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

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 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  37  12  25   7  40   0 0.00  0.0    6  1.9  8 320   M    M   6 12     12 230
 2  33  25  29  11  36   0 0.53  5.5    6  8.4 17  40   M    M  10 1246   22  50
 3  27  21  24   6  41   0 0.64  7.5   11 17.6 29  30   M    M  10 13469  39  30
 4  27  22  25   7  40   0 0.06  0.9   18 13.0 22 330   M    M  10 19     29 330
 5  24   2  13  -5  52   0 0.02  0.3   19  7.1 18 310   M    M   4 1      22 310
 6  15  -4   6 -12  59   0 0.00  0.0   19  2.7 10  40   M    M   5 12     11  40
 7  16  -4   6 -12  59   0    T    T   19  1.2  7  40   M    M   4 12      8  40
 8  27  -5  11  -7  54   0 0.00  0.0   19  1.0  7 200   M    M   2 1       8 210
 9  30   3  17  -1  48   0 0.00  0.0   19  4.4 16 260   M    M   4 12     20 250
10  30   9  20   2  45   0    T    T   18  4.1 10  90   M    M   7 1246   14 100
11  28  20  24   6  41   0    T    T   18  9.0 21 350   M    M   8 126    27 360
12  24  14  19   1  46   0    T    T   17 14.9 23 350   M    M  10 1      31 350
13  21   4  13  -5  52   0    T    T   17  5.1 15 170   M    M   8 1      22 170
14  37  20  29  11  36   0 0.00  0.0   17 14.3 28 180   M    M   7        39 170
15  38  32  35  17  30   0 0.00  0.0   17 10.4 17 180   M    M   6        23 180
16  36  29  33  15  32   0 0.12  0.9   14 11.4 20 320   M    M   9 14     24 330
17  29  20  25   7  40   0    T    T   14 10.6 20 320   M    M   9 1      25 310
18  26  21  24   6  41   0 0.28  2.9   14 11.6 22  40   M    M  10 169    29  40
19  28  22  25   7  40   0 0.08  1.1   18 15.1 21 310   M    M  10 126    26 310
20  27  16  22   4  43   0    T    T   18  4.5 13 300   M    M  10 16     16 300
21  27  13  20   2  45   0    T    T   18  3.9 10 290   M    M   9 12     13 290
22  23   3  13  -5  52   0    T    T   18  2.3  8 340   M    M   5 12     11 350
23  35   1  18   0  47   0    T    T   17  4.9 21 310   M    M   4 1      27 330
24  31   7  19   1  46   0 0.00  0.0   16  3.6 13 270   M    M   7 12     17 270
25  30   2  16  -2  49   0    T    T   16 15.0 25 320   M    M   6        36 330
26  34   5  20   2  45   0 0.05  0.6   16 10.2 24 200   M    M   9 19     35 200
27  39  13  26   8  39   0    T    T   16 14.7 40 320   M    M   8 169    57 320
28  18   0   9  -9  56   0 0.12  1.7   17 13.6 21  20   M    M  10        26  10
29   6  -8  -1 -19  66   0    T    T   18  7.3 15 290   M    M   7 1      19 290
30   2 -12  -5 -23  70   0 0.00  0.0   18  6.6 12 210   M    M   2        17 200
31   8 -13  -2 -20  67   0 0.00  0.0   18  5.4 12 200   M    M   0        19 210
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SM  813  290      1457   0  1.90 21.4    255.8          M      216
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AV 26.2  9.4                               8.3 FASTST   M    M   7    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    40 320                 57 320
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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 SIOUX FALLS, SD.
-SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).

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

                                          STATION:   SIOUX FALLS
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 34 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  96 44 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 17.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.90    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -0.1   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.30    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    39 ON 27    GRTST 24HR  1.10 ON  2- 3      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -13 ON 31                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  21.4 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR  12.2 ON  2- 3  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  19 ON  9, 8  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:  23    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   7    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1457    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   3
DPTR FM NORMAL    -4    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  15
TOTAL FM JUL 1  4344    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 13
DPTR FM NORMAL    28

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.61 ON 30
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.44 ON 16

[REMARKS]
RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 2ND WITH 0.53 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 0.39 INCHES IN 1937.

RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 2ND WITH 5.5 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 5.0 INCHES IN 1937.

RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 3RD WITH 7.5 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 6.0 INCHES IN 1897.

RECORD WARM DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS TIED ON THE 15TH WITH
32 DEGREES. THIS VALUES WAS PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN 1969.

MONTHLY SNOWFALL OF 21.4 INCHES WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD
FOR JANUARY AND THE 13TH GREATEST OF ANY MONTH. THE RECORD FOR
JANUARY SNOWFALL WAS 22.2 INCHES IN 1929.

THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 12.2 INCHES ON JANUARY 2-3 ESTABLISHED A
NEW JANUARY 24 HOUR RECORD. THE PREVIOUS 24 HOUR RECORD WAS 12.0 INCHES
ON JANUARY 3-4 1897.

#FINAL-01-23#