Bakersfield, CA - March 1998

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

                                          STATION:   BAKERSFIELD
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      1998
                                          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  65  39  52  -3  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 10 320   M    M     18     14 320
 2  63  45  54  -2  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4  9  10   M    M     18     10  20
 3  64  40  52  -4  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.2 13 300   M    M     18     15 310
 4  57  39  48  -8  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 11 270   M    M            14 260
 5  60  36  48  -8  17   0 0.38  0.0    0  4.8 17  30   M    M     1      21  30
 6  53  37  45 -11  20   0 0.06  0.0    0  8.3 29 310   M    M     1      33 310
 7  60  39  50  -6  15   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.1  9 130   M    M            13 340
 8  61  42  52  -4  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 10  30   M    M            11  30
 9  61  38  50  -6  15   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.0 10 190   M    M     18     15 220
10  70  42  56  -1   9   0    T  0.0    0  3.7 11 340   M    M     18     16 330
11  71  44  58   1   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 10  40   M    M     18     13 300
12  76  42  59   2   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.8 14 200   M    M     18     17 200
13  66  48  57   0   8   0 0.32  0.0    0  8.9 25 270   M    M     1      29 270
14  65  49  57   0   8   0    T  0.0    0  4.9 10 250   M    M     1      13 250
15  71  45  58   1   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 10  30   M    M     1      11  20
16  66  50  58   1   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 15 310   M    M     18     17 290
17  71  49  60   3   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 10 290   M    M     18     14 280
18  75  47  61   4   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 10 330   M    M     18     13 260
19  77  46  62   5   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.0 10 340   M    M     8      13 360
20  74  48  61   3   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 14 320   M    M     8      17 320
21  72  48  60   1   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.0 10  20   M    M     18     11  20
22  82  50  66   7   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  2.6 10  20   M    M     18     13 150
23  85  51  68   9   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 16  10   M    M            18 360
24  79  46  63   4   2   0 0.13  0.0    0  6.4 31 310   M    M     1      37 320
25  57  51  54  -5  11   0 0.61  0.0    0  5.9 17 270   M    M     1      21 280
26  63  50  57  -2   8   0 0.12  0.0    0  3.7 18 300   M    M     1      21 300
27  61  50  56  -3   9   0 0.21  0.0    0  4.6 16 330   M    M     1      20 330
28  53  40  47 -12  18   0 0.30  0.0    0  8.6 32 280   M    M     1      37 280
29  55  34  45 -14  20   0    T    T    0  5.5 14 310   M    M     1      17 310
30  63  39  51  -8  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.6 10 320   M    M            13 330
31  66  43  55  -4  10   0 0.38  0.0    0  9.3 29 160   M    M     1      33 150
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SM 2062 1367       299   4  2.51      T  161.4          M                    
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AV 66.5 44.1                               5.3 FASTST  PSBL  %        MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->    32 280               # 37  280   
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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:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     1998
                                          LATITUDE:   35 25 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119  3 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 55.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.51    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -2.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.10    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    85 ON 23    GRTST 24HR  0.72 ON 24-25      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     34 ON 29                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:    T  INCH    5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR   T ON 29       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:   9                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   8                                  
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.   299    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    63    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   M                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2075    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   108                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     4                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    -3    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1     4    HIGHEST SLP 30.28 ON 09                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL    -4    LOWEST  SLP 29.64 ON 24                                 

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