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

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2026
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 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  87  61  74   5   0   9 0.04  0.0    0  5.4 17  30   M    M   3 13     22  40
 2  95  61  78   9   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  6.0 14 160   M    M   0 1      20 120
 3  98  69  84  16   0  19    T  0.0    0  7.8 20 160   M    M   0        28 160
 4 101  61  81  13   0  16    T  0.0    0  6.3 15 150   M    M   0 13     21 160
 5  92  67  80  12   0  15 3.77  0.0    0 11.1 23 160   M    M   3 13     32 110
 6  81  68  75   7   0  10    T  0.0    0 10.6 31 100   M    M   1 13     42  90
 7  83  67  75   8   0  10 0.14  0.0    0 13.4 25 160   M    M   5 13     37 170
 8  86  59  73   6   0   8    T  0.0    0  9.1 28 170   M    M   0        40 160
 9  80  55  68   1   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  6.9 16 340   M    M   1        23 340
10  86  52  69   3   0   4 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 21 180   M    M   0        32 170
11  94  61  78  12   0  13 0.00  0.0    0 16.6 33 320   M    M   0        46 320
12  72  49  61  -5   4   0    T  0.0    0  8.5 20 340   M    M   3        28 320
13  70  47  59  -6   6   0    T  0.0    0  8.1 17 150   M    M   7        23 160
14  74  56  65   0   0   0 1.10  0.0    0 11.8 28 140   M    M   7 13     40 150
15  72  52  62  -2   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.9 17 350   M    M   1        24 300
16  71  49  60  -4   5   0    T  0.0    0  6.3 18 150   M    M   7 1      24 160
17  80  61  71   7   0   6 0.31  0.0    0  6.9 15 120   M    M   7 1      23 120
18  71  61  66   3   0   1 0.22  0.0    0  8.7 20 140   M    M  10 1      31 130
19  66  60  63   0   2   0 0.00  0.0    0    M 12  30   M    M  10 1      16  40
20  66  56  61  -1   4   0 0.78  0.0    0  8.2 17  70   M    M  10 1      23  60
21  59  53  56  -6   9   0 0.17  0.0    0  7.4 13  50   M    M  10 1      16  80
22  63  53  58  -4   7   0 0.02  0.0    0  9.4 17 130   M    M   9 1      25 130
23  70  56  63   2   2   0 0.23  0.0    0 14.5 24 170   M    M   8 1      35 150
24  68  61  65   4   0   0 0.17  0.0    0 11.5 18 160   M    M   9 1      26 160
25  65  60  63   3   2   0 0.08  0.0    0 11.4 18 130   M    M  10 1      26 120
26  73  60  67   7   0   2 0.06  0.0    0  9.8 16 150   M    M  10 1      22 150
27  76  58  67   8   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 17 140   M    M   8 12     22 130
28  73  63  68   9   0   3 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 18 160   M    M   7 1      27 160
29  78  60  69  11   0   4 0.29  0.0    0  7.8 16 190   M    M   6 1      26 180
30  77  52  65   7   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 10 160   M    M   1 12     13 170
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SM 2327 1748        44 138  7.38  0.0    261.3          M      153
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AV 77.6 58.3                               9.0 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    33 320                 46 320
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES
-COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.
-PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN COLUMNS 7,8 AND 9 ARE THE OFFICIAL
 PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR MITCHELL, SD.
-SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2026
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 67.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   7.38    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   4.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:    5.04    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:   101 ON  4    GRTST 24HR  3.77 ON  5- 5      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     47 ON 13                               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:  14
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   5    0.10 INCH OR MORE:  10
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   2

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    44    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  13
DPTR FM NORMAL   -79    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   7
TOTAL FM JUL 1    47    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL   -91

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   138
DPTR FM NORMAL    48    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1120    HIGHEST SLP 30.30 ON 16
DPTR FM NORMAL   249    LOWEST  SLP 29.49 ON 11

[REMARKS]
RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 5TH WITH 3.77 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.09 INCHES IN 1975.  THIS WAS THE SECOND GREATEST
ONE DAY SEPTEMBER PRECIPITATION...ONLY BEHIND 4.35 INCHES ON SEPTEMBER 21 1950.

RECORD WARM DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 28TH WITH
63 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 61 DEGREES IN 2014.

#FINAL-09-26#