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

                                          STATION:   AMES IA
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      2013
                                          LATITUDE:   41 59 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 37 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  55  37  46  -9  19   0 0.09    M    0 21.5 33 360   M    M   9 1      43  20
 2  37  32  35 -21  30   0 1.50    M    0 18.9 32  20   M    M  10 12     44  10
 3  34  32  33 -23  32   0 0.33    M    0 17.8 25  10   M    M  10 12     31  10
 4  48  34  41 -15  24   0 0.74    M    0 12.2 23 360   M    M  10 1      28  10
 5  61  42  52  -5  13   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 16 320   M    M   8 18     21 310
 6  73  44  59   2   6   0 0.00  0.0    M  5.7 14 340   M    M   2 1      17 340
 7  76  45  61   4   4   0 0.00  0.0    M  2.2 10 140   M    M   1 18     14 140
 8  73  48  61   3   4   0 0.62  0.0    0  4.7 18 180   M    M   4 13     22 180
 9  69  51  60   2   5   0 1.69  0.0    0  9.0 24 350   M    M   9 13     30 350
10  66  47  57  -1   8   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 22 350   M    M   7        31 360
11  56  42  49 -10  16   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.6 36 340   M    M   1        46 340
12  61  35  48 -11  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.7 18 300   M    M   0        25 270
13  74  35  55  -4  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 24 190   M    M   0        30 200
14  94  55  75  15   0  10 0.00  0.0    0 12.6 30 210   M    M   0        38 210
15  81  59  70  10   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  8.9 23  30   M    M   0        29  30
16  81  52  67   7   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  6.0 20 150   M    M   2        25 150
17  80  58  69   8   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 16 150   M    M   2 18     22 160
18  83  56  70   9   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  8.4 20 150   M    M   4 1      24 160
19  86  60  73  11   0   8 2.15  0.0    0 12.8 38 280   M    M   3 1238   53 300
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SM 1288  864       188  34  7.12     0.0 205.9          M       82
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AV 67.8 45.5                              10.8 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 38 280               # 53  300
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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:  AMES IA
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     2013
                                          LATITUDE:   41 59 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 37 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 56.6   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   7.12    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -1.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:    4.27    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    94 ON 14    GRTST 24HR  2.27 ON  8- 9      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     32 ON  3, 2                            3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         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:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   1    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   6
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   2    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   5
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   3

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   188    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL    45    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   4
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6886    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  5
DPTR FM NORMAL   121

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    34
DPTR FM NORMAL    17    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1    37    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL    17    LOWEST  SLP 29.51 ON 19

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