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

                                          STATION:   FRESNO
                                          MONTH:     JANUARY
                                          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  54  50  52   8  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.2  8 130   M    M     128     9 180
 2  61  45  53   9  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.7  9 140   M    M   1 18     10 130
 3  67  39  53   9  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.1  7 300   M    M     18      8 300
 4  58  43  51   7  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 10 330   M    M     128    13 340
 5  58  44  51   7  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 11 110   M    M     18     13 110
 6  62  44  53   9  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.8  8 250   M    M     18      9 240
 7  64  40  52   7  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 10 300   M    M     128    10 310
 8  51  43  47   2  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.9  8 140   M    M  10 12      9 120
 9  51  45  48   3  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 13 290   M    M  10 12     14 300
10  51  47  49   4  16   0    T  0.0    0  5.0 10 130   M    M     18     14 270
11  55  37  46   1  19   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5  9 330   M    M     128    10 310
12  49  42  46   1  19   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.7  8 210   M    M  10 128    22  40
13  50  42  46   1  19   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5  9 320   M    M   7 128    10 320
14  47  42  45   0  20   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.3 11 210   M    M   8 18     14 210
15  51  42  47   2  18   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.5 11 110   M    M   6 128    13 120
16  56  45  51   6  14   0 0.07  0.0    0 10.2 24 120   M    M     1      28 120
17  57  41  49   3  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.7 23 320   M    M     18     25 320
18  57  42  50   4  15   0 0.03  0.0    0  8.9 22 130   M    M  10 18     25  90
19  59  41  50   4  15   0 0.11  0.0    0  6.1 17 310   M    M     128    22 310
20  56  34  45  -1  20   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.2 11 160   M    M   0 1      13 150
21  56  38  47   1  18   0 0.27  0.0    0  5.9 17 130   M    M   6 18     20 130
22  51  33  42  -4  23   0 0.01  0.0    0  9.1 21 310   M    M   8 18     24 310
23  49  31  40  -7  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.8 14 150   M    M     18     15 130
24  56  36  46  -1  19   0 0.07  0.0    0  6.8 16 110   M    M   6 18     21 110
25  55  37  46  -1  19   0 0.28  0.0    0 10.5 23 310   M    M   4 1      26 280
26  52  31  42  -5  23   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 10 160   M    M   3 18     13 160
27  59  45  52   5  13   0 0.35  0.0    0  9.5 20 140   M    M   5 1      22 140
28  59  39  49   1  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 10 270   M    M   0 12     11 270
29  58  38  48   0  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.4  7  90   M    M     18      9  40
30  58  45  52   4  13   0 0.01  0.0    0  4.7 11 120   M    M     18     14 120
31  58  49  54   6  11   0 0.87  0.0    0  8.1 17 110   M    M  10 1      21 100 
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SM 1725 1270       513   0 2.07  0.0     165.3          M       104            
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AV 55.6 41.0                               5.3 FASTST  PSBL  %   6    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->    24 120                 28  120   
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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:    JANUARY
                                          YEAR:     1996
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 48.3   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   2.07    1 = FOG                      
DPTR FM NORMAL:   2.3   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.09    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    67 ON  3    GRTST 24HR  0.87 ON 31         TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     31 ON 23,21                            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:  10                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   5                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   2    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   513    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   4                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -65    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   7                                  
SEASONAL TOTAL  1171    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  7                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -435                                                            

[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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