PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) STATION: CHARLESTON MONTH: DECEMBER YEAR: 2002 LATITUDE: 38 22 N LONGITUDE: 81 36 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 33 24 29 -12 36 0 0.01 M M 7.1 15 310 M M 6 1 21 330 2 48 26 37 -4 28 0 0.00 M M 7.9 15 210 M M 4 21 250 3 43 23 33 -8 32 0 0.00 M M 6.0 12 360 M M 4 20 20 4 30 19 25 -15 40 0 0.17 M M 3.9 10 60 M M 5 16 15 50 5 32 28 30 -10 35 0 0.37 M M 2.2 10 50 M M 10 146 14 50 6 28 20 24 -16 41 0 T M M 2.8 9 220 M M 9 1 12 220 7 38 14 26 -14 39 0 0.00 M M 4.0 12 220 M M 0 1 15 220 8 42 28 35 -4 30 0 0.00 M M 4.5 12 220 M M 6 15 240 9 40 19 30 -9 35 0 0.00 M M 0.6 5 150 M M 0 10 10 10 47 26 37 -2 28 0 0.03 M M 1.2 8 50 M M 5 1 10 60 11 37 34 36 -3 29 0 0.34 M M 3.2 10 230 M M 10 1 14 210 12 39 36 38 0 27 0 0.02 M M 2.9 10 230 M M 10 1 14 210 13 41 34 38 0 27 0 0.75 M M 4.7 12 70 M M 8 1 15 70 14 41 33 37 -1 28 0 0.26 M M 6.4 12 260 M M 10 1 18 250 15 47 35 41 3 24 0 0.00 M M 7.7 16 220 M M 6 22 210 16 47 32 40 3 25 0 0.00 M M 5.1 12 330 M M 6 17 310 17 44 29 37 0 28 0 0.07 M M 3.2 7 60 M M 7 1 9 60 18 51 41 46 9 19 0 0.00 M M 6.1 13 140 M M 6 16 170 19 65 45 55 18 10 0 0.15 M M 7.9 23 190 M M 4 29 190 20 59 41 50 14 15 0 0.21 M M 9.9 17 230 M M 7 1 24 220 21 51 38 45 9 20 0 0.00 M M 9.1 21 230 M M 3 31 240 22 52 39 46 10 19 0 0.04 M M 8.1 21 290 M M 7 1 25 240 23 47 33 40 4 25 0 0.00 M M 6.9 15 230 M M 0 24 230 24 46 34 40 4 25 0 0.10 M M 4.4 13 60 M M 9 1 15 170 25 46 29 38 3 27 0 0.42 M M 7.6 20 230 M M 10 18 26 240 26 32 29 31 -4 34 0 T M M 4.6 10 280 M M 10 1 17 270 27 34 24 29 -6 36 0 0.00 M M 1.5 7 210 M M 8 9 210 28 46 23 35 0 30 0 0.00 M M 3.9 12 210 M M 6 17 210 29 54 34 44 9 21 0 0.00 M M 2.8 9 240 M M 1 15 220 30 59 29 44 9 21 0 0.00 M M 2.5 9 200 M M 4 12 210 31 69 42 56 22 9 0 T M M 3.6 14 190 M M 6 8 17 210 ================================================================================ SM 1388 941 843 0 2.94 M 152.3 M 187 ================================================================================ AV 44.8 30.4 4.9 FASTST PSBL % 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 23 190 31 240 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: CHARLESTON MONTH: DECEMBER YEAR: 2002 LATITUDE: 38 22 N LONGITUDE: 81 36 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 37.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.94 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.38 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 69 ON 31 GRTST 24HR 0.98 ON 13-14 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 14 ON 7 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: M 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR M ON M 6 = GLAZE OR RIME GRTST DEPTH: M ON M 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: 4 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 14 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 9 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 17 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 843 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 5 DPTR FM NORMAL 6 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 16 SEASONAL TOTAL 1761 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 10 DPTR FM NORMAL -18 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 1307 HIGHEST SLP M ON M DPTR FM NORMAL 329 LOWEST SLP M ON M [REMARKS]