11  55  42  49   3  16   0    T  0.0    T  5.1 10 150   M    M   9        20 150
12  52  41  47   0  18   0 0.14  0.0    T  3.3 10 120   M    M  10         M  M
13  55  38  47   0  18   0 0.01  0.0    T  6.3 12 300   M    M   9         M  M
14  48  35  42  -5  23   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.4  9 220   M    M   7         M  M
15  52  39  46  -2  19   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.2 17 160   M    M   8        36 160
16  41  36  39  -9  26   0 0.14    T    0  7.8 14 150   M    M  10 1      24 150
17  37  31  34 -14  31   0 0.52  0.3    0  5.9 13 350   M    M  10 14     20  10
18  40  26  33 -16  32   0 0.02  0.1    0  9.1 16 360   M    M  10 1      24  20
19  47  27  37 -12  28   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 12 240   M    M   3         M  M
20  53  30  42  -7  23   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 10 230   M    M   6         M  M
21  52  30  41  -8  24   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.2 12 260   M    M   6         M  M
22  57  36  47  -3  18   0    T  0.0    0  4.0 12 280   M    M   9         M  M
23  60  41  51   1  14   0 0.01  0.0    0  3.6  9 280   M    M   8 1       M  M
24  67  39  53   3  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.1  8 290   M    M   5         M  M
================================================================================
SM 1199  807       550   0  1.53     1.3 131.4          M      190
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AV 50.0 33.6                               5.5 FASTST   M    M   8    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    18   M                 39    M
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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:  ANCHORAGE AK
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   61 10 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 150  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 41.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.53    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -5.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.00    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    67 ON 24    GRTST 24HR  0.52 ON 17-17      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     26 ON 18                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   1.3 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   0.9 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   2 ON  2, 1  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:   8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  11    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   550    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   1
DPTR FM NORMAL   112    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1 10298    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 12
DPTR FM NORMAL   493

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

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