Fresno, CA - March 1996

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

                                          STATION:   FRESNO
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          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  43  53   0  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.4  8 320   M    M   0 1       9 310
 2  66  41  54   1  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.6  8 210   M    M   0 128    10 210
 3  68  44  56   3   9   0 0.03  0.0    0  3.5 10 300   M    M     18     13 300
 4  62  51  57   4   8   0 0.25  0.0    0 12.6 24 140   M    M   9 1      28 150
 5  60  47  54   0  11   0 0.11  0.0    0  9.6 23 300   M    M     1      24 310
 6  61  38  50  -4  15   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.3 15 320   M    M     12     17 320
 7  69  43  56   2   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 11 310   M    M            15 360
 8  74  43  59   5   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.8  9 130   M    M   0 18     11 100
 9  74  47  61   7   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 10 100   M    M     18     11 100
10  73  50  62   8   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.7 20 180   M    M   1 18     22 180
11  68  54  61   7   4   0 0.08  0.0    0  6.0 17  20   M    M   6 13     21 320
12  59  50  55   1  10   0 0.85  0.0    0  8.8 23 120   M    M   9 13     28 120
13  61  47  54  -1  11   0 0.02  0.0    0  4.2 10 150   M    M   8 1      13 120
14  67  42  55   0  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.9  9 240   M    M            11 230
15  70  45  58   3   7   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 10 330   M    M            14 360
16  70  50  60   5   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 10 300   M    M     18     11 310
17  74  49  62   7   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.3  9 260   M    M     18     13 250
18  79  52  66  11   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  4.0  9 320   M    M   0 18     11 320
19  81  53  67  12   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  3.3  9 340   M    M   0 18     16  10
20  80  52  66  11   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  3.9 10 340   M    M   0 18     13 340
21  80  50  65   9   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 18 310   M    M   0 18     21 310
22  67  47  57   1   8   0 0.00  0.0    0 14.3 22 300   M    M   1        26 330
23  62  40  51  -5  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 17 310   M    M   1        21 330
24  67  41  54  -2  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.7 13 300   M    M   0        16 290
25  65  43  54  -3  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.8 25 330   M    M   0        30 330
26  69  40  55  -2  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 13 150   M    M   0 1      15 130
27  73  45  59   2   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8  9 340   M    M   0        14 330
28  61  44  53  -4  12   0 0.18  0.0    0 11.4 26 310   M    M   5 18     31 320
29  64  36  50  -7  15   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 10 160   M    M   0        17 260
30  70  41  56  -1   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 10 310   M    M            11 310
31  78  44  61   3   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 10 130   M    M     1      13 120
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SM 2135 1412       238   4  1.52     0.0 175.0          M                    
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AV 68.9 45.5                               5.6 FASTST  PSBL  %   2    MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 26 310               # 31  320   
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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:    MARCH
                                          YEAR:     1996
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 57.2   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.52    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   1.7   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.68    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    81 ON 19    GRTST 24HR  0.89 ON 11-12      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     36 ON 29                               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:   7                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4                                  
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.   238    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  15                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL   -45    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   2                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  1713    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  3                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -555                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.     4                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL     1    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1     4    HIGHEST SLP M ON  M                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL     1    LOWEST  SLP M ON  M                                 

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