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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
435 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009

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...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...

                 CLIMATE  NORMAL   PERIOD    1971 TO 2000
                 CLIMATE  RECORD   PERIOD    1900 TO 2009

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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MONTHLY            REPORT  OCTOBER    2009      EAU     AIRPORT

TEMPS                      ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
AVG                 MAX     49.2      57.9      -8.7     COOLER   3  COLD
AVG                 MIN     35.1      36.6      -1.5     COOLER  19  COLD
MONTH              MEAN     42.2      47.3      -5.1     COOLER   6  COLD

DAILY               MAX      63 OCT-19-2009
DAILY               MIN      23 OCT-27-2009
RECORD             HIGHS      0
RECORD             LOWS       0

HDD                        ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
TOTAL              MONTH     700      551       149      COOLER   7  COLD
TOTAL             SEASON     877      795        82      COOLER  21  COLD

CDD                        ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
TOTAL              MONTH      0        1         -1      COOLER   1  COLD
TOTAL             ANNUAL     329      554       -225     COOLER   6  COLD

PCP                        ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
MONTH             TOTAL     4.91      2.24      2.67     WETTER   9  WET
ANNUAL            TOTAL     22.54    29.17     -6.63     DRIER   17  DRY
DAILY               MAX     1.09 OCT-23-2009
RECORD              PCP       0

SNOW                       ACTUAL     AVG      DEPART            RANK
MONTH             TOTAL      4.7      0.4           4.3 SNOWIER   3  WET
SEASON            TOTAL      4.7      0.4           4.3 SNOWIER   3  WET
DAILY               MAX      2.5 OCT-23-2009
MAX                DEPTH      2  OCT-24-2009
RECORD             SNOW       0

OCTOBER          EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD  FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME          OCTOBER   EXTREME    YEAR     DEPART            RANK
OCTOBER          MAX        70.3      1963      12.4   WARMEST    1  WARM
OCTOBER          MAX        45.7      1917     -12.2   COLDEST    1  COLD
OCTOBER          MIN        48.2      1947      11.6   WARMEST    1  WARM
OCTOBER          MIN        26.9      1952      -9.7   COLDEST    1  COLD
OCTOBER          MEAN       59.2      1947      11.9   WARMEST    1  WARM
OCTOBER          MEAN       38.2      1917      -9.1   COLDEST    1  COLD
OCTOBER          HDD         209      1947      -342   WARMEST    1  WARM
OCTOBER          HDD         848      1898      297    COLDEST    1  COLD
OCTOBER          CDD         37       1947       36    WARMEST    1  WARM
OCTOBER          CDD          0       2009       -1    COLDEST    1  COLD
OCTOBER          PCP        7.52      1991      5.28   WETTEST    1  WET
OCTOBER          PCP        0.07      2002     -2.17   DRIEST     1  DRY
OCTOBER          SNOW        5.9      1925      5.5    WETTEST    1  WET
OCTOBER          SNOW         0       2007     -0.4    DRIEST     1  DRY

WIND             MPH       ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART
MONTH            AVERAGE     7.4       12       -4.6
DAILY PEAK GUST      41 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE  32 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009

                  OCTOBER  OCTOBER    2009      2009      2009
SUNSHINE          MINUTES  PERCENT   ANNUAL    HOURS    PERCENT
GAINED                0        0       412       6.9      100
LOST                -92      -22      -324      -5.4      -79

TYPE                      COUNT
1=FOG/MIST                   20
2=FOG DENSE                   2
3=THUNDER                     0
4=IP/SLEET                    0
5=HAIL                        0
6=FRZ RAIN                    0
7=BLWG DUST                   0
8=HAZE/SMK                    2
9=BLWG SNOW                   0

TEMP               COUNT  NUMBER   OF DAYS
MAXIMUM           ACTUAL   AVERAGE   DEPART
<=32                 0        0        0       WARMER
>=50                16       24       -8       COOLER
>=60                 4       13       -9       COOLER
>=70                 0        4       -4       COOLER
>=80                 0        1       -1       COOLER
>=90                 0        0        0       NORMAL

TEMP               COUNT  NUMBER   OF DAYS
MINIMUM           ACTUAL   AVERAGE   DEPART
<= 32               11       11        1       COOLER
<= 20                0        1       -1       WARMER
<= 10                0        0        0       NORMAL
<= 0                 0        0        0       NORMAL
<= -10               0        0        0       NORMAL
>= 50                0        3       -3       COOLER

PCP                COUNT  NUMBER   OF DAYS
PCP               ACTUAL   AVERAGE   DEPART
T (ONLY)             2        4       -2       DRIER
>= 0.01             16       10        6       WETTER
>= 0.10              9        5        4       WETTER
>= 0.25              7        3        4       WETTER
>= 0.50              4        2        3       WETTER
>= 1.00              1        1        1       WETTER

SNOW               COUNT  NUMBER   OF DAYS
SNOW              ACTUAL   AVERAGE   DEPART
T (ONLY)             3        2        1      SNOWIER
>= 0.1               4        0       3.6     SNOWIER
>= 1.0               2        0       1.8     SNOWIER
>= 1.5               2        0       1.9     SNOWIER
>= 2.0               1        0       0.9     SNOWIER
>= 3.0               0        0        0       NORMAL

    NEW DAILY              RECORDS  LISTING             PREVIOUS
    NEW DAILY     SET/TIE  AMOUNT       DATE -YEAR      SET/TIE  OLD YEAR
SNOW               NEW->     0.1       OCT-10-2009        SETS  0.0 NEVER BEFORE
COLD HIGH          TIE->     41        OCT-11-2009       TIES-> 41   1906
SNOW               NEW->     0.5       OCT-15-2009       OLD-> TRACE 1909
SNOW               NEW->     2.5       OCT-23-2009       OLD->  2.0  1938

3-MONTH          DATA      AUGUST  SEPTEMBER  OCTOBER    (ASO)
ASO              2009      ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
ASO-09           MAX        67.4      69.4      -2.0   COOLER    12  COLD
ASO-09           MIN        46.8      47.7      -0.9   COOLER    44  COLD
ASO-09           MEAN       57.1      58.6      -1.5   COOLER    14  COLD
ASO-09           HDD         844      779        65    COOLER    24  COLD
ASO-09           CDD         135      184       -49    COOLER    20  COLD
ASO-09           PRECIP     11.33    10.66      0.67   WETTER   NEAR NORM
ASO-09           SNOW        4.7      0.4       4.3    SNOWIER    3  WET

3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD  FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME          ASO       EXTREME    YEAR     DEPART            RANK
AUG-SEP-OCT      MAX        78.5      1947      9.1    WARMEST    1  WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT      MAX        64.5      1917      -4.9   COLDEST    1  COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT      MIN        55.4      1947      7.7    WARMEST    1  WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT      MIN        42.6      1896      -5.1   COLDEST    1  COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT      MEAN       67.2      1947      8.6    WARMEST    1  WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT      MEAN       54.6      1917      -4.0   COLDEST    1  COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT      HDD         404      1947      -375   WARMEST    1  WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT      HDD        1063      1917      284    COLDEST    1  COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT      CDD         610      1947      426    WARMEST    1  WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT      CDD         77       1977      -107   COLDEST    1  COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT      PRECIP     21.51     1900     10.85   SNOWIEST   1  WET
AUG-SEP-OCT      PRECIP     2.14      1976     -8.52   DRIEST     1  DRY
AUG-SEP-OCT      SNOW        5.9      1925      5.5    WETTER     1  WET
AUG-SEP-OCT      SNOW        0.0      2007      -0.4   DRIER      1  DRY

ANNUAL           DATA
JAN-OCT          2009     ACTUAL   NORMAL    DEPART              RANK
JAN-OCT-09       MAX        56.7      58.6      -1.9   COOLER    16  COLD
JAN-OCT-09       MIN        35.1      37.0      -1.9   COOLER   NEAR NORM
JAN-OCT-09       MEAN       46.0      47.8      -1.8   COOLER    15  COLD
JAN-OCT-09       HDD-ANN    6008      5762      246    COOLER    35  COLD
JUL-OCT-09       HDD-SEA     877      795        82    COOLER    21  COLD
JAN-OCT-09       CDD         329      554       -225   COOLER     6  COLD
JAN-OCT-09       PRECIP     22.54    29.17     -6.63   DRIER     17  DRY
JAN-OCT-09       SNOW-ANN   22.9      33.8     -10.9   DRIER     34  DRY
JUL-OCT-09       SNOW-SEA    4.7      0.4       4.3    SNOWIER    3  WET

ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD  FOR COMPARISON
JAN-OCT          ANNUAL   EXTREME     YEAR     DEPART            RANK
JAN-OCT          MAX        65.4      1931      6.8    WARMEST    1  WARM
JAN-OCT          MAX        54.1      1979     -4.5    COLDEST    1  COLD
JAN-OCT          MIN        43.0      1931      6.0    WARMEST    1  WARM
JAN-OCT          MIN        32.5      1895     -4.5    COLDEST    1  COLD
JAN-OCT          MEAN       54.4      1931      6.6    WARMEST    1  WARM
JAN-OCT          MEAN       43.8      1917     -4.0    COLDEST    1  COLD
JAN-OCT          HDD-ANN    6762      1929      1000   WARMEST    1  WARM
JAN-OCT          HDD-ANN    4252      1921     -1510   COLDEST    1  COLD
JUL-OCT          HDD-SEA     408      1931      -387   WARMEST    1  WARM
JUL-OCT          HDD-SEA    1082      1917      287    COLDEST    1  COLD
JAN-OCT          CDD        1088      1936      534    WARMEST    1  WARM
JAN-OCT          CDD         279      1958      -275   COLDEST    1  COLD
JAN-OCT          PRECIP     48.65     1938     19.48   WETTER     1  WET
JAN-OCT          PRECIP     15.18     1910    -13.99   DRIER      1  DRY
JAN-OCT          SNOW-ANN   80.0      1929     46.2    SNOWIEST   1  WET
JAN-OCT          SNOW-ANN    8.7      1921    -25.1    DRIEST     1  DRY
JUL-OCT          SNOW-SEA    5.9      1925      5.5    SNOWIEST   1  WET
JUL-OCT          SNOW-SEA    0.0      2007     -0.4    DRIEST     1  DRY


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CARLYON






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