PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: TWIN CITIES MN MONTH: DECEMBER YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 44 52 N LONGITUDE: 93 13 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 12Z AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 24 15 20 -5 45 0 T T 1 10.5 25 340 M M 5 32 360 2 38 13 26 2 39 0 0.01 0.4 1 9.0 18 320 M M 6 1 24 300 3 29 14 22 -2 43 0 0.02 0.3 2 11.2 23 320 M M 4 1 30 320 4 17 9 13 -10 52 0 0.01 0.1 1 11.0 21 280 M M 8 8 25 290 5 28 8 18 -5 47 0 0.04 1.7 1 9.6 18 170 M M 9 18 24 170 6 27 4 16 -6 49 0 T T 3 16.1 30 330 M M 5 38 330 7 17 3 10 -12 55 0 0.04 0.7 2 6.9 17 130 M M 10 18 22 140 8 23 17 20 -1 45 0 0.20 2.9 3 9.2 15 360 M M 10 18 24 30 9 21 7 14 -7 51 0 0.02 0.3 6 11.2 21 340 M M 5 18 29 10 10 29 2 16 -5 49 0 0.00 0.0 4 8.1 18 190 M M 6 18 30 190 11 29 8 19 -1 46 0 T 0.2 4 10.2 21 320 M M 6 18 25 330 12 30 -2 14 -6 51 0 T T 4 6.8 14 160 M M 7 17 200 13 38 26 32 12 33 0 0.00 0.0 3 7.9 17 140 M M 10 21 130 14 38 -1 19 0 46 0 0.27 2.4 4 13.1 28 280 M M 10 1289 33 240 15 -1 -10 -5 -24 70 0 T T 3 14.1 25 280 M M 4 89 31 290 16 4 -11 -3 -21 68 0 0.09 2.0 5 6.1 12 110 M M 8 18 14 120 17 11 -3 4 -14 61 0 T T 5 5.4 10 260 M M 3 18 14 260 18 16 -4 6 -12 59 0 0.00 0.0 5 4.7 13 40 M M 4 18 22 20 19 24 15 20 3 45 0 0.02 0.3 5 7.2 15 30 M M 8 18 23 10 20 21 -10 6 -11 59 0 0.24 3.6 5 11.6 25 280 M M 9 189 30 270 21 9 -12 -1 -18 66 0 T T 7 15.0 23 310 M M 3 8 31 310 22 2 -13 -5 -21 70 0 T T 6 7.2 15 290 M M 4 21 290 23 24 2 13 -3 52 0 0.05 0.9 8 8.5 18 120 M M 9 18 23 110 24 14 -2 6 -10 59 0 T 0.2 7 7.2 16 280 M M 5 18 20 260 25 26 -6 10 -6 55 0 0.00 0.0 8 11.0 21 150 M M 5 30 130 26 41 26 34 19 31 0 0.01 0.0 7 11.5 24 160 M M 10 12 33 160 27 38 15 27 12 38 0 T T 3 11.4 18 310 M M 9 18 23 280 28 29 6 18 3 47 0 0.00 0.0 2 6.9 17 310 M M 3 25 320 29 36 15 26 12 39 0 0.00 0.0 2 11.5 32 280 M M 5 39 280 30 19 1 10 -4 55 0 0.13 1.4 2 12.4 22 350 M M 8 128 31 20 31 13 -9 2 -12 63 0 0.00 0.0 3 7.0 15 160 M M 4 8 21 140 ================================================================================ SM 714 123 1588 0 1.15 17.4 299.5 M 202 ================================================================================ AV 23.0 4.0 9.7 FASTST M M 7 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 32 280 # 39 280 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: TWIN CITIES MN MONTH: DECEMBER YEAR: 2008 LATITUDE: 44 52 N LONGITUDE: 93 13 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 13.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.15 1 = FOG OR MIST DPTR FM NORMAL: -5.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.15 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 41 ON 26 GRTST 24HR 0.27 ON 14-14 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: -13 ON 22 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 17.4 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 3.6 ON M 6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE GRTST DEPTH: 8 ON 25,23 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: 25 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 14 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 12 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 1588 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 2 DPTR FM NORMAL 160 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 19 TOTAL FM JUL 1 3043 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10 DPTR FM NORMAL -84 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] TOTAL FM JAN 1 787 HIGHEST SLP 30.69 ON 16 DPTR FM NORMAL 88 LOWEST SLP 29.27 ON 14 [REMARKS] THE PRECIPITATION VALUES FOR DECEMBER 8TH...9TH...20TH AND 23RD ARE FROM THE OFFICIAL MSP SNOW CONTRACTOR 8 INCH RAIN GAGE. THE ASOS PRECIPITATION SENSOR RECORDED AN UNREPRESENTATIVE VALUE ON THESE DATES. #FINAL-12-08#