Bakersfield, CA - October 1996

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

                                          STATION:   BAKERSFIELD
                                          MONTH:     OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:      1996
                                          LATITUDE:   35 25 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119  3 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  77  55  66  -7   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 14 300   M    M     8      15 310
 2  81  55  68  -5   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  4.0 10 290   M    M     8      14 290
 3  86  59  73   1   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 10 290   M    M     8      12 290
 4  89  58  74   2   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 15 290   M    M     8      18 290
 5  88  62  75   3   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  4.1 11 250   M    M     8      18 250
 6  93  62  78   7   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 14 290   M    M     8      16 300
 7  94  64  79   8   0  14 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 11 300   M    M            15 310
 8  96  65  81  10   0  16 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 14 290   M    M            16 300
 9 101  66  84  14   0  19 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 22 300   M    M            26 300
10  90  58  74   4   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  4.5 13 330   M    M            20 360
11  84  58  71   1   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  5.2 14 290   M    M            15 290
12  85  56  71   2   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  4.7 13 310   M    M     8      15 300
13  78  55  67  -2   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 11 290   M    M            15 300
14  78  54  66  -3   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 13 300   M    M            15 290
15  80  54  67  -1   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 11 290   M    M            14 290
16  72  48  60  -8   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 11 300   M    M            14 290
17  73  51  62  -6   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.7 10 290   M    M            11 300
18  77  50  64  -3   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 20 330   M    M            25 330
19  66  43  55 -12  10   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.6 22 320   M    M            25 280
20  63  42  53 -14  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.0 14 300   M    M            23 300
21  72  41  57  -9   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 15 340   M    M            20 330
22  73  39  56 -10   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 13 300   M    M            16 320
23  70  43  57  -8   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 11 300   M    M     8      16 310
24  75  45  60  -5   5   0    T  0.0    0  4.5 13 310   M    M            23 230
25  64  46  55 -10  10   0 0.57  0.0    0  7.4 28 310   M    M     1      31 310
26  58  45  52 -12  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 11 200   M    M            13 200
27  64  39  52 -12  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.9 10  30   M    M     8      11  20
28  70  46  58  -5   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.6 16  40   M    M            20  30
29  66  45  56  -7   9   0    T  0.0    0 14.5 36 140   M    M     8      43 140
30  59  49  54  -8  11   0 0.37  0.0    0  5.8 26 340   M    M     13     29 340
31  63  47  55  -7  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 10  20   M    M            11  20
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SM 2385 1600       134 119 0.94  0.0     168.4          M                       
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AV 76.9 51.6                               5.4 FASTST  PSBL  %        MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->    36 140                 43  140   
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NOTES:
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COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  BAKERSFIELD
                                          MONTH:    OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:     1996
                                          LATITUDE:   35 25 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119  3 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 64.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.94    1 = FOG                      
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -2.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.64    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:   101 ON  9    GRTST 24HR  0.57 ON 25         TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     39 ON 27,22                            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:   2                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   5    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   134    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    79    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   M                                  
SEASONAL TOTAL  2235    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -49                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   134                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    -4    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
SEASONAL TOTAL  2235    HIGHEST SLP M ON M                                      
DPTR FM NORMAL   -49    LOWEST  SLP M ON M             

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