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

                                          STATION:   MITCHELL SD
                                          MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                          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  24  -7   9 -11  56   0 0.00  0.0   16  5.9 14 260   M    M   0        17 260
 2  21  -4   9 -11  56   0 0.00  0.0   16 11.5 26 350   M    M   3        36 360
 3  14  -3   6 -14  59   0 0.00  0.0   16 14.7 30 160   M    M   3        38 170
 4  38   6  22   2  43   0 0.00  0.0   16  8.6 18 260   M    M   0        25 280
 5  37  21  29   9  36   0 0.00  0.0   15  8.8 17 150   M    M   0        22 150
 6  38  25  32  12  33   0 0.00  0.0   14 17.2 26 160   M    M   3        34 160
 7  39  24  32  11  33   0 0.00  0.0   13  9.6 18 300   M    M   0        23 300
 8  39  18  29   8  36   0 0.00  0.0   12  7.2 15 180   M    M   0        21 200
 9  34  13  24   3  41   0    T    T   11 18.3 37 360   M    M   4 1      52 340
10  34   8  21   0  44   0 0.00  0.0   11 10.1 18 190   M    M   0        27 180
11  36  19  28   6  37   0 0.00  0.0   11  6.3 14 210   M    M   0        22 210
12  37  14  26   4  39   0 0.00  0.0   11  6.6 13 250   M    M   1 1      16 260
13  40  16  28   6  37   0 0.00  0.0   11 10.2 20 170   M    M   0        26 200
14  39  27  33  11  32   0 0.08  0.9   10 17.2 44 320   M    M   6 12     57 330
15  27   9  18  -5  47   0    T    T   11 19.7 45 330   M    M   3 19     58 320
16  20   7  14  -9  51   0 0.00  0.0   11  4.0  9  80   M    M   0        12 350
17  33   4  19  -5  46   0 0.00  0.0   11  8.6 16 200   M    M   0        23 210
18  34  10  22  -2  43   0 0.00  0.0   10  4.1 14 140   M    M   1 12     16 140
19  32  17  25   1  40   0 0.00  0.0   10  8.0 18 170   M    M   7 12     23 160
20  40  13  27   2  38   0 0.00  0.0   10 13.0 25  10   M    M   3 1      32 360
21  22   7  15 -10  50   0 0.13  1.6    9 14.7 26  80   M    M   6 12     34  80
22  11   1   6 -19  59   0 0.37  8.3   11 22.9 30  10   M    M   0 1      38  10
23   1 -15  -7 -33  72   0 0.14  3.3   21 17.5 28 330   M    M   0 9      37 330
24   2 -20  -9 -35  74   0    T    T   21  5.8 16 160   M    M   0        20 160
25  34  -5  15 -12  50   0 0.00  0.0   21  7.3 16 170   M    M   0 12     20 170
26  39   5  22  -5  43   0 0.00  0.0   19 11.7 23 150   M    M   2 12     29 160
27  39  27  33   5  32   0 0.00  0.0   17 10.3 26 330   M    M   4 12     35 330
28  36  22  29   1  36   0    T    T   14 12.7 29 170   M    M   9        38 160
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SM  840  259      1263   0  0.72 14.1    312.5          M       55
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AV 30.0  9.3                              11.2 FASTST   M    M   2    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    45 330                 58 320
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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 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:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2023
                                          LATITUDE:   43 46 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  98  2 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 19.6   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.72    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -3.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.35    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    40 ON 20,13  GRTST 24HR  0.41 ON 22-23      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -20 ON 24                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  14.1 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   10.3 ON 22-23  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  21 ON 25,24  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:  10    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   4
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  28    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   6    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1263    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  20
DPTR FM NORMAL    89    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   7
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5687    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  1
DPTR FM NORMAL   261

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.84 ON 24
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.13 ON 14

[REMARKS]
RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 22ND WITH 8.3 INCHES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 4.3 INCHES IN 1922.

RECORD LOW DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 23RD WITH
1 DEGREE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3 DEGREES IN 1914.

RECORD LOW DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 24TH WITH
2 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 5 DEGREES IN 1955 AND 2022.

#FINAL-02-23#