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

                                          STATION:   HELENA MT
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   46 35 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 112  0 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
================================================================================
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  32  19  26   4  39   0 0.00  0.0    T  1.2  8 200   M    M   5        12 290
 2  30  13  22   0  43   0 0.00  0.0    T  1.1  7 240   M    M   0         8 230
 3  33   9  21  -1  44   0 0.00  0.0    T  3.4 21 250   M    M   3        27 250
 4  40  20  30   8  35   0 0.00  0.0    T  5.8 20 270   M    M   4        26 260
 5  31  15  23   1  42   0 0.12  1.5    T  1.4  8 250   M    M   5 18     10 250
 6  30  18  24   2  41   0 0.01    T    2  0.6  8 180   M    M   8 12      9 180
 7  27  17  22   0  43   0 0.00  0.0    2  0.6  9 360   M    M   5 128    11 360
 8  42   8  25   3  40   0 0.00  0.0    1  2.7  9  30   M    M   1 1      12 220
 9  38  22  30   8  35   0    T  0.1    1  3.3  9 190   M    M   5 1      13 190
10  38  15  27   5  38   0 0.00  0.0    1  3.1 12 230   M    M   2 128    14  70
11  32  14  23   1  42   0 0.00  0.0    1  0.9  6 260   M    M   1 8       8 250
12  37  13  25   3  40   0 0.00  0.0    1  1.4  7 250   M    M   5 18      8 250
13  40  27  34  12  31   0 0.00  0.0    1  2.5  8 260   M    M   0        10 260
14  41  27  34  11  31   0 0.13  0.0    1  3.1 12 140   M    M   7 1268   14 130
15  37  25  31   8  34   0 0.01    T    1  1.3  7 190   M    M   7 128     7 190
16  34  30  32   9  33   0 0.01    T    1  1.6  7 260   M    M  10 12      9 260
17  33  22  28   5  37   0 0.02  0.3    1  1.6  6 330   M    M   9 1       7 290
18  38  20  29   6  36   0 0.00  0.0    1  5.5 20 250   M    M   5 1      26 250
19  32  17  25   2  40   0    T  0.3    1  1.9  8 280   M    M   7 1       9 280
20  35  19  27   4  38   0 0.00  0.0    1  9.5 20 250   M    M   2 1      26 280
21  31  15  23  -1  42   0 0.00  0.0    1  2.1 13 100   M    M   1        15 100
22  36  17  27   3  38   0    T  0.4    1  4.1 15 280   M    M   7 1      21 290
23  32  23  28   4  37   0 0.01  0.1    1 11.4 25 270   M    M   3        35 250
24  36  26  31   7  34   0 0.00  0.0    1 11.9 22 260   M    M   6        31 240
25  37  18  28   4  37   0    T    T    1  4.0 17 290   M    M   8        26 270
26  44  31  38  14  27   0 0.00  0.0    1 16.3 36 260   M    M   8        48 280
27  41  27  34  10  31   0 0.09    T    T  8.7 22 330   M    M  10 12     31 340
28  27  -2  13 -11  52   0    T    T    T 16.9 31 350   M    M   7 8      43 360
29   4  -6  -1 -25  66   0 0.00  0.0    T  6.6 14 280   M    M   2 8      18 290
30   7  -6   1 -23  64   0 0.00  0.0    T  3.7 15  90   M    M   6        19  80
31  30   1  16  -9  49   0 0.00  0.0    T  3.2 15 240   M    M   8        24 250
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SM 1025  514      1239   0  0.40  2.7    141.4          M      157
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AV 33.1 16.6                               4.6 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    36 260                 48 280
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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:   HELENA MT
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   46 35 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 112  0 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 24.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.40    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   1.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.01    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    44 ON 26    GRTST 24HR  0.31 ON 27-27      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     -6 ON 30,29                             3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   2.7 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   1.5 ON  5- 5  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   2 ON  7, 6  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:   8
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   3    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1239    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   9
DPTR FM NORMAL   -65    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  19
TOTAL FM JUL 1  4552    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  3
DPTR FM NORMAL   118

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.74 ON 29
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.54 ON 15

[REMARKS]
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