*Explanation of the Preliminary Monthly Climate Data (F6) Product* *These data are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at the NCDC - http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov. * WFO Monthly/Daily Climate Data 000 CXUS55 KDVN 011100 CF6IOW PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: IOWA CITY MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 41 37 N LONGITUDE: 91 33 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 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 ================================================================================ 1 38 20 29 -4 36 0 0.00 0.0 10 7.6 16 110 M M 1 23 100 2 51 33 42 8 23 0 0.29 0.0 8 7.1 26 280 M M 4 138 32 290 3 34 18 26 -8 39 0 0.73 1.5 6 16.3 30 330 M M 5 16 38 330 4 30 14 22 -13 43 0 0.00 0.0 6 6.9 13 50 M M 2 17 50 5 34 17 26 -9 39 0 T T 6 7.5 25 300 M M 9 18 29 300 6 28 9 19 -16 46 0 0.00 0.0 6 5.1 21 310 M M 3 18 26 320 7 21 8 15 -21 50 0 0.00 0.0 5 10.3 21 30 M M 2 26 30 8 25 2 14 -22 51 0 0.00 0.0 5 3.7 9 150 M M 4 12 80 9 32 20 26 -11 39 0 0.00 0.0 4 5.4 14 320 M M 6 18 290 10 30 17 24 -13 41 0 0.00 0.0 3 6.0 14 260 M M 3 18 16 260 11 43 14 29 -9 36 0 0.00 0.0 3 4.7 16 190 M M 1 18 21 200 12 48 28 38 0 27 0 0.00 0.0 2 6.8 22 290 M M 3 18 29 290 13 48 29 39 1 26 0 0.00 0.0 T 5.4 15 270 M M 1 1 21 270 14 49 28 39 0 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.6 16 360 M M 6 1 18 10 15 41 29 35 -4 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 17 340 M M 4 22 340 16 40 27 34 -6 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.4 13 90 M M 5 18 50 17 40 32 36 -4 29 0 0.22 T 0 9.3 18 110 M M 10 18 25 100 18 44 35 40 0 25 0 0.03 0.0 T 7.1 18 340 M M 9 12 24 340 19 50 32 41 0 24 0 0.00 0.0 T 9.5 20 320 M M 3 8 25 310 20 55 32 44 3 21 0 0.01 0.0 T 7.2 15 90 M M 6 18 21 100 21 48 32 40 -2 25 0 T 0.0 0 12.3 20 100 M M 6 8 29 80 22 37 28 33 -9 32 0 T T 0 7.3 16 10 M M 10 8 21 10 23 37 30 34 -9 31 0 0.01 T 0 10.5 20 300 M M 10 18 24 320 24 46 23 35 -8 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.1 23 160 M M 3 31 150 25 59 32 46 3 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 14.3 32 280 M M 1 39 290 26 53 23 38 -6 27 0 T 0.0 0 3.5 14 30 M M 4 20 30 27 45 30 38 -6 27 0 0.14 T 0 12.8 22 60 M M 10 1 29 30 28 46 24 35 -10 30 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 13 40 M M 1 1 17 40 29 50 27 39 -6 26 0 T 0.0 0 11.5 22 110 M M 2 28 120 30 56 40 48 3 17 0 0.03 0.0 0 6.9 15 90 M M 9 18 20 110 31 69 38 54 8 11 0 0.71 0.0 0 13.0 32 270 M M 8 13 40 270 ================================================================================ SM 1327 771 957 0 2.17 1.5 256.4 M 151 ================================================================================ AV 42.8 24.9 8.3 FASTST PSBL % 5 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 32 280 # 40 270 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: IOWA CITY MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 41 37 N LONGITUDE: 91 33 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 33.8 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.17 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -5.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.19 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 69 ON 31 GRTST 24HR 0.74 ON 30-31 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 2 ON 8 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 1.5 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 1.5 ON 3- 3 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 10 ON 1 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: 6 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 5 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 27 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 957 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 10 DPTR FM NORMAL 167 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 14 TOTAL FM JUL 1 6126 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7 DPTR FM NORMAL 618 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.51 ON 10 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.45 ON 31 [REMARKS] #FINAL-03-08#