Bakersfield, CA - May 1997

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

                                          STATION:   BAKERSFIELD
                                          MONTH:     MAY
                                          YEAR:      1997
                                          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  76  47  62  -5   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.5 20 340   M    M            25 340
 2  81  46  64  -3   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 15 320   M    M            21 320
 3  81  50  66  -2   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  6.8 11 300   M    M            15 310
 4  84  54  69   1   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  6.1 13 290   M    M            16 320
 5  85  55  70   2   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 14 310   M    M            18 290
 6  85  54  70   2   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 16 300   M    M            20 300
 7  87  57  72   4   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  6.1 15 310   M    M            24 330
 8  90  56  73   4   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  6.5 16 300   M    M            20 310
 9  91  60  76   6   0  11 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 15 300   M    M            24 320
10  93  57  75   5   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 16 300   M    M            20 280
11  92  65  79   9   0  14 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 16 300   M    M            21 340
12  94  67  81  11   0  16 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 16 300   M    M            23 300
13  93  61  77   7   0  12 0.00  0.0    0  7.4 16 310   M    M            18 310
14  91  58  75   4   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 15 300   M    M            20 280
15  89  62  76   5   0  11 0.00  0.0    0  6.6 15 290   M    M            20 300
16  92  64  78   7   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 15 290   M    M            17 300
17  98  65  82  11   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  6.8 17 300   M    M            23 310
18  99  69  84  13   0  19 0.00  0.0    0  8.3 18 350   M    M     8      24 310
19  97  69  83  12   0  18 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 18 320   M    M            22 310
20  93  64  79   7   0  14 0.00  0.0    0  8.6 21 330   M    M            25 320
21  86  59  73   0   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 17 330   M    M     8      20 320
22  87  57  72  -1   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 18 320   M    M            22 300
23  83  56  70  -3   0   5    T  0.0    0  9.0 24 320   M    M            28 320
24  80  57  69  -4   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  9.3 18 310   M    M     1      23 310
25  79  52  66  -7   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 17 300   M    M            21 320
26  85  55  70  -4   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 20 320   M    M            23 300
27  86  59  73  -1   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 15 300   M    M            23 340
28  91  65  78   4   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 15 290   M    M            18 300
29  92  63  78   4   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 16 310   M    M            20 300
30  94  66  80   6   0  15 0.00  0.0    0  6.7 16 280   M    M            18 300
31  90  65  78   3   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 16 310   M    M            21 320
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SM 2744 1834         4 287    T      0.0 211.5          M                     
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AV 88.5 59.2                               6.8 FASTST  PSBL  %        MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 24 320               # 28  320   
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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:  BAKERSFIELD
                                          MONTH:    MAY
                                          YEAR:     1997
                                          LATITUDE:   35 25 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119  3 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 73.9   TOTAL FOR MONTH:      T    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   3.6   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.24    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    99 ON 18    GRTST 24HR    T ON 23          TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     46 ON  2                               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:   0                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:  16    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     4    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -27    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   M                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2019    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -98                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   287                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    82    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1   363    HIGHEST SLP 30.13 ON 05                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL    94    LOWEST  SLP 29.64 ON 19                                 

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