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

                                          STATION:   WATERTOWN SD
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   44 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  9 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  59  32  46  24  19   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.5 20 200   M    M   0        28 190
 2  55  32  44  22  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 15  60   M    M   0        21 140
 3  50  29  40  17  25   0 0.00  0.0    0 15.0 36 260   M    M   3        48 270
 4  37  19  28   5  37   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.0 15 350   M    M   3        22 300
 5  49  18  34  10  31   0    T    T    0 10.8 24 220   M    M   3 12     33 220
 6  56  19  38  14  27   0 0.01  0.1    0 12.7 33 180   M    M   6 12     50 180
 7  35  20  28   3  37   0    T    T    T 10.4 17 340   M    M   5 1      22 330
 8  40  16  28   3  37   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.3 22 340   M    M   1        27 330
 9  44  18  31   5  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.9 13 350   M    M   0        18 340
10  61  22  42  16  23   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.2 24 160   M    M   0        33 160
11  71  23  47  20  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.1 20 200   M    M   0        26 170
12  64  25  45  18  20   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.1 14  10   M    M   0        20  40
13  58  44  51  23  14   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.6 23  60   M    M   7        34  60
14  55  27  41  13  24   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.2 22 350   M    M   2        35  20
15  53  32  43  14  22   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.3 25 240   M    M   6        34 250
16  45  27  36   7  29   0    T    T    0 20.1 32 330   M    M   6 1      43 310
17  29  18  24  -6  41   0 0.02  0.3    T 20.7 32 350   M    M   9 18     40 340
18  40   9  25  -5  40   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.3 26 220   M    M   2        36 230
19  53  20  37   6  28   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.4 23 330   M    M   1        30 330
20  29  10  20 -11  45   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.5 23 350   M    M   4        29 350
21  28  17  23  -9  42   0 0.01  0.1    T 12.2 20  60   M    M  10 1      27  70
22  30  14  22 -10  43   0    T    T    T 11.2 18  10   M    M   7 1      23  10
23  28  13  21 -11  44   0 0.01  0.1    0  6.9 18 150   M    M   8        28 150
24  28  24  26  -7  39   0 0.23  4.2    0 15.8 24  80   M    M  10 12     34  90
25  26  20  23 -10  42   0 0.10  0.7    4 26.3 36  10   M    M  10 19     43 360
26  21  15  18 -16  47   0 0.01  0.1    5 23.3 35 340   M    M   8 19     45 330
27  26   8  17 -17  48   0 0.00  0.0    5 11.1 20 270   M    M   1        26 290
28  37   5  21 -14  44   0 0.00  0.0    4  5.6 13 110   M    M   0 1      20 110
29  48  27  38   3  27   0 0.00  0.0    4 10.4 20 130   M    M   4        31 120
30  36  31  34  -2  31   0 0.00  0.0    1  9.6 26 340   M    M   9        33 340
31  39  30  35  -1  30   0    T    T    T  8.0 15  50   M    M  10        20  50
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SM 1330  664      1009   0  0.39  5.6    380.5          M      135
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AV 42.9 21.4                              12.3 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 36 260                 50 180
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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:   WATERTOWN SD
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   44 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  9 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 32.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.39    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   3.1   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.61    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    71 ON 11    GRTST 24HR  0.23 ON 24-24      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      5 ON 28                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   5.6 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.2 ON 24-24  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   5 ON 27,26  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:   9    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   7
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  30    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1009    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  14
DPTR FM NORMAL  -104    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  10
TOTAL FM JUL 1  6276    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7
DPTR FM NORMAL -1176

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.42 ON 23
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.21 ON  3

[REMARKS]
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