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

                                          STATION:   WATERTOWN SD
                                          MONTH:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2022
                                          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  35  12  24   1  41   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.1 28 180   M    M   0        42 170
 2  35   1  18  -5  47   0 0.01  0.1    0 18.5 31 330   M    M   5 18     44 330
 3  25  -4  11 -11  54   0 0.00  0.0    T 10.0 23 300   M    M   1        30 310
 4  39   5  22   0  43   0 0.00  0.0    T 10.9 22 220   M    M   0        28 230
 5  28  11  20  -2  45   0    T    T    0  9.4 18 340   M    M   6        22 340
 6  31  11  21   0  44   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.7 24 160   M    M   8        33 150
 7  14   2   8 -13  57   0 0.04  0.6    T  8.6 17 360   M    M   4 1      22  30
 8  34   7  21   1  44   0 0.00  0.0    1  8.2 17 160   M    M   6 1      21 170
 9  31  26  29   9  36   0 0.02    T    T  7.6 18 150   M    M  10 1      27 150
10  31  11  21   1  44   0 0.00  0.0    T  8.9 22 170   M    M   7 1      31 170
11  37   9  23   4  42   0 0.00  0.0    T  9.3 20 150   M    M   0        30 130
12  30  24  27   8  38   0 0.07  0.0    T 14.8 25 150   M    M   8 16     35 160
13  33  30  32  14  33   0 0.41  0.9    T 14.2 23 100   M    M  10 16     40 100
14  33  27  30  12  35   0 0.06  0.6    1 10.6 23  70   M    M  10 1      37  70
15  31  19  25   7  40   0 0.34  4.0    2 20.7 33 310   M    M  10 12     47 320
16  19  12  16  -1  49   0 0.08  2.1    6 21.5 29 310   M    M  10 1      39 320
17  12  -3   5 -12  60   0    T  0.1    8 16.1 23 320   M    M   8 18     30 310
18   3  -8  -2 -19  67   0 0.00  0.0    8  5.7 12 330   M    M   3 1      16 320
19   4  -7  -1 -17  66   0 0.01  0.1    8  7.9 17 310   M    M   7 18     21 320
20  -5 -13  -9 -25  74   0 0.00  0.0    8  8.3 18 300   M    M   0        23 300
21  -7 -13 -10 -26  75   0 0.16  1.4    9 11.3 24 310   M    M   9 18     30 300
22 -12 -20 -16 -32  81   0 0.00  0.0    9 21.5 31 300   M    M  10 18     43 300
23  -7 -14 -10 -25  75   0 0.00  0.0    9 24.0 33 310   M    M  10 18     44 320
24  -1 -11  -6 -21  71   0 0.00  0.0    9 12.1 20 330   M    M   0        25 330
25   6 -15  -4 -19  69   0 0.14  2.5    9  9.1 23  30   M    M   6 12     29  20
26  10  -7   2 -13  63   0    T    T   12 10.6 21 350   M    M   2 1      30  10
27  35   8  22   8  43   0 0.00  0.0   12 16.4 23 160   M    M   1        30 160
28  35  26  31  17  34   0 0.00  0.0   12  6.2 20 170   M    M   0 1      24 170
29  29  13  21   7  44   0    T    T   11 11.0 23 340   M    M   5 1      28 330
30  25   3  14   0  51   0 0.00  0.0   10  8.1 18 150   M    M   6 12     25 160
31  30   9  20   6  45   0 0.00  0.0   10  8.7 16 160   M    M   5 12     22 160
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SM  643  151      1610   0  1.34 12.4    378.0          M      167
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AV 20.7  4.9                              12.2 FASTST   M    M   5    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 33 310                 47 320
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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:     DECEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2022
                                          LATITUDE:   44 55 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  97  9 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 12.8   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.34    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -5.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.66    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    39 ON  4    GRTST 24HR  0.41 ON 13-13      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:    -20 ON 22                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  12.4 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   4.0 ON 15-15  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:  12 ON 28,27  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:  22    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  11
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  31    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:  11    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.  1610    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL   147    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  11
TOTAL FM JUL 1  3364    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL    22

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1   695    HIGHEST SLP 30.72 ON 20
DPTR FM NORMAL   175    LOWEST  SLP 29.24 ON 28

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