Preliminary Local Climatological Data

Unofficial Preliminary Data

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

                                          STATION:   MUSKEGON MI
                                          MONTH:     AUGUST
                                          YEAR:      2009
                                          LATITUDE:   43 10 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 14 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  74  62  68  -2   0   3 0.04  0.0    0 13.4 26 210   M    M   6 1      33 220
 2  74  63  69  -1   0   4 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 18 220   M    M   2        23 220
 3  79  67  73   3   0   8 0.19  0.0    0 17.0 31 200   M    M   5 13     39 200
 4  79  59  69  -1   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 17 350   M    M   2 8      22 250
 5  74  50  62  -8   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.0 13 270   M    M   1        20 280
 6  76  54  65  -5   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 16 290   M    M   1        21 270
 7  80  57  69  -1   0   4 0.07  0.0    0  7.1 18 200   M    M   4 1      22 200
 8  80  63  72   2   0   7 1.30  0.0    0 10.1 20 170   M    M   8 138    25 150
 9  84  70  77   7   0  12 0.34  0.0    0 13.7 39 260   M    M   5 138    61 260
10  84  67  76   6   0  11 0.86  0.0    0   M   M   M   M    M   M 138     M  M 
11  80  64  72   2   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 18 300   M    M   3        23 310
12  79  60  70   1   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 15 280   M    M   1        18 280
13  81  57  69   0   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  3.1 14 240   M    M   1 1      21 240
14  83  62  73   4   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 15 220   M    M   0 1      21 210
15  85  66  76   7   0  11 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 15 210   M    M   0 18     20 200
16  89  70  80  11   0  15 0.03  0.0    0 12.6 30 210   M    M   2 8      37 210
17  77  70  74   5   0   9 0.26  0.0    0  6.9 15 170   M    M   6 1      18 170
18  77  60  69   0   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 16 250   M    M   5        22 270
19  82  56  69   1   0   4 0.26  0.0    0  5.8 26 200   M    M   2 1      38 200
20  76  67  72   4   0   7 0.66  0.0    0 16.8 28 190   M    M   7 1      45 180
21  71  61  66  -2   0   1    T  0.0    0 14.1 24 230   M    M   9 1      31 230
22  67  57  62  -6   3   0 0.07  0.0    0  9.9 21 330   M    M   9 18     26 330
23  70  54  62  -5   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.7 12 270   M    M   7        21 300
24  74  52  63  -4   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.8 10 220   M    M   1        16 260
25  77  59  68   1   0   3 0.44  0.0    0 11.7 23 200   M    M   2 13     29 200
26  78  64  71   4   0   6 0.25  0.0    0  7.9 16  50   M    M   4 1      22  60
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SM 2030 1591        11 137  4.77     0.0 218.9          M       93              
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AV 78.1 61.2                               8.8 FASTST   M    M   4    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 39 260               # 61  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:  MUSKEGON MI
                                          MONTH:    AUGUST
                                          YEAR:     2009
                                          LATITUDE:   43 10 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 14 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 69.6   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   4.77    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   0.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.65    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    89 ON 16    GRTST 24HR  1.37 ON  7- 8      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     50 ON  5                               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:  13                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   9                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    11    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  13                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    -6    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)  10                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1    46    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  2                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    14                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   137                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL     8    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1   326    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL   -98    LOWEST  SLP 29.58 ON 20                                 

[REMARKS]

Explaination of F6 Data


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