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

                                          STATION:   SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          LATITUDE:   38 53 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 60 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  30  23  27  -6  38   0 0.22    M    M  4.3 17  20   M    M   M 128    26  30
 2  40  18  29  -4  36   0 0.00    M    M  6.0 18  30   M    M   M        26  20
 3  55  21  38   5  27   0 0.00    M    M  3.4  9  40   M    M   M        13  30
 4  60  22  41   7  24   0 0.00    M    M  3.1 13  30   M    M   M        16 250
 5  61  23  42   8  23   0 0.00    M    M  5.5 20 190   M    M   0        29 190
 6  58  27  43   9  22   0 0.00    M    M  8.3 24 180   M    M   0        39 190
 7  44  27  36   2  29   0 0.04    M    M 10.5 32 180   M    M   7 18     44 170
 8  44  22  33  -1  32   0 0.00    M    M  3.4 14 190   M    M   5        19 190
 9  48  25  37   3  28   0 0.00    M    M  3.2 16 190   M    M   8        21 180
10  53  26  40   5  25   0 0.00    M    M  4.2 15  40   M    M   2        20  20
11  54  26  40   5  25   0 0.00    M    M  2.7 13  30   M    M   3 1      19  20
12  57  25  41   6  24   0 0.00    M    M  4.5 20  40   M    M   0 1      25  40
13  55  23  39   4  26   0 0.05    M    M  9.4 33 190   M    M   3 1      55 190
14  38  28  33  -2  32   0 0.51    M    M 12.2 24 190   M    M  10 128    39 190
15  34  28  31  -5  34   0 0.44    M    M 10.2 28 190   M    M  10 12     39 200
16  34  24  29  -7  36   0 0.60    M    M  3.1 15 190   M    M  10 12     19 180
17  31  14  23 -13  42   0    T    M    M  6.9 17 180   M    M   8 1      23 180
18  33  22  28  -8  37   0 0.10    M    M  5.9 15 180   M    M  10 18     22 180
19  38  16  27  -9  38   0 0.06    M    M  3.5 13  30   M    M   5 1      16  40
20  41   7  24 -12  41   0    T    M    M  3.3 15  30   M    M   2        21  40
21  46  13  30  -6  35   0 0.00    M    M  3.5 15  20   M    M   2        20  30
22  46  14  30  -6  35   0    T    M    M  4.2 14 200   M    M   3 1      19 190
23  39  24  32  -5  33   0    T    M    M  7.9 21 180   M    M  10 18     31 170
24  38  25  32  -5  33   0 0.11    M    M 14.7 29 190   M    M   7 128    42 190
25  32  17  25 -12  40   0 0.03    M    M  6.5 21 180   M    M   8 18     26 180
26  30  12  21 -16  44   0 0.06    M    M  4.2 15  30   M    M   6 12     18  30
27  38   4  21 -16  44   0 0.00    M    M  5.1 16 180   M    M   2        19 190
28  38  18  28  -9  37   0 0.02    M    M  4.8 12  30   M    M   8 1      14  50
29  41  30  36  -1  29   0 0.01    M    M  6.2 17 180   M    M   6 1      21 190
30  43  28  36  -2  29   0 0.00    M    M 11.3 20 190   M    M   8        27 190
31  49  36  43   5  22   0    T    M    M 10.9 22 190   M    M   7 1      31 180
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SM 1348  668      1000   0  2.25    M    192.9          M      150
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AV 43.5 21.5                               6.2 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    33 190                 55 190
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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:   SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2020
                                          LATITUDE:   38 53 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 60 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.5   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.25    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -3.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.62    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    61 ON  5    GRTST 24HR  0.71 ON 15-16      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      4 ON 27                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  M            5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR    M  ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  M  ON   M    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:   4    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  13
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   6
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  30    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1000    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   9
DPTR FM NORMAL    85    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5998    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 11
DPTR FM NORMAL  -155

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.29 ON  5
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.59 ON 13

[REMARKS]

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 2020 AT THE SOUTH LAKE
TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 32.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 61 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 5TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 4 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 27TH.

FOR MARCH 2020, 2.25 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MARCH 2020 WAS 6.2 MPH. THE PEAK WIND
GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 55 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 13TH.

#FINAL-03-20#