Fresno, CA - October 1996

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

                                          STATION:   FRESNO
                                          MONTH:     OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:      1996
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 W                   

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND 

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


 1  79  57  68  -2   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 15 310   M                 16 300
 2  83  57  70   0   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  2.8 10 310   M    M     8      13 320
 3  87  60  74   4   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  3.1  9 320   M    M     8      13 230
 4  91  61  76   7   0  11 0.00  0.0    0  5.1 11 300   M    M     8      14 310
 5  91  61  76   7   0  11 0.00  0.0    0  3.1 11 160   M    M     8      14 160
 6  94  62  78   9   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  3.4 10 280   M    M     8      13 280
 7  96  62  79  11   0  14 0.00  0.0    0  3.5  8 330   M    M     8      11 330
 8  98  64  81  13   0  16 0.00  0.0    0  3.7  8 300   M    M             9 300
 9  98  65  82  14   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 17 340   M    M     8      21 340
10  87  58  73   5   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 13 310   M    M            15 310
11  84  55  70   3   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  3.4 10 300   M    M            14 300
12  85  54  70   3   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  5.4 13 320   M    M            14 320
13  80  60  70   4   0   5 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 18 310   M    M            22 310
14  79  52  66   0   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  4.0 10 300   M    M     8      14 300
15  81  53  67   1   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 11 310   M    M            13 310
16  73  51  62  -3   3   0    T  0.0    0  9.4 18 320   M    M            23 320
17  74  44  59  -6   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.4 11 150   M    M            14 150
18  78  48  63  -2   2   0    T  0.0    0  7.4 23 310   M    M     8      29 320
19  67  49  58  -6   7   0 0.00  0.0    0 17.1 25 300   M    M            31 300
20  65  39  52 -12  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 14 310   M    M            17 310
21  69  39  54 -10  11   0    T  0.0    0  3.5 11 160   M    M            14 160
22  74  39  57  -6   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.8 14 290   M    M     8      17 300
23  71  42  57  -6   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.0  9 310   M    M     8      13 320
24  73  47  60  -2   5   0 0.01  0.0    0  3.8 16 330   M    M     8      22 330
25  64  46  55  -7  10   0 0.01  0.0    0 10.9 23 310   M    M     18     28 310
26  60  42  51 -11  14   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.9 11 140   M    M     1      13 130
27  64  40  52  -9  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.1  8 200   M    M     18      9 320
28  69  42  56  -5   9   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.5 15 110   M    M            16 130
29  55  50  53  -7  12   0 1.50  0.0    0 10.4 23 100   M    M     1      25 100
30  58  44  51  -9  14   0 0.45  0.0    0  7.4 18 120   M    M     13X    22 120
31  61  42  52  -8  13   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.7  8 310   M    M     12     18  30

SM 2388 1585       148 125  1.97     0.0 171.8          M                     

AV 77.0 51.1                               5.6 FASTST  PSBL  %        MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 25 300               # 31  300   

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:    OCTOBER
                                          YEAR:     1996
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 64.1   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.97    1  FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -0.9   DPTR FM NORMAL:    1.32    2  FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    98 ON 9,8  GRTST 24HR  1.69 ON 29-30      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     39 ON 22,21,20                         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:   4                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   6    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   2                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   1                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   148    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    75    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   M                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1   148    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL    72                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   125                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    36    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1  2265    HIGHEST SLP 30.31 ON 21                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL   303    LOWEST  SLP 29.77 ON  1                                 

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