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

                                          STATION:   SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2024
                                          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  34  30  32  -1  33   0 0.51    M    M 15.0 31 200   M    M  10 12     58 180
 2  31  18  25  -8  40   0 0.59    M    M 14.2 38 190   M    M  10 128    58 180
 3  28  21  25  -8  40   0 0.02    M    M 17.3 33 190   M    M  10 128    60 200
 4  31  21  26  -8  39   0    T    M    M 13.2 26 160   M    M   8 8      41 180
 5  38  23  31  -3  34   0 0.00    M    M  9.5 22 180   M    M   2        33 190
 6  42  22  32  -2  33   0 0.00    M    M  2.1 12  20   M    M   8        18  30
 7  41  16  29  -5  36   0 0.00    M    M  3.4 15  20   M    M   4 18     20  10
 8  45  14  30  -4  35   0 0.00    M    M  2.8 10  30   M    M   0        16  30
 9  42  17  30  -5  35   0 0.00    M    M  9.2 24 180   M    M   1        39 180
10  43  34  39   4  26   0    T    M    M 12.2 24 190   M    M   4        33 170
11  42  31  37   2  28   0 0.03    M    M 11.6 24 190   M    M   9 1      39 230
12  41  27  34  -1  31   0 0.01    M    M 10.1 28 180   M    M   7 18     40 190
13  43  20  32  -3  33   0 0.00    M    M  6.9 21  40   M    M   1        31  20
14  39  23  31  -5  34   0 0.00    M    M 11.1 26  40   M    M   5        39  40
15  45  28  37   1  28   0 0.00    M    M  7.1 23  40   M    M   4        36  30
16  50  23  37   1  28   0 0.00    M    M  3.4 14  30   M    M   0        17  20
17  52  22  37   1  28   0 0.00    M    M  3.3 14  30   M    M   0        19  10
18  55  25  40   4  25   0 0.00    M    M  3.3 12  30   M    M   0        16  20
19  59  24  42   6  23   0 0.00    M    M  2.5 10  30   M    M   0        16 170
20  54  26  40   4  25   0 0.00    M    M  6.9 22 180   M    M   0        30 180
21  53  33  43   6  22   0 0.00    M    M  6.6 17 190   M    M   0 8      25 190
22  52  28  40   3  25   0 0.48    M    M  8.2 22 190   M    M   4 13     37 180
23  35  22  29  -8  36   0 0.37    M    M  8.6 20 180   M    M   8 128    30 170
24  38  23  31  -6  34   0 0.10    M    M  4.1 15 180   M    M   M 18     22 180
25  41  17  29  -8  36   0 0.00    M    M  3.4 13 180   M    M   3        18 170
26  46  28  37   0  28   0 0.01    M    M  3.9 15 180   M    M   5 18     23 200
27  48  31  40   2  25   0 0.19    M    M 12.0 28 190   M    M   6 12     52 190
28  38  25  32  -6  33   0 0.10    M    M 10.7 21 180   M    M   5 1      37 190
29  37  22  30  -8  35   0 0.22    M    M  1.2 14 190   M    M   8 18     23 210
30  38  21  30  -8  35   0 0.21    M    M  2.6 13  20   M    M   8 12     17  20
31  41  28  35  -3  30   0 0.04    M    M  3.1 15  20   M    M  10 1      23  30
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SM 1322  743       973   0  2.88    M    229.5          M      140
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AV 42.6 24.0                               7.4 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->    38 190                 60 200
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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:      2024
                                          LATITUDE:   38 53 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 60 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 33.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.88    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -2.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.01    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    59 ON 19    GRTST 24HR  0.84 ON 22-23      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     14 ON  8                               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:   3    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  14
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   9
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  29    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   2
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   973    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL    66    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  12
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5889    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  9
DPTR FM NORMAL  -134

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.42 ON  2

[REMARKS]

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 2024 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
AIRPORT WAS 33.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 59 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE
19TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 14 DEGREES, WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 8TH.

FOR MARCH 2024, 2.88 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MARCH 2024 WAS 7.4 MPH. THE PEAK WIND
GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 60 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 3RD.

#FINAL-03-24#