Fresno, CA - March 1997

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

                                          STATION:   FRESNO
                                          MONTH:     MARCH
                                          YEAR:      1997
                                          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  64  36  50  -3  15   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 13 170   M    M     1      15 150
 2  66  41  54   1  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  6.2 20 310   M    M            24 310
 3  60  43  52  -1  13   0 0.00  0.0    0 12.3 18 310   M    M            23 310
 4  61  36  49  -4  16   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.8 14 310   M    M     1      17 310
 5  71  37  54   0  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.4 10 150   M    M     1      13 150
 6  68  39  54   0  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 14 300   M    M     18     16 330
 7  68  38  53  -1  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.3 14 150   M    M     18     14 160
 8  69  41  55   1  10   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.0 13 330   M    M     18     15 330
 9  74  44  59   5   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.7  9 300   M    M     18     10 300
10  78  46  62   8   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.2  9 340   M    M     18     10 130
11  76  49  63   9   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 11 330   M    M     18     15 320
12  71  47  59   5   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.7 16 330   M    M            20 330
13  67  40  54  -1  11   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.2 11 320   M    M            16 350
14  72  42  57   2   8   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.7  9 320   M    M     18     11 320
15  74  48  61   6   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.7 11 120   M    M     18     13 130
16  73  52  63   8   2   0    T  0.0    0  7.3 17 290   M    M     18     22 290
17  73  44  59   4   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.1 11 120   M    M            15  40
18  81  44  63   8   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.6  9 330   M    M            10 320
19  84  46  65  10   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.3 11 310   M    M     8      13 310
20  81  52  67  12   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  5.0 11 320   M    M     18     15 320
21  75  53  64   8   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.8  9 130   M    M     18     11 140
22  80  54  67  11   0   2 0.06  0.0    0  6.6 22 290   M    M     18     24 290
23  73  56  65   9   0   0 0.03  0.0    0  2.0 11 290   M    M            14 290
24  78  59  69  13   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 11 340   M    M     8      14 340
25  85  55  70  13   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  3.4 10 190   M    M     1      16 160
26  86  54  70  13   0   5 0.00  0.0    0  6.5 16 320   M    M            20 310
27  76  51  64   7   1   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.9 17 310   M    M            20 310
28  72  48  60   3   5   0 0.00  0.0    0  9.3 18 300   M    M            22 290
29  78  44  61   4   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.2  9 180   M    M            17 200
30  82  48  65   8   0   0 0.00  0.0    0 10.4 29 300   M    M            37 290
31  65  47  56  -2   9   0 0.01  0.0    0 16.0 24 310   M    M            28 310
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SM 2281 1434       169  18  0.10     0.0 166.6          M                    
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AV 73.6 46.3                               5.4 FASTST  PSBL  %        MAX(MPH)  
                                 MISC ---->  # 29 300               # 37  290   
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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:     1997
                                          LATITUDE:   36 46 N                   
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 43 W                   

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 60.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.10    1 = FOG OR MIST              
DPTR FM NORMAL:   4.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -2.10    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY  
HIGHEST:    86 ON 26    GRTST 24HR  0.09 ON 22-23      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS      
LOWEST:     36 ON 4,1                              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:   3                                  
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0                                  

[HDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.   169    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   M                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL  -114    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   M                                  
TOTAL FM JUL 1  2037    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  M                                  
DPTR FM NORMAL  -231                                                            

[CDD (BASE 65) ]                                                                
TOTAL THIS MO.    18                                                            
DPTR FM NORMAL    15    [PRESSURE DATA]                                         
TOTAL FM JAN 1    18    HIGHEST SLP 30.39 ON 18                                 
DPTR FM NORMAL    15    LOWEST  SLP 29.81 ON 15                                 

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