Halfway Through September

Here are the monthly weather stats for LAF through the 15th of September, courtesy of the Indianapolis NWS office. Average temps and precip are both running below normal so far.

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

                                          STATION:   LAFAYETTE IN
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2011
                                          LATITUDE:   40 25 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 56 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
                                     12Z  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  97  73  85  14   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 14 280   M    M   1        18 220
 2  98  72  85  14   0  20 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 14 260   M    M   0 8      17 280
 3  97  68  83  12   0  18 0.18  0.0    0  3.6 25 220   M    M   1 138    32 230
 4  76  58  67  -3   0   2 0.05  0.0    0  6.0 14 340   M    M   2 128    18 340
 5  68  53  61  -9   4   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.6 24  40   M    M   2        31  20
 6  68  47  58 -12   7   0 0.00  0.0    0 11.4 24  30   M    M   3        33  10
 7  74  52  63  -7   2   0    T  0.0    0 11.6 23  30   M    M   2        30  40
 8  65  57  61  -8   4   0 0.37  0.0    0  8.8 16  10   M    M  10 18     23 350
 9  73  61  67  -2   0   2 0.18  0.0    0  2.1 10  50   M    M  10 1      14  70
10  75  58  67  -2   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  2.2 10 160   M    M   7 128    14 160
11  81  56  69   1   0   4 0.01  0.0    0  0.8 13 340   M    M   4 12     15 330
12  87  59  73   5   0   8 0.00  0.0    0  3.6 14 260   M    M   2 1      18 270
13  87  60  74   7   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  7.2 15 300   M    M   0        22 330
14  72  53  63  -4   2   0 0.27  0.0    0  6.2 18 360   M    M   5 18     23  10
15  64  42  53 -14  12   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 18  30   M    M   2        22  30
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SM 1182  869        31  85  1.06     0.0  91.1          M       51
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AV 78.8 57.9                               6.1 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 25 220               # 33   10
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  LAFAYETTE IN
                                          MONTH:    SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:     2011
                                          LATITUDE:   40 25 N
                                          LONGITUDE:  86 56 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 68.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.06    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -0.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.30    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    98 ON  2    GRTST 24HR  0.41 ON  8- 9      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     42 ON 15                               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:   6
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   3    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   4
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.    31    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)  10
DPTR FM NORMAL    14    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   3
TOTAL FM JUL 1    31    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  2
DPTR FM NORMAL     8

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    85
DPTR FM NORMAL     7    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1229    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL   299    LOWEST  SLP 29.80 ON  3