Explanation of the Preliminary Climate Data (F6) Product -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html). WFO Monthly/Daily Climate Data PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: CHANHASSEN MONTH: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 44 50 N LONGITUDE: 93 34 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 79 50 65 M 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 796 100 M M M 2 85 54 70 M 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 3 68 53 61 M 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 4 74 48 61 M 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 786 100 M M M 5 86 48 67 M 0 2 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 783 100 M M M 6 90 62 76 M 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 781 100 M M M 7 92 57 75 M 0 10 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 778 100 M M M 8 89 59 74 M 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 775 100 M M M 9 85 62 74 M 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 772 100 M M M 10 83 68 76 M 0 11 T 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 11 75 59 67 M 0 2 1.29 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 12 76 56 66 M 0 1 0.74 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 13 67 53 60 M 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 14 67 50 59 M 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 15 75 49 62 M 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 753 100 M M M 16 84 51 68 M 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 M M M 750 100 M M M 17 82 65 74 M 0 9 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 18 71 46 59 M 6 0 0.10 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 19 60 42 51 M 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 20 75 40 58 M 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 21 61 50 56 M 9 0 0.01 0.0 0 M M M 0 0 M M M 22 63 44 54 M 11 0 T 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 23 69 41 55 M 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 24 64 45 55 M 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 25 56 38 47 M 18 0 T 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 26 58 47 53 M 12 0 0.09 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 27 54 45 50 M 15 0 T 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 28 53 39 46 M 19 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 29 50 34 42 M 23 0 0.04 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M 30 51 31 41 M 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 M M M M M M M M ================================================================================ SM 2142 1486 200 72 2.27 0.0 M 6974 M ================================================================================ AV 71.4 49.5 M FASTST PSBL % 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> M M M M ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: CHANHASSEN MONTH: SEPTEMBER YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 44 50 N LONGITUDE: 93 34 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 60.5 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.27 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: M DPTR FM NORMAL: M 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 92 ON 7 GRTST 24HR 1.29 ON 11-11 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 31 ON 30 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 0.0 INCH 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 0.0 6 = GLAZE OR RIME GRTST DEPTH: 0 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND: 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: 6 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 2 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 3 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 2 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 1 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 200 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL M PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 0 SEASONAL TOTAL 208 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 DPTR FM NORMAL M [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 72 DPTR FM NORMAL M [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 649 HIGHEST SLP M ON M DPTR FM NORMAL 649 LOWEST SLP M ON M [REMARKS]