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

                                          STATION:   OTTUMWA IA
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2012
                                          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
================================================================================

 1  49  29  39   7  26   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.6 20 290   M    M   4        24 300
 2  40  30  35   2  30   0 0.09  1.3    0 14.4 25 340   M    M   5 12     31 270
 3  38  22  30  -3  35   0    T    T    T 15.6 26 300   M    M   7        35 290
 4  29  18  24 -10  41   0 0.09  1.5    0  5.9 18 330   M    M   7 128    22 340
 5  44  10  27  -7  38   0 0.00  0.0    1 10.1 21 170   M    M   0 1      26 170
 6  72  37  55  20  10   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.7 36 220   M    M   0        43 200
 7  67  35  51  16  14   0 0.24  0.0    0 19.6 32 210   M    M   7 1      45 210
 8  48  30  39   3  26   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.0 31 320   M    M   0        40 320
 9  46  23  35  -1  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.6 16 330   M    M   0        21 320
10  66  33  50  14  15   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.2 26 230   M    M   0        33 230
11  62  37  50  13  15   0 0.14  0.0    0 14.3 29 150   M    M   5 1      36 160
12  62  44  53  16  12   0 0.02  0.0    0  9.9 18 240   M    M   7 1      23 230
13  75  35  55  17  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.2 17 160   M    M   1 12     21 170
14  81  57  69  31   0   4 0.00  0.0    0 14.2 23 210   M    M   3        29 210
15  80  60  70  32   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  9.0 20 210   M    M   2        25 210
16  82  58  70  31   0   5 0.00  0.0    0 12.1 23 180   M    M   2 1      29 190
17  82  59  71  32   0   6 0.00  0.0    0 14.8 26 190   M    M   1        35 190
18  81  59  70  30   0   5 0.00  0.0    0 15.5 31 200   M    M   4        38 190
19  81  59  70  30   0   5 0.37  0.0    0 15.4 35 180   M    M   5 13     48 190
20  76  57  67  26   0   2 0.09  0.0    0 11.7 26 210   M    M   7 1      35 210
21  72  58  65  24   0   0 0.26  0.0    0  8.1 16 150   M    M   7 1      22 150
22  65  47  56  15   9   0 0.32  0.0    0  7.1 20 210   M    M   7 1      24 210
23  64  47  56  14   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.6 18 330   M    M   5 12     22 330
24  68  51  60  18   5   0 0.11  0.0    0  6.3 15 320   M    M   8 18     18 320
25  75  44  60  17   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.2 10  40   M    M   4 128    20 260
26  61  47  54  11  11   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.8 28 110   M    M   2 1      32 110
27  76  48  62  19   3   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.7 31 230   M    M   1        38 230
28  72  41  57  13   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.5 14 300   M    M   0        18 320
29  58  49  54  10  11   0 0.17  0.0    0 13.2 30 320   M    M   6 13     39 340
30  58  45  52   7  13   0 0.39  0.0    0  6.1 30 320   M    M   8 13     39 340
31  70  49  60  15   5   0 0.01  0.0    0  9.5 16 140   M    M   4 18     18 120
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SM 2000 1318       381  32  2.30     2.8 359.9          M      119
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AV 64.5 42.5                              11.6 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 36 220               # 48  190
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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:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     2012
                                          LATITUDE:   41  6 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  92 27 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 53.5   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.30    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  14.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.06    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    82 ON 17,16 GRTST 24HR  0.56 ON 29-30      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     10 ON  5                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   2.8 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   1.5 ON  4- 4  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   1 ON  5     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:  13
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   8
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   7    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   381    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  13
DPTR FM NORMAL  -430    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  18
TOTAL FM JUL 1  4601    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  0
DPTR FM NORMAL -1095

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    32
DPTR FM NORMAL    31    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1    32    HIGHEST SLP 30.63 ON  9
DPTR FM NORMAL    31    LOWEST  SLP 29.56 ON  2

[REMARKS]
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