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

                                          STATION:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2021
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 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  25  14  20  -3  45   0 0.00  0.0    8  8.3 16  20   M    M   8 18     20  30
 2  30  10  20  -3  45   0 0.00  0.0    8  3.3 10 310   M    M   5 18     13 130
 3  34   8  21  -2  44   0 0.00  0.0    7  7.7 14 170   M    M   5 128    18 170
 4  40  27  34  11  31   0 0.00  0.0    7 10.1 22 310   M    M   6 1      28 320
 5  40  17  29   6  36   0 0.00  0.0    5  5.1 12 100   M    M   6        17  90
 6  35  29  32   9  33   0    T    T    4  9.9 15 100   M    M  10 18     23 100
 7  33  27  30   8  35   0 0.00  0.0    4  7.1 15 130   M    M  10 18     22 140
 8  31  25  28   6  37   0 0.00  0.0    4  5.8 12  10   M    M  10 18     15 320
 9  25  21  23   1  42   0    T    T    4  5.5 10 310   M    M  10 18     13 340
10  31  20  26   4  39   0    T    T    4  7.3 16 300   M    M  10 18     21 320
11  40  25  33  11  32   0 0.00  0.0    4 10.8 21 210   M    M   3        27 220
12  44  24  34  12  31   0 0.00  0.0    3  5.8 12 230   M    M   2        14 230
13  45  30  38  16  27   0 0.00  0.0    2  6.8 13 180   M    M   7        15 170
14  40  30  35  13  30   0 0.22  2.9    2 18.2 30 290   M    M  10 19     45 290
15  35  29  32  10  33   0 0.21  2.7    6 18.1 33 310   M    M  10 169    48 300
16  30  26  28   6  37   0    T    T    5 15.4 25 310   M    M  10 16     34 310
17  31  24  28   6  37   0 0.04  0.7    5  9.0 23 310   M    M  10 1      32 320
18  33  18  26   4  39   0 0.00  0.0    6  4.9 10  50   M    M   5        14  40
19  36  12  24   2  41   0 0.01    T    5 12.6 38 300   M    M   7 1      49 300
20  44  11  28   6  37   0 0.00  0.0    4 12.2 26 230   M    M   1        36 230
21  43  25  34  12  31   0    T    T    2 12.4 25 300   M    M   2        35 300
22  25  11  18  -4  47   0 0.00  0.0    1  6.3 21 350   M    M   3        26 340
23  28  11  20  -3  45   0 0.02  0.4    1  7.9 16 130   M    M   7 1      22 120
24  31  21  26   3  39   0    T  0.1    1  7.1 14 360   M    M  10 1      20  70
25  25  19  22  -1  43   0 0.59 10.3    1 14.9 24  20   M    M  10 1289   33  30
26  23  13  18  -5  47   0 0.18  2.6   13 13.1 24  20   M    M   8 189    35  20
27  24   9  17  -6  48   0 0.00  0.0   11  6.1 12  40   M    M   6 8      15  50
28  26   0  13 -10  52   0 0.00  0.0   10  6.4 15 170   M    M   5 18     20 150
29  37  17  27   4  38   0 0.00  0.0   10  9.4 16 110   M    M   8        23 120
30  33  30  32   9  33   0 0.08  0.5    9 11.8 17 350   M    M  10 1468   27 120
31  32  26  29   5  36   0    T  0.1    9 15.2 23 340   M    M  10 168    36 340
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SM 1029  609      1190   0  1.35 20.3    294.5          M      224
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AV 33.2 19.6                               9.5 FASTST   M    M   7    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    38 300                 49 300
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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:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2021
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 26.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.35    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   3.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.35    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    45 ON 13    GRTST 24HR  0.59 ON 25-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      0 ON 28                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  20.3 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR  10.3 ON 25-25  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  13 ON 26     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:  15    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   1    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1190    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   5
DPTR FM NORMAL  -123    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  12
TOTAL FM JUL 1  3532    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 14
DPTR FM NORMAL  -251

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.74 ON 28
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.31 ON 15

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