ZCZC CHICLMMLI
CXUS43 KDVN 011610 COR
ANNUAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MOLINE IL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1010 AM CST MON JAN 1 2001
...2000 WAS CHARACTERIZED BY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
SNOWFALL...BUT BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...
PART 1 OF 3 ...TEMPERATURE...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2000 WAS 50.6 DEGREES...OR 1.0 DEGREE
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 49.6 DEGREES. THIS PLACES 2000 AS THE 41ST WARMEST
YEAR FOR RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1872.
AVERAGE MAXIMUM FOR 2000 WAS 60.7 DEGREES...NORMAL IS 59.7
AVERAGE MINIMUM FOR 2000 WAS 40.5 DEGREES...NORMAL IS 39.5
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN 2000 WAS 97 DEGREES AUG 31..SEP 1..2..11
LOWEST TEMPERATURE IN 2000 WAS -18 DEGREES DEC 25
LOWEST MAXIMUM WAS 2 DEGREES DEC 22
HIGHEST MINIMUM WAS 75 DEGREES AUG 31
THERE WERE 13 NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN 2000
AND FIVE TIED. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THOSE RECORDS.
DATE NEW RECORD TYPE RECORD OLD RECORD/YEAR
JAN 2 61 MAXIMUM 59 IN 1950
FEB 23 45 WARM LOW 38 IN 1930
FEB 24 43/TIED/ WARM LOW 43 IN 1957
FEB 25 71 MAXIMUM 68 IN 1932
FEB 25 42 WARM LOW 41 IN 1951
FEB 29 44 WARM LOW 38 IN 1932
MAR 5 69/TIED/ MAXIMUM 69 IN 1921
MAR 6 71/TIED/ MAXIMUM 71 IN 1974
MAR 7 78 MAXIMUM 75 IN 1987 AND PREV. YEARS
MAR 8 79 MAXIMUM 74 IN 1977
SEP 11 97 MAXIMUM 94 IN 1931
OCT 6 46 COOL HIGH 48 IN 1952
OCT 9 26 MINIMUM 28 IN 1952 AND PREV. YEARS
OCT 26 60/TIED/ WARM LOW 60 IN 1939
NOV 1 80/TIED/ MAXIMUM 80 IN 1933 AND PREV. YEARS
DEC 12 -11 MINIMUM -9 IN 1989
DEC 12 5 COOL HIGH 6 IN 1893
DEC 25 -18 MINIMUM -14 IN 1879
NUMBER OF DAYS IN 2000 WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF
90 DEGREES OR ABOVE WAS 11... NORMAL IS 22.4
32 DEGREES OR BELOW WAS 52... NORMAL IS 49.7
NUMBER OF DAYS IN 2000 WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF
32 DEGREES OR BELOW WAS 130... NORMAL IS 134.9
0 DEGREES OR BELOW WAS 16... NORMAL IS 17.0
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...TABLE OF MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND SOME COMPARISONS...
RECORD RECORD
MONTH 2000 NORM DEPARTURE 1999 WARMEST COOLEST
JAN 23.8 19.9 PLUS 3.9 19.9 37.6 IN 1880 6.3 IN 1979
FEB 34.3 24.8 PLUS 9.5 34.9 39.6 IN 1882 10.4 IN 1875
MAR 45.3 37.4 PLUS 7.9 36.8 49.8 IN 1910 19.9 IN 1960
APR 50.6 50.4 PLUS 0.2 52.3 58.5 IN 1915 41.4 IN 1874
MAY 64.0 61.4 PLUS 2.6 63.4 68.9 IN 1977 54.8 IN 1907
JUN 68.6 71.1 MINUS 2.5 71.6 78.1 IN 1934 65.8 IN 1916
JUL 73.4 75.2 MINUS 1.8 79.0 85.0 IN 1936 69.2 IN 1891
AUG 75.0 72.7 PLUS 2.3 71.0 81.0 IN 1947 67.2 IN 1915
SEP 66.4 64.7 PLUS 1.7 63.3 72.2 IN 1897 58.9 IN 1918
OCT 56.8 53.0 PLUS 3.8 53.4 64.4 IN 1963 42.6 IN 1925
NOV 36.0 39.6 MINUS 3.6 45.5 47.4 IN 1931 30.1 IN 1976
DEC 13.1 25.4 MINUS 12.3 28.7 42.0 IN 1877 13.1 IN 2000
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...TABLE OF SEASONAL AVERAGES AND SOME COMPARISONS...
RECORD RECORD
SEASON 2000 NORM DEPARTURE 1999 WARMEST COLDEST
WINTER 28.8 23.4 PLUS 5.4 29.0 36.3 IN 14.1 IN
DEC-FEB 99-00 98-99 1877-78 1978-79
SPRING 53.3 49.8 PLUS 3.5 50.8 56.4 IN 44.1 IN
MAR-MAY 1977 1960
SUMMER 72.3 73.1 MINUS 0.8 73.9 78.8 IN 68.6 IN
JUN-AUG 1936 1915
FALL 53.1 52.5 PLUS 0.6 54.1 58.7 IN 46.6 IN
SEP-NOV 1931 1976
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BELOW IS A LIST OF THE MONTHS AND SEASONS IN 2000 AND HOW THEY
RANKED IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS IN THE QUAD CITIES DATING
BACK TO 1872.
JANUARY ........ 54TH WARMEST JULY ........ 27TH COOLEST
FEBRUARY ....... 13TH WARMEST AUGUST ...... 26TH WARMEST
MARCH .......... 6TH COOLEST SEPTEMBER ... 40TH WARMEST
APRIL .......... 56TH WARMEST OCTOBER ..... 26TH WARMEST
MAY ............ 33RD WARMEST NOVEMBER .... 29TH COOLEST
JUNE............ 27TH COOLEST DECEMBER .... 1ST COOLEST
WINTER /DEC 99-FEB 00/ ... 16TH WARMEST
SPRING /MAR-MAY/ ......... 9TH WARMEST
SUMMER /JUN-AUG/ ......... 37TH WARMEST
FALL /SEP-NOV/ ........... 53RD WARMEST
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PART 2 OF 3 ...PRECIPITATION / SNOWFALL...
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR 2000 WAS 37.88 INCHES...OR 1.2 INCHES BELOW
THE ANNUAL NORMAL OF 39.08 INCHES. THIS PLACES 2000 AS THE 95TH DRIEST
YEAR FOR RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1872.
NUMBER OF DAYS IN 2000 WITH
PRECIPITATION OF 0.01 INCH OR MORE ...... 134 ... NORMAL IS 117.7
SNOW / ICE PELLETS 1.0 INCH OR MORE ..... 15 ... NORMAL IS 10.9
THUNDERSTORMS ........................... 37 ... MEAN IS 46.3
DENSE FOG /VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OR LESS/.. 31 ... MEAN IS 17.4
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...TABLE OF MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AND SOME COMPARISONS...
RECORD RECORD
MONTH 2000 NORM DEPARTURE 1999 WETTEST DRIEST
JAN 1.40 1.54 MINUS 0.14 2.83 4.63 IN 1916 0.07 IN 1919
FEB 3.30 1.23 PLUS 2.07 1.23 4.87 IN 1887 0.07 IN 1877
MAR 0.82 2.98 MINUS 2.16 1.56 7.43 IN 1973 0.17 IN 1885
APR 4.28 3.90 PLUS 0.38 6.97 11.30 IN 1973 0.32 IN 1895
MAY 4.68 4.30 PLUS 0.38 2.36 11.43 IN 1974 0.31 IN 1992
JUN 6.47 4.27 PLUS 2.20 5.98 10.79 IN 1892 0.49 IN 1886
JUL 4.97 4.95 PLUS 0.02 1.43 11.76 IN 1992 0.14 IN 1936
AUG 1.38 4.22 MINUS 2.84 3.58 15.23 IN 1987 0.35 IN 1971
SEP 5.28 4.02 PLUS 1.26 4.41 14.18 IN 1970 0.02 IN 1979
OCT 1.24 2.93 MINUS 1.69 0.86 9.41 IN 1941 0.01 IN 1964
NOV 1.81 2.51 MINUS 0.70 0.49 6.77 IN 1992 0.18 IN 1904
DEC 2.25 2.23 PLUS 0.02 2.27 4.99 IN 1982 0.21 IN 1900
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...SNOWFALL...
SNOWFALL FOR 2000 TOTALED 62.9 INCHES...OR 28.2 INCHES ABOVE THE ANNUAL
NORMAL OF 34.7 INCHES. THIS MAKES 2000 THE 3RD SNOWIEST YEAR
/JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER/ ON RECORD.
...MONTHLY AND GREATEST SNOWFALL / PRECIPITATION TABLE FOR 1999...
2000 NORMAL GREATEST DAILY GREATEST DAILY
MONTH SNOWFALL SNOWFALL SNOWFALL IN 1999 PCPN IN 2000
JAN 16.6 9.0 7.1 ON 19TH 0.45 ON 19TH
FEB 10.9 6.8 9.3 ON 18TH 1.24 ON 25TH
MAR 0.6 6.0 0.4 ON 19TH 0.35 ON 19TH
APR 2.0 1.6 2.0 ON 7TH 2.02 ON 20TH
MAY T T T ON 18TH (HAIL) 1.72 ON 31ST
JUN NONE NONE NONE 1.72 ON 24TH
JUL NONE NONE NONE 2.06 ON 4TH
AUG NONE NONE NONE 0.39 ON 5TH
SEP NONE NONE NONE 1.63 ON 22ND
OCT NONE 0.4 NONE 0.87 ON 3RD
NOV 0.8 2.8 0.8 ON 13TH 19TH 0.88 ON 6TH
DEC 32.0 8.1 9.0 ON 11TH 0.54 ON 11TH
***DECEMBER 2000 SNOWFALL WILL INCLUDED ON SEASONAL WINTER SUMMARY
ENDING FEBRUARY 2001. WINTER SUMMARIES LISTED ON THIS PRODUCT ARE
FOR DECEMBER 1999 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2000.***
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...TABLE OF SEASONAL PRECIPITATION AND SOME COMPARISONS...
RECORD RECORD
SEASON 2000 NORM DEPARTURE 1999 WETTEST DRIEST
WINTER 6.97 5.00 PLUS 1.97 5.23 10.18 IN 1.21 IN
DEC-FEB 99-00 98-99 1875-76 1919-20
SPRING 9.78 11.18 MINUS 1.40 10.89 25.69 IN 3.09 IN
MAR-MAY 1973 1934
SUMMER 12.82 13.44 MINUS 0.62 10.99 26.79 IN 3.59 IN
JUN-AUG 1993 1886
FALL 8.33 9.46 MINUS 1.13 5.76 20.47 IN 2.87 IN
SEP-NOV 1961 1996
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BELOW IS A LIST OF THE MONTHS AND SEASONS IN 2000 AND HOW THEY RANKED
IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS YEARS IN THE QUAD CITIES.
JANUARY ...... 69TH DRIEST JULY ........... 31ST WETTEST
FEBRUARY ..... 7TH WETTEST AUGUST ......... 19TH DRIEST
MARCH ....... 11TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ...... 27TH WETTEST
APRIL ........ 36TH WETTEST OCTOBER ........ 35TH DRIEST
MAY .......... 39ND WETTEST NOVEMBER ....... 65TH DRIEST
JUNE ......... 21ST WETTEST DECEMBER ....... 34TH WETTEST
WINTER /DEC 99 - FEB 00/ ..... 17TH WETTEST
SPRING /MAR - MAY/ ........... 73RD DRIEST
SUMMER /JUN - AUG/ ........... 84TH DRIEST
FALL /SEP - NOV/ ............. 81TH DRIEST
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PART 3 OF 3 ...DEGREE DAY AND PEAK WIND DATA...
...HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAY UNITS /DDU/...
...TABLE OF MONTHLY HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAY UNITS...
2000 NORMAL 2000 NORMAL
MONTH HEATING HEATING COOLING COOLING
JAN 1268 1398 0 0
FEB 883 1126 0 0
MAR 606 856 1 0
APR 427 438 0 0
MAY 112 188 88 76
JUN 29 10 142 193
JUL 0 0 266 316
AUG 0 11 316 250
SEP 98 73 146 64
OCT 263 384 18 12
NOV 866 762 3 0
DEC 1600 1228 0 0
ANNUAL 6152 6474 980 911
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PEAK WIND GUST FOR 2000 WAS 52 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON MARCH 8TH
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