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

                                          STATION:   HELENA MT
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   46 35 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 112  0 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  38  16  27   5  38   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.1 10 200   M    M   2 18     12 190
 2  34  11  23   1  42   0    T    T    0  1.3  6 230   M    M   3 128    10 300
 3  31  11  21  -1  44   0 0.00  0.0    0  0.6  6 260   M    M   2         7 340
 4  44  20  32  10  33   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 22 300   M    M   7        30 300
 5  42  28  35  13  30   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.9 28 270   M    M   4        38 280
 6  39  22  31   9  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.7 20 270   M    M   6        28 280
 7  28  12  20  -2  45   0 0.02  0.5    T  6.8 16 340   M    M   8 18     20 330
 8  31  13  22   0  43   0 0.00  0.0    T  2.1 15 270   M    M   8        20 270
 9  41  21  31   9  34   0 0.02  0.8    T 14.6 31 260   M    M   6 1      42 250
10  35   5  20  -2  45   0 0.01  0.1    T 10.4 30 260   M    M   6 8      40 240
11   6 -17  -5 -27  70   0 0.21  3.0    T 11.7 21 320   M    M  10 8      27 320
12 -17 -27 -22 -44  87   0 0.13  1.5    3  9.9 16 350   M    M  10 8      21 320
13 -18 -36 -27 -49  92   0 0.00  0.0    3  0.7  6  90   M    M   2 18      6  90
14  -5 -28 -16 -39  81   0 0.03  0.7    3  5.9 15 280   M    M   9 8      18 270
15  -7 -27 -17 -40  82   0 0.00  0.0    3  2.6 12 280   M    M   1 8      14 270
16   4 -17  -6 -29  71   0 0.00  0.0    3  1.5  6 300   M    M   2         8 320
17  18   3  11 -12  54   0 0.33  4.7    3  4.0 18 310   M    M   9 1      24 310
18   8  -2   3 -20  62   0 0.04  1.0    8  6.1 15 340   M    M   9        19 340
19  16   2   9 -14  56   0 0.01  0.3    7  0.4  5  60   M    M  10 18      6  50
20  25  12  19  -4  46   0 0.00  0.0    7  0.5  6 290   M    M   7 8       6 290
21  36  20  28   4  37   0    T  0.0    6  1.3 13 310   M    M   8 18     14 310
22  39  23  31   7  34   0 0.00  0.0    6  1.4  7 270   M    M   7 128     9 270
23  42  24  33   9  32   0 0.00  0.0    5  2.7  9  10   M    M   5 1      11 150
24  33  14  24   0  41   0 0.00  0.0    5  1.0  8  50   M    M   6 128     9  30
25  44  22  33   9  32   0 0.00  0.0    5  3.1 10  10   M    M   4 18     14 250
26  40  21  31   7  34   0 0.00  0.0    5  3.9 10 250   M    M   2        15 230
27  37  18  28   4  37   0 0.00  0.0    5  2.0  8  50   M    M   3        10  30
28  47  29  38  14  27   0 0.00  0.0    5  3.4  9 220   M    M   7        13  50
29  51  32  42  18  23   0 0.00  0.0    4  2.6 10 240   M    M   2        12 250
30  49  21  35  11  30   0 0.00  0.0    3  2.3  9 270   M    M   0 1      13 270
31  48  19  34   9  31   0 0.00  0.0    2  1.6  7 240   M    M   1 12     10 230
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SM  859  265      1447   0  0.80 12.6    130.0          M      166
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AV 27.7  8.5                               4.2 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    31 260                 42 250
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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:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   46 35 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 112  0 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 18.1   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.80    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -4.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.41    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    51 ON 29    GRTST 24HR  0.44 ON 17-17      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -36 ON 13                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  12.6 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.7 ON 17-17  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   8 ON 18     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:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   7    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1447    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  11
DPTR FM NORMAL   143    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  12
TOTAL FM JUL 1  4021    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  8
DPTR FM NORMAL  -413

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.92 ON 15
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.43 ON 10

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