PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) DISCLAIMER: This data is unofficial. The official source of climate data is NCDC. For Further Information, Contact WFO Duluth at 218-729-5982. STATION: INTERNATIONAL FALLS MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 48 34 N LONGITUDE: 93 23 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 23 -8 8 -9 57 0 0.01 0.5 5 11.7 22 330 M M 7 18 28 340 2 -2 -24 -13 -30 78 0 T T 6 4.7 18 360 M M 1 8 23 360 3 10 -20 -5 -23 70 0 0.01 2.3 8 6.8 10 150 M M 8 18 13 130 4 4 -25 -10 -28 75 0 T T 8 7.4 16 270 M M 1 20 270 5 11 -30 -9 -27 74 0 0.00 0.0 7 4.8 12 190 M M 0 8 15 220 6 25 2 14 -5 51 0 0.05 1.2 7 11.4 21 190 M M 7 12 28 180 7 12 -10 1 -18 64 0 T T 7 9.2 16 320 M M 2 1 21 320 8 1 -17 -8 -28 73 0 T T 7 10.5 21 290 M M 1 28 280 9 3 -13 -5 -25 70 0 T T 7 14.1 24 270 M M 5 8 31 300 10 13 -12 1 -20 64 0 0.00 0.0 7 9.9 17 260 M M 2 20 250 11 19 -1 9 -12 56 0 0.02 1.0 7 6.6 20 300 M M 7 128 25 300 12 17 -12 3 -19 62 0 0.00 0.0 7 3.5 9 10 M M 0 12 10 13 35 -14 11 -11 54 0 0.00 0.0 6 6.9 18 180 M M 1 8 23 170 14 49 23 36 13 29 0 0.00 0.0 4 6.1 12 180 M M 3 18 15 180 15 57 31 44 21 21 0 0.00 0.0 T 7.7 15 140 M M 0 18 20 150 16 57 28 43 20 22 0 0.00 0.0 T 5.3 14 30 M M 4 128 17 30 17 39 31 35 11 30 0 0.00 0.0 T 9.4 16 100 M M 8 1 18 100 18 47 31 39 15 26 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.3 14 70 M M 6 16 70 19 47 26 37 12 28 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.2 13 30 M M 0 16 20 20 43 28 36 11 29 0 0.01 T 0 6.1 16 360 M M 5 1 20 20 21 42 33 38 12 27 0 0.03 0.3 T 8.7 18 10 M M 10 1 21 10 22 56 33 45 19 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 14 180 M M 7 17 210 23 66 31 49 22 16 0 0.02 0.0 0 7.7 18 280 M M 3 24 270 24 47 35 41 14 24 0 0.04 0.0 0 15.1 28 260 M M 7 1 37 230 25 37 25 31 3 34 0 T 0.0 0 9.8 18 300 M M 9 24 300 26 43 17 30 2 35 0 T 0.0 0 4.3 12 100 M M 4 14 100 27 35 29 32 3 33 0 0.27 5.5 1 10.4 17 100 M M 10 12 22 110 28 37 27 32 2 33 0 0.00 0.0 6 10.6 21 360 M M 3 18 25 360 29 38 18 28 -2 37 0 0.00 0.0 4 9.4 16 320 M M 5 21 280 30 35 19 27 -4 38 0 0.05 1.0 4 4.4 9 10 M M 7 1 10 20 31 46 18 32 1 33 0 T T 3 10.6 25 180 M M 5 18 36 190 ================================================================================ SM 992 299 1363 0 0.51 11.8 250.6 M 138 ================================================================================ AV 32.0 9.6 8.1 FASTST PSBL % 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 28 260 37 230 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: INTERNATIONAL FALLS MONTH: MARCH YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 48 34 N LONGITUDE: 93 23 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 20.8 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.51 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: -2.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.45 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 66 ON 23 GRTST 24HR 0.27 ON 27-27 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: -30 ON 5 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 11.8 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 5.5 ON 27-27 6 = GLAZE OR RIME GRTST DEPTH: 8 ON 4, 3 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: 12 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 10 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 1 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 28 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 12 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 1363 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 13 DPTR FM NORMAL 65 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 13 SEASONAL TOTAL 9003 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 5 DPTR FM NORMAL 27 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.38 ON 2ND DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.44 ON 23RD [REMARKS] MARCH OF 2003 WAS COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. NO NEW MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN OR TIED DURING MARCH. THERE WERE 5 NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH. NEW DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 4TH WITH A LOW OF 25 BELOW...THE OLD RECORD WAS 19 BELOW SET IN 1948 AND ON THE 5TH WITH A LOW OF 30 BELOW...THE OLD RECORD LOW OF 25 BELOW IN 1943. NEW DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 15TH WITH A HIGH OF 57...THE OLD RECORD HIGH WAS 56 SET IN 1946...ON THE 16TH WITH A HIGH OF 57...THE OLD RECORD WAS 51 SET IN 1981 AND ON THE 23RD WITH A HIGH OF 66...THE OLD RECORD WAS 64 SET IN 1963.