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

                                          STATION:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2022
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 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  64  33  49  17  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 10  60   M    M   5        18  80
 2  71  33  52  19  13   0    T  0.0    0  7.8 22  30   M    M   7        29  10
 3  42  28  35   2  30   0    T    T    0 12.2 20  50   M    M   6 4      26  50
 4  53  26  40   6  25   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.7 21 140   M    M   8        27 140
 5  61  33  47  13  18   0 1.35  0.0    0 12.2 41 290   M    M   9 1358X   53 290
 6  34  26  30  -5  35   0 0.15  1.8    0 15.2 31 290   M    M   8 1      43 280
 7  33  21  27  -8  38   0 0.20  3.3    5 12.3 23 310   M    M   5 1      31 350
 8  40  15  28  -8  37   0 0.00  0.0    3  9.3 17 240   M    M   2        24 220
 9  32  21  27  -9  38   0    T    T    1 10.9 20 300   M    M   6        26 300
10  21  17  19 -18  46   0 0.03  0.4    T  7.4 15  40   M    M  10 1      20 350
11  26  11  19 -18  46   0 0.00  0.0    T 16.8 31 310   M    M   2        47 300
12  28   6  17 -21  48   0 0.00  0.0    T 11.3 20 200   M    M   3        26 170
13  58  27  43   5  22   0 0.00  0.0    T  8.2 18 210   M    M   2        26 220
14  62  39  51  12  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.6 18 240   M    M   8        24 190
15  59  29  44   5  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 13 350   M    M   2        18 340
16  72  37  55  15  10   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 25 210   M    M   6        33 210
17  56  42  49   9  16   0 0.03  0.0    0 14.3 24  20   M    M  10        32  20
18  42  36  39  -1  26   0 0.60    T    0 17.0 25  20   M    M  10 14     37  10
19  58  30  44   3  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.9 21 310   M    M   3        27 310
20  73  36  55  14  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.7 21 150   M    M   6        27 150
21  75  50  63  21   2   0 0.06  0.0    0 11.9 30 220   M    M   8 1      38 210
22  54  38  46   4  19   0 0.66  0.0    0 10.5 25 340   M    M  10 1      36 330
23  39  34  37  -6  28   0 0.03    T    0 15.6 24 340   M    M  10 1      35 350
24  41  33  37  -6  28   0 0.04  0.4    0  9.6 16 310   M    M  10 1      20 330
25  51  32  42  -1  23   0 0.00  0.0    0 19.7 41 300   M    M   4        55 310
26  42  27  35  -9  30   0 0.00  0.0    0 16.2 29 300   M    M   2        37 310
27  40  22  31 -13  34   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.1 17 350   M    M   4        24 340
28  46  25  36  -9  29   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.8 20 140   M    M   6        29 130
29  53  36  45   0  20   0 0.01  0.0    0 15.8 30 110   M    M   9 3      46 130
30  53  32  43  -2  22   0 0.19  1.7    0 16.7 28 280   M    M  10 1      36 290
31  34  29  32 -14  33   0 0.10  1.2    2 13.9 22 310   M    M  10 16     31 300
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SM 1513  904       798   0  3.45  8.8    364.7          M      201
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AV 48.8 29.2                              11.8 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 41 290                 55 310
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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:   DES MOINES IA
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      2022
                                          LATITUDE:   41 31 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  93 39 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 39.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   3.45    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -0.4   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.28    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    75 ON 21    GRTST 24HR  1.35 ON  5- 5      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:      6 ON 12                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   8.8 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   3.3 ON  7- 7  6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   5 ON  7     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:   7
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  18    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   798    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   6
DPTR FM NORMAL     2    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  15
TOTAL FM JUL 1  5290    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10
DPTR FM NORMAL  -298

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL    -2    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP 30.44 ON  3
DPTR FM NORMAL    -2    LOWEST  SLP 29.25 ON 30

[REMARKS]
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