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

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          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  95  63  79  10   0  14 0.00  0.0    0 11.3 22 160   M    M   0        31 170
 2 104  65  85  16   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  9.0 17 210   M    M   0        26 210
 3  99  65  82  14   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 14 170   M    M   0        19 160
 4 101  67  84  16   0  19    T  0.0    0 12.2 22 170   M    M   0        31 170
 5  82  57  70   2   0   5 0.02  0.0    0 13.7 30 330   M    M   4 138    42 340
 6  75  50  63  -5   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 17 350   M    M   1 18     26 360
 7  73  46  60  -7   5   0 0.01  0.0    0  6.3 18 120   M    M   1 138    26 160
 8  88  52  70   3   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  2.8  8  20   M    M   0 18     12 180
 9  79  57  68   1   0   3    T  0.0    0  6.1 18  20   M    M   3 18     25  20
10  74  51  63  -3   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 14  50   M    M   2        20  50
11  79  43  61  -5   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.7 10  90   M    M   2        15  90
12  80  47  64  -2   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 12  30   M    M   2        15 120
13  84  52  68   3   0   3 0.00  0.0    0 10.1 20 170   M    M   1        30 170
14  87  55  71   6   0   6 0.15  0.0    0 10.4 24 270   M    M   4 3      36 270
15  81  51  66   2   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 14  10   M    M   2        19 360
16  76  43  60  -4   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 15 360   M    M   0 18     23 350
17  78  41  60  -4   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.7 13 140   M    M   1 128    17 150
18  88  57  73  10   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 14 180   M    M   0 8      22 150
19  92  47  70   7   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 10 140   M    M   0 1       M   M
20  89  52  71   9   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  7.7 17 130   M    M   0 1      27 160
21  70  62  66   4   0   1 0.19  0.0    0  7.2 21 110   M    M   5 13     30 110
22  75  60  68   6   0   3 0.12  0.0    0  7.9 16 120   M    M   9 13     21 160
23  73  56  65   4   0   0 0.42  0.0    0  6.1 17 120   M    M   8 13     23 310
24  73  55  64   3   1   0 0.08  0.0    0  9.6 24 310   M    M   7 1      34 310
25  71  52  62   2   3   0 0.08  0.0    0  6.7 15 320   M    M   6 1      21 280
26  71  49  60   0   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.2 12  20   M    M   7 1      16 360
27  74  51  63   4   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 16 160   M    M   4 12     22 160
28  85  56  71  12   0   6 0.00  0.0    0 11.9 28 160   M    M   0        37 160
29  78  59  69  11   0   4 0.07    T    0  5.8 15 360   M    M   3 13     24 180
30  89  52  71  13   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  9.0 21 140   M    M   2 12     29 130
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SM 2463 1613        35 132  1.14    T    224.7          M       74
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AV 82.1 53.8                               7.5 FASTST   M    M   2    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    30 330                 42 340
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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:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 67.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.14    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   4.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -1.20    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:   104 ON  2    GRTST 24HR  0.54 ON 22-23      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     41 ON 17                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  T            5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   T   ON 29-29  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:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   5    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    35    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  21
DPTR FM NORMAL   -88    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   8
TOTAL FM JUL 1    41    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  1
DPTR FM NORMAL   -97

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   132
DPTR FM NORMAL    42    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1076    HIGHEST SLP 30.29 ON 10
DPTR FM NORMAL   205    LOWEST  SLP 29.48 ON  4

[REMARKS]
RECORD HIGH DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 2ND WITH 104
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 103 DEGREES IN 1929.

#FINAL-09-23#