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

                                          STATION:   BETTLES AK
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   66 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 151 31 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  18   3  11  20  54   0 0.00  0.0    5  3.5 12 340   M    M   7        16 340
 2  18   7  13  22  52   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.7  8 320   M    M   9 1       9 330
 3  18   1  10  19  55   0 0.00  0.0    6  4.9 10 340   M    M   4        13 340
 4  13   1   7  16  58   0 0.00  0.0    6  3.1  9 340   M    M   5        12 330
 5  11  -9   1  11  64   0 0.00  0.0    6  2.9  7  10   M    M   3         9  10
 6  10  -4   3  13  62   0    T  0.1    6  3.7 10  10   M    M   6 1      13  20
 7   8  -1   4  14  61   0    M    M    6  2.3  6 340   M    M   8 1       8 340
 8   9  -7   1  11  64   0    M    M    6  3.6  7 330   M    M   8 1      10 330
 9  -2 -10  -6   4  71   0    M    M    M  6.4 12 360   M    M  10        17 360
10   0  -8  -4   6  69   0 0.00  0.0    6  6.2  9 360   M    M   8 1      13  10
11   7  -9  -1   9  66   0 0.00  0.0    7  3.9 10  10   M    M   7 1      15  20
12  19   3  11  21  54   0 0.05  8.0    8  7.0 14  20   M    M   7 1      21  40
13  23  -2  11  22  54   0 0.79  8.6   16  4.2 13  30   M    M  10 12     17  50
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SM  152  -35       784   0  0.84    16.7  53.4          M       92
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AV 11.7 -2.7                               4.1 FASTST   M    M   7    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 14  20               # 21   40
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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:  BETTLES AK
                                          MONTH:    JANUARY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   66 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 151 31 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY:  4.5   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.84    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  14.3   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.48    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    23 ON 13    GRTST 24HR  0.79 ON 13-13      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -10 ON  9                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  16.7 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   8.6 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  16 ON 13     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:  13    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   2
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  13    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   8    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   784    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   1
DPTR FM NORMAL  -188    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   9
TOTAL FM JUL 1  8134    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  3
DPTR FM NORMAL   253

[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 29.27 ON  2

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