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

                                          STATION:   OTTUMWA IA
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          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  59  35  47  15  18   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.7 24 210   M    M   0        31 210
 2  38  29  34   2  31   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.0 29 350   M    M   3        33 350
 3  31  22  27  -4  38   0    T  0.0    0 14.0 18 280   M    M   7        24 290
 4  27  15  21 -10  44   0    T    T    M  9.0 17 300   M    M   7 8      23 300
 5  40  15  28  -2  37   0 0.00  0.0    M 10.4 18 200   M    M   0        22 200
 6  35  23  29  -1  36   0 0.05    M    M  6.2 12  40   M    M   3 18     15  50
 7  28  22  25  -4  40   0 0.03    M    M  7.6 17 330   M    M  10 1      20 330
 8  31  22  27  -2  38   0 0.67    M    M 11.4 23  80   M    M  10 126    31  80
 9  29   1  15 -14  50   0 0.06    M    M 23.5 37 300   M    M   8 128    49 310
10  15  -6   5 -23  60   0 0.00  0.0    M 12.1 20 240   M    M   0        24 240
11  28   5  17 -11  48   0 0.00  0.0    M  7.8 14 190   M    M   1        15 210
12  34  16  25  -3  40   0 0.00  0.0    M 10.3 16 160   M    M   6 128    20 160
13  34  32  33   6  32   0 0.01  0.0    M  7.2 15 130   M    M  10 128    18 140
14  34   7  21  -6  44   0 0.03  0.0    M 14.8 28 320   M    M   9 12     33 320
15  11   1   6 -20  59   0 0.00  0.0    M  7.9 18 320   M    M   0        22 320
16  30   2  16 -10  49   0 0.00  0.0    M  6.7 13 170   M    M   1        16 170
17  40  24  32   6  33   0 0.00  0.0    M  6.2 10 220   M    M   1 8      17 230
18  29  22  26   0  39   0 0.00  0.0    M 10.2 15 360   M    M   4 18     17 360
19  28  23  26   1  39   0    T    T    M 12.0 20 340   M    M  10 18     23 340
20  29  22  26   1  39   0    M    M    M  7.2 14 190   M    M  10 128    16 190
21  30  22  26   1  39   0 0.00  0.0    M  7.4 21 110   M    M   9 18     28 110
22  32  29  31   7  34   0 0.00  0.0    M 12.1 18  90   M    M  10 1      23 100
23  34  31  33   9  32   0    M  0.0    M 16.8 23  80   M    M  10 16     29 100
24  37  33  35  11  30   0 0.18  0.0    M 11.1 18  70   M    M  10 12     23  70
25  42  15  29   5  36   0    M    M    M 17.1 24 210   M    M  10 128    30 210
26  22   8  15  -9  50   0    M    M    M  8.7 16 300   M    M  10 18     20 300
27  26  13  20  -3  45   0    M    M    M 11.4 22 310   M    M   8 1      26 310
28  28   7  18  -5  47   0    T    T    M 15.9 28 330   M    M   5 18     35 300
29  19   0  10 -13  55   0 0.00  0.0    M  6.2 12 170   M    M   0 18     22 150
30  32  19  26   3  39   0    M    M    M  8.8 14 200   M    M   9 18     20 150
31  32   5  19  -4  46   0    T    M    M 15.5 23 320   M    M   3 18     29 320
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SM  964  514      1267   0  1.03    T    345.2          M      184
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AV 31.1 16.6                              11.1 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 37 300               # 49  310
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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:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   41  6 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  92 27 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 23.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.03    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -2.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.29    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    59 ON  1    GRTST 24HR  0.69 ON  8- 9      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     -6 ON 10                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:    T          5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR    T  ON 28-28  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           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:  20    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  29    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   2    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1267    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL    77    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   8
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2506    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL    94

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1   573    HIGHEST SLP 30.63 ON 15
DPTR FM NORMAL  -515    LOWEST  SLP 29.09 ON 25

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