Preliminary Local Climatological Data

Unofficial Preliminary Data

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

                                          STATION:   LANSING MI
                                          MONTH:     AUGUST
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          LATITUDE:   42 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  84 36 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  79  60  70   0   0   5 0.08  0.0    0 10.4 28 250   M    M   7        35 250
 2  75  59  67  -3   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 20 270   M    M   6 1      24 260
 3  82  59  71   1   0   6 0.02  0.0    0 12.8 24 210   M    M   7        32 210
 4  84  61  73   3   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  8.8 21 240   M    M   4 1      25 250
 5  78  51  65  -5   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.4 14 310   M    M   3        26  80
 6  79  50  65  -5   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 15 330   M    M   3 8      20 320
 7  78  51  65  -5   0   0    T  0.0    0  4.3 17 240   M    M   8        21 240
 8  79  61  70   0   0   5 1.82  0.0    0  9.7 21 140   M    M   9 138    28 140
 9  91  70  81  11   0  16 0.27  0.0    0 12.7 17 230   M    M   6 138    22 230
10  83  68  76   6   0  11 1.62  0.0    0  8.4 17 270   M    M   7 138    21 310
11  81  65  73   4   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 14 300   M    M   5        26 360
12  80  60  70   1   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  2.0 10 300   M    M   6 12      M  M 
13  83  57  70   1   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  1.2  9  50   M    M   2 1      13  50
14  84  62  73   4   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 13 210   M    M   1        16 270
15  85  65  75   6   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 13 210   M    M   2        18 210
16  89  69  79  10   0  14 0.21  0.0    0 10.0 21 270   M    M   6 18     31 270
17  80  70  75   6   0  10 0.16  0.0    0  9.9 20 160   M    M   9 1      24 210
18  81  65  73   5   0   8    T  0.0    0 10.1 21 270   M    M   6        26 260
19  80  59  70   2   0   5 0.05  0.0    0  4.7 22 200   M    M   5        31 190
20  79  67  73   5   0   8 0.08  0.0    0 14.0 28 230   M    M   7 1      38 260
21  75  59  67  -1   0   2    T  0.0    0 12.5 24 250   M    M   5 8      32 220
22  66  55  61  -7   4   0    T  0.0    0  5.7 13 310   M    M   9        21  80
23  69  58  64  -3   1   0    T  0.0    0  4.6 12 320   M    M  10 18     14 310
24  76  52  64  -3   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.3  9 250   M    M   2 1      14 270
25  81  56  69   2   0   4 0.09  0.0    0  7.8 20 200   M    M   5 18     25 220
26  73  57  65  -2   0   0 1.34  0.0    0  5.5 16  50   M    M   9 1      20  60
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SM 2070 1566         6 140  5.74     0.0 186.5          M      149              
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AV 79.6 60.2                               7.2 FASTST   M    M   6    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 28 250               # 38  260   
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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:  LANSING MI
                                          MONTH:    AUGUST
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   42 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  84 36 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 69.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   5.74    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   1.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:    2.89    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    91 ON  9    GRTST 24HR  1.82 ON  8- 8      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     50 ON  6                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE 
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           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:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:  11                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   1    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   6                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   3                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     6    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   6                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -18    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  14                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1    38    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  6                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   140                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL     7    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1   348    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL  -134    LOWEST  SLP 29.58 ON 20                                 

[REMARKS]

Explaination of F6 Data


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