Preliminary Local Climatological Data
Unofficial Preliminary Data
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)
STATION: GRAND RAPIDS MI
MONTH: SEPTEMBER
YEAR: 2008
LATITUDE: 42 52 N
LONGITUDE: 85 31 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
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 89 60 75 9 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 14 150 765 97 2 18 130
2 92 57 75 9 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 12 150 745 95 1 18 16 200
3 82 66 74 9 0 9 0.06 0.0 0 7.9 16 40 265 34 7 38 21 40
4 66 55 61 -4 4 0 2.82 0.0 0 10.6 17 60 0 0 10 13 23 40
5 71 60 66 1 0 1 0.96 0.0 0 7.3 17 350 238 31 8 1 22 340
6 74 51 63 -1 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.1 15 270 565 77 4 18 270
7 72 58 65 1 0 0 0.24 0.0 0 8.2 20 250 622 81 5 1 25 260
8 71 53 62 -2 3 0 0.53 0.0 0 5.4 16 320 205 27 7 1 21 330
9 68 50 59 -5 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 16 330 615 80 5 21 330
10 71 46 59 -4 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.5 12 150 710 93 2 17 100
11 77 50 64 1 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.7 16 150 670 88 6 21 150
12 72 69 71 8 0 6 0.42 0.0 0 8.5 14 260 M M 10 18 21 220
13 75 68 72 10 0 7 2.12 0.0 0 9.0 21 250 0 0 8 1 25 240
14 74 59 67 5 0 2 2.05 0.0 0 10.6 18 30 0 0 9 1 24 250
15 64 52 58 -4 7 0 0.01 0.0 0 7.5 15 330 0 0 7 1 20 320
16 69 44 57 -4 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 15 250 746 100 1 1 M M
17 77 56 67 6 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 8.8 15 260 702 94 2 8 21 240
18 71 51 61 0 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 17 100 692 94 2 20 90
19 76 49 63 3 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 14 170 680 92 5 16 190
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SM 1411 1054 43 47 9.21 0.0 135.6 8220 101
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AV 74.3 55.5 7.1 FASTST 457 60 5 MAX(MPH)
MISC ----> # 21 250 # 25 260
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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: GRAND RAPIDS MI
MONTH: SEPTEMBER
YEAR: 2008
LATITUDE: 42 52 N
LONGITUDE: 85 31 W
[TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16
AVERAGE MONTHLY: 64.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 9.21 1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL: 1.7 DPTR FM NORMAL: 6.38 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST: 92 ON 2 GRTST 24HR 3.84 ON 4- 5 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST: 44 ON 16 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: 9
MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 1 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 7
MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 5
MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 3
[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 43 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 6
DPTR FM NORMAL -31 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 9
TOTAL FM JUL 1 47 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 4
DPTR FM NORMAL -61
[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO. 47
DPTR FM NORMAL 2 [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1 616 HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL 19 LOWEST SLP 29.42 ON 14
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