Fresno, CA - February 1996
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   FRESNO
                                          MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      1996
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 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  63  46  55   6  10   0 0.01  0.0    0  4.0 11 240   M    M     12     15 240
 2  60  47  54   5  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.5  7 110   M    M     128     9  40
 3  65  48  57   8   8   0 0.01  0.0    0  6.1 20 140   M    M   6 18     24 140
 4  66  53  60  11   5   0 0.97  0.0    0  8.6 15 130   M    M     1      17 120
 5  65  52  59  10   6   0 0.58  0.0    0  6.4 18 100   M    M   9 123    21 100
 6  66  48  57   7   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5  8  10   M    M   5 128    10  30
 7  65  46  56   6   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5  8 150   M    M   5 128    10 140
 8  72  44  58   8   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.9 13 290   M    M   1 128    14 300
 9  62  55  59   9   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.6  9 120   M    M   8 128    10 120
10  66  53  60   9   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.2 11 310   M    M     18     13 320
11  67  50  59   8   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.5  8 240   M    M     128    10 210
12  69  49  59   8   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.3 10 230   M    M     128    11 240
13  76  52  64  13   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.1  9 230   M    M   0 18     11  60
14  73  48  61  10   4   0    T  0.0    0  3.0  8  70   M    M   0 18      9 340
15  69  49  59   8   6   0 0.05  0.0    0  4.7 17 260   M    M     18     22 260
16  72  52  62  10   3   0 0.01  0.0    0  4.7 10 180   M    M     18     13 190
17  70  54  62  10   3   0    T  0.0    0  6.2 13 340   M    M   2 18     15 330
18  68  50  59   7   6   0    T  0.0    0  5.4 13 170   M    M   1        15 100
19  62  55  59   7   6   0 0.35  0.0    0 14.9 22 140   M    M   9 1      25 130
20  57  52  55   3  10   0 0.51  0.0    0 10.8 21 150   M    M     1      25 140
21  61  41  51  -1  14   0 0.45  0.0    0  9.5 24 160   M    M     1      30 180
22  55  38  47  -6  18   0 0.02  0.0    0  5.6 15 310   M    M   2 1      17 310
23  58  33  46  -7  19   0    T  0.0    0  2.8  8 300   M    M   0 18      9 300
24  53  37  45  -8  20   0 0.18  0.0    0  6.1 22 330   M    M   7 18     26 330
25  51  37  44  -9  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 13 310   M    M   5 1      16 240
26  51  32  42 -11  23   0    T    T    0  5.0 16  50   M    M   6 18     20  50
27  45  33  39 -14  26   0 0.12  0.0    0  9.0 22 120   M    M   8 1      26 180
28  57  31  44  -9  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 15 130   M    M   0        17 140
29  57  41  49  -4  16   0 0.31  0.0    0  4.7 11  90   M    M   8 18     14 100
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SM 1821 1326       304   0 3.57  0.0     160.5          M       82           
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AV 62.8 45.7                               5.5 FASTST  PSBL  %   4    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->    24 160                 30  180   
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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:  FRESNO
                                          MONTH:    FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:     1996
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 54.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   3.57    1 = FOG                      
DPTR FM NORMAL:   2.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.45    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    76 ON 13    GRTST 24HR  0.97 ON 04         TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     31 ON 28                               3 = THUNDER                  
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS              
                        TOTAL MONTH:   T INCH      5 = HAIL                     
                        GRTST 24HR   T ON 26       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:  13                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   8                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   2    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   3                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   304    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   8                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -73    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   5                                  
SEASONAL TOTAL  1475    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  5                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   508                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     0                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
SEASONAL TOTAL     0    HIGHEST SLP M ON  M                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP M ON  M                                 

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