Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6) Station: COLUMBUS OH Month: MAR Year: 1998 Temperature in F : :Pcpn :Snow: Wind :Sunshine: Sky :Pk Wnd ===================================== Columns ================================= 1 2 3 4 5 6a 6b 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Dy Max Min Avg Dep HDD CDD Wtr Snw Dpth Avg Spd Dir Min Psbl S-S Wx Spd Dr =============================================================================== 1 50 34 42 7 23 0 T 0.0 0 5.4 14 290 M M M 1,2 16 290 2 45 33 39 4 26 0 T 0.0 0 9.3 18 270 M M M 8,1 21 270 3 38 31 35 -1 30 0 0.06 0.6 T 12.5 20 240 M M M 1,8 25 220 4 38 33 36 0 29 0 0.03 0.3 0 7.5 17 250 M M M 1,8 21 250 5 39 29 34 -3 31 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 9 10 M M M 1 11 360 6 49 32 41 4 24 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.9 13 120 M M M 18 140 7 56 31 44 7 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.7 16 50 M M M 8,1 21 30 8 61 44 53 15 12 0 0.33 0.0 0 12.2 18 100 M M M 1 23 100 9 59 28 44 6 21 0 0.44 0.4 0 17.8 31 230 M M M 1 39 210 10 28 21 25 -14 40 0 0.04 0.5 1 14.3 25 320 M M M 1,8 31 320 11 24 17 21 -18 44 0 0.01 0.1 T 10.1 18 320 M M M 1,8 24 310 12 28 16 22 -18 43 0 T T T 11.3 20 280 M M M 23 280 13 36 16 26 -14 39 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.0 26 220 M M M 31 210 14 42 28 35 -5 30 0 T T 0 16.3 29 280 M M M 38 290 15 38 24 31 -10 34 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 16 40 M M M 20 40 16 46 25 36 -5 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.9 14 100 M M M 17 70 17 49 34 42 1 23 0 0.15 0.0 0 10.2 18 120 M M M 1,8 22 120 18 57 46 52 10 13 0 0.25 0.0 0 8.5 14 160 M M M 1 18 180 19 61 49 55 13 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.0 18 240 M M M 1,8 22 230 20 49 36 43 0 22 0 0.32 0.0 0 11.9 22 60 M M M 8,1 26 50 21 37 32 35 -8 30 0 0.22 0.7 0 12.7 24 360 M M M 1 8 31 360 22 40 31 36 -7 29 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.5 16 330 M M M 22 350 23 43 28 36 -8 29 0 0.03 0.2 0 5.8 16 260 M M M 1 18 260 24 48 31 40 -4 25 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.3 11 290 M M M 1 8 16 280 25 54 31 43 -1 22 0 T 0.0 0 10.0 22 190 M M M 24 190 26 76 49 63 18 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 17.4 31 210 M M M 38 220 27 80 61 71 26 0 6 0.00 0.0 0 14.0 29 210 M M M 36 230 28 75 61 68 23 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 18.1 43 210 M M M 49 220 29 82 53 68 22 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 23 220 M M M 1 28 220 30 82 63 73 27 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 14.2 30 210 M M M 37 200 31 83 61 72 26 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 16.0 34 210 M M M 43 200 =============================================================================== Sm 1593 1108 681 27 1.88 2.8 333.2 M M =============================================================================== Av 51.4 35.7 10.7 Fastst Psbl % M Max(mph) Misc ----> 43 210 M M 49 220 =============================================================================== Notes: # Last of several occurrences Column 17 Peak Wind in M.P.H. Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6) , Page 2 Station: COLUMBUS OH Month: MAR Year: 1998 ** Temperature Data ** ** Precipitation Data ** SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 Average Monthly: 43.6 Total for Month: 1.88 1 = FOG Dptr fm normal: +2.7 Dptr fm normal: -1.39 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY Highest: 83 on 31 Grtst 24hr 0.53 on 8-9 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS Lowest: 16 on 13 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS Total month: 2.8 Inches 5 = HAIL Grtst 24hr .9 on 9-10 6 = GLAZE OR RIME Grtst depth: 1 on 10 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: 3 0.01 inch or more: 11 Max 90 or above: 0 0.10 inch or more: 6 Min 32 or below: 17 0.50 inch or more: 0 Min 0 or below: 0 1.00 inch or more: 0 ** HDD (Base 65) ** Total this Mo. 681 Dptr fm normal -66 Seasonal total 4296 Dptr fm normal -782 ** CDD (Base 65) ** Total this Mo. 27 Dptr fm normal +27 ** Pressure Data ** Seasonal total 27 Highest SLP 30.58 on 12 Dptr fm normal +27 Lowest SLP 29.15 on 09 =============================================================================== ------------------