RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 080744 CCA
CLMMSP
CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED RANKINGS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1130 AM CDT SUN NOV 1 2009
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...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER 2009 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 49.1 58.4 -9.3 COOLER 4 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 37.3 38.9 -1.6 COOLER 32 COLD
MONTH MEAN 43.2 48.7 -5.5 COOLER 7 COLD
DAILY MAX 64 OCT-07-2009
DAILY MIN 26 OCT-10-2009
RECORD HIGHS 0
RECORD LOWS 0
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 669 516 153 COOLER 5 COLD
TOTAL SEASON 750 721 29 COOLER 43 COLD
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 3 -3 COOLER 1 COLD
TOTAL ANNUAL 647 699 -52 COOLER 49 COLD
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 5.57 2.11 3.46 WETTER 4 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 22.59 26.47 -3.88 DRIER 45 DRY
DAILY MAX 1.38 OCT-06-2009
RECORD PRECIP 1
SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 7 WET
SEASON TOTAL 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 6 WET
DAILY MAX 2.5 OCT-12-2009
MAX DEPTH 1 OCT-12-2009
RECORD SNOW 0
OCTOBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME OCTOBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
OCTOBER MAX 70.3 1963 11.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER MAX 44.3 1925 -14.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER MIN 49.3 1947 10.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER MIN 31.4 1917 -7.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER MEAN 59.3 1947 10.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER MEAN 38.3 1925 -10.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER HDD 210 1947 -306 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER HDD 823 1925 307 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER CDD 73 1879 70 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER CDD 0 2009 -3 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER PCP 5.29 1991 3.18 WETTEST 1 WET
OCTOBER PCP 0.02 1939 -2.09 DRIEST 1 DRY
OCTOBER SNOW 8.2 1991 7.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET
OCTOBER SNOW 0 2007 -0.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 9.0 12.0 -3.0
PEAK WIND GUST 43 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009
FASTEST 2-MINUTE 32 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009
SUNSHINE MONTHLY PERCENT TOTAL TOTAL PERCENT
SUNSHINE MINUTES PERCENT ANNUAL HOURS PERCENT
GAINED 0 0 385 6.4 92
LOST -93 -22 -326 -5.4 -78
WEATHER
TYPE COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 18
2=FOG DENSE 0
3=THUNDER 1
4=IP/SLEET 1
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 4
9=BLWG SNOW 0
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0.1 0 0 0 WARMER
>=50 16 24 -8 COOLER
>=60 3 14 -11 COOLER
>=70 0 5 -5 COOLER
>=80 0 1 -1 COOLER
>=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 7.3 6 7 -1 WARMER
<= 20 0 0 0 WARMER
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 1 4 -3 COOLER
PRECIP NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 3 5 -2 DRIER
>= 0.01 8.4 17 9 8 WETTER
>= 0.10 10 4 6 WETTER
>= 0.25 8 3 5 WETTER
>= 0.50 4 1 3 WETTER
>= 1.00 0.4 2 0 2 WETTER
SNOW NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 3 2 2 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 2 1 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 0.1 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 2.0 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
NEW DAILY RECORDS LISTING PREVIOUS
NEW DAILY SET/TIE AMOUNT DATE YEAR ET/TIE OLD YEAR
PRECIP NEW-> 1.29 OCT-01-2009 OLD-> 0.75 1878
SNOW NEW-> 2.5 OCT-12-2009 OLD-> 2.0 1959
COLD MAX TIE-> 40 OCT-15-2009 TIES-> 40 1943
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER (ASO)
ASO 2009 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ASO-09 MAX 67.7 70.0 -2.3 COOLER 24 COLD
ASO-09 MIN 51.7 50.2 1.5 WARMER 43 WARM
ASO-09 MEAN 59.7 60.1 -0.4 COOLER 48 COLD
ASO-09 HDD 742 714 28 COOLER 42 COLD
ASO-09 CDD 276 249 27 WARMER 63 WARM
ASO-09 PRECIP 12.46 8.85 3.61 WETTER 18 WET
ASO-09 SNOW 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 6 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME ASO EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 77.2 1947 7.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 63.6 1873 -6.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 56.5 1947 6.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 45.7 1873 -4.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 66.9 1947 6.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 54.7 1873 -5.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 362 1920 -352 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 1108 1873 394 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 605 1947 356 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 93 1902 -156 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 18.99 2007 10.14 SNOWIEST 1 WET
AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 3.30 1976 -5.55 DRIEST 1 DRY
AUG-SEP-OCT SNOW 8.2 1991 7.6 WETTER 1 WET
AUG-SEP-OCT SNOW 0.0 2004 -0.6 DRIER 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-OCT 2009 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-OCT-09 MAX 57.5 59.0 -1.5 COOLER 44 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 MIN 39.8 39.6 0.2 WARMER NEAR NORM
JAN-OCT-09 MEAN 48.7 49.3 -0.6 COOLER 63 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 HDD-ANN 5480 5470 10 COOLER 70 COLD
JUL-OCT-09 HDD-SEA 750 721 29 COOLER 43 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 CDD 647 699 -52 COOLER 49 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 PRECIP 22.59 26.47 -3.88 DRIER 45 DRY
JAN-OCT-09 SNOW-ANN 26.1 35.9 -9.8 DRIER 51 DRY
JUL-OCT-09 SNOW-SEA 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 6 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-OCT EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-OCT MAX 63.8 1987 4.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT MAX 51.3 1875 -7.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT MIN 44.9 1931 5.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT MIN 31.3 1875 -8.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT MEAN 54.0 1931 4.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT MEAN 41.3 1875 -8.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 4342 1931 -1128 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 7518 1982 2048 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 369 1920 -352 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 1126 1873 405 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT CDD 1178 1936 479 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT CDD 313 1904 -386 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT PRECIP 38.15 2002 11.68 WETTER 1 WET
JAN-OCT PRECIP 12.14 1910 -14.33 DRIER 1 DRY
JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 70.9 1982 35.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 8.3 1931 -27.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 8.2 1991 7.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 0 2007 -0.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON
