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

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          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  93  70  82  25   0  17 0.00  0.0    0 15.6 31 170   M    M   0        46 160
 2  91  67  79  22   0  14 0.00  0.0    0 15.3 26 190   M    M   1        39 180
 3  82  59  71  15   0   6 0.78  0.0    0 12.7 25 140   M    M   6 13     33 140
 4  69  53  61   5   4   0    T  0.0    0 11.0 20 300   M    M   2        26 290
 5  65  49  57   2   8   0    T  0.0    0 16.9 36 300   M    M   3        49 300
 6  52  36  44 -11  21   0    T  0.0    0 16.8 36 310   M    M   7        48 320
 7  65  31  48  -6  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 14 210   M    M   0        19 210
 8  70  39  55   1  10   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.7 23  10   M    M   0        37 350
 9  63  33  48  -5  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 15  10   M    M   1        22  10
10  66  32  49  -4  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 13 130   M    M   0        17 140
11  73  39  56   4   9   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.2 23 100   M    M   1        29 100
12  54  47  51  -1  14   0 1.41  0.0    0 23.9 40  70   M    M   9 13     56  70
13  48  45  47  -4  18   0 0.74  0.0    0 20.5 37  70   M    M  10 1      49  70
14  52  46  49  -2  16   0    T  0.0    0 11.5 18  20   M    M  10 1      23  10
15  56  37  47  -3  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.0 21  10   M    M   7        27 350
16  63  33  48  -2  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.0  9 280   M    M   0        14 280
17  75  37  56   7   9   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 31 330   M    M   0        53 330
18  60  50  55   6  10   0 0.22  0.0    0 16.1 28 300   M    M   6 1      38 310
19  72  46  59  11   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 20 320   M    M   1        26 320
20  78  41  60  12   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 20 310   M    M   0        26 320
21  67  41  54   7  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 18 350   M    M   1        26 330
22  64  37  51   4  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.8 23 160   M    M   1        29 160
23  72  41  57  11   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 13 160   M    M   0        17 150
24  52  48  50   4  15   0    T  0.0    0 12.1 22 340   M    M   9 1      27 340
25  55  43  49   4  16   0 0.12  0.0    0  7.6 14 120   M    M  10 1      19 120
26  55  35  45   0  20   0 0.02  0.0    0 12.8 24 290   M    M  10 1      32 290
27  35  20  28 -16  37   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.4 35 310   M    M   5        45 320
28  28  19  24 -20  41   0 0.02  0.2    0  7.3 13 340   M    M   7 1      16 350
29  37  21  29 -14  36   0    T    T    0 11.5 23 320   M    M   4        29 310
30  47  18  33 -10  32   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.2 38 320   M    M   2        51 320
31  34  16  25 -17  40   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.5 28 330   M    M   1        36 340
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SM 1893 1229       485  37  3.31  0.2    361.3          M      114
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AV 61.1 39.6                              11.7 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    40  70                 56  70
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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:     OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 50.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   3.31    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   0.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.48    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    93 ON  1    GRTST 24HR  1.76 ON 12-13      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     16 ON 31                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.2 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR     0.2 ON 28   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:   1    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   2    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   7    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   485    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  18
DPTR FM NORMAL     4    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   7
TOTAL FM JUL 1   526    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6
DPTR FM NORMAL   -93

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    37
DPTR FM NORMAL    29    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1113    HIGHEST SLP 30.58 ON 31
DPTR FM NORMAL   234    LOWEST  SLP 29.55 ON 12

[REMARKS]

RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON THE 1ST WITH 93 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS OCCURANCE WAS IN 1951.

RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 1ST WITH 70
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 61 IN 2021.

RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 2ND WITH 67
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 65 IN 1953.

RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 12TH WITH 1.41 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.10 INCHES IN 1914.

#FINAL-10-23#