RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 052141
CLMSTC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CST THU NOV 5 2009
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...ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2008...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2008
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER 2009 STC AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 47.7 56.3 -8.6 COOLER 3 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 34.0 34.3 -0.3 COOLER 33 COLD
MONTH MEAN 40.9 45.3 -4.4 COOLER 8 COLD
DAILY MAX 63 OCT-18-2009
DAILY MIN 22 OCT-10-2009
RECORD HIGHS 0
RECORD LOWS 0
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
TOTAL MONTH 743 604 139 COOLER 7 COLD
TOTAL SEASON 913 925 -12 WARMER NEAR NORM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
TOTAL MONTH 0 1 -1 COOLER 1 COLD
TOTAL ANNUAL 298 443 -145 COOLER 10 COLD
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH TOTAL 6.02 2.24 3.78 WETTER 3 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 26.92 24.90 2.02 WETTER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 2.13 OCT-01-2009
RECORD PRECIP 1
SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
MONTH TOTAL 2.5 0.6 1.9 SNOWIER 10 WET
SEASON TOTAL 51.8 0.6 51.2 SNOWIER 11 WET
DAILY MAX 1.6 OCT-12-2009
MAX DEPTH 1 OCT-10-2009
RECORD SNW 0
OCTOBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME OCTOBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
OCTOBER MAX 68.8 1963 12.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER MAX 43.4 1925 -12.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER MIN 47.8 1900 13.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER MIN 27.2 1976 -7.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER MEAN 58.2 1900 12.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER MEAN 35.8 1925 -9.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER HDD 216 1900 -388 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER HDD 900 1925 296 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER CDD 31 1922 30 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCTOBER CDD 0 2009 -1 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCTOBER PCP 4.16 1922 1.92 WETTEST 1 WET
OCTOBER PCP T 1939 -2.24 DRIEST 1 DRY
OCTOBER SNOW 6.4 2002 5.8 WETTEST 1 WET
OCTOBER SNOW 0.0 2007 -0.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 7.7 12.0 -4.3
PEAK WIND GUST 41 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009
FASTEST 2-MINUTE 32 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009
SUNSHINE MONTHLY PERCENT TOTAL TOTAL PERCENT
SUNSHINE MINUTES ANNUAL ANNUAL HOURS POSSIBLE
GAINED 0 0 417 7.0 98
LOST -94 -22 -333 -5.6 -79
WEATHER
TYPE COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 21
2=FOG DENSE 2
3=THUNDER 1
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 8
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=50 13 23 -10 COOLER
>=60 2 12 -10 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 13 14 -1 WARMER
<= 20 0 2 -2 WARMER
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 0 2 -2 COOLER
PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 4 4 0 WETTER
>= 0.01 16 9 7 WETTER
>= 0.10 9 5 4 WETTER
>= 0.25 6 3 3 WETTER
>= 0.50 3 1 2 WETTER
>= 1.00 1 1 0 WETTER
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 3 1 2 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 2 1 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 2.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
NEW DAILY RECORDS LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT DATE/ YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
COLD MAX NEW-> 34 OCT-10-2009 OLD-> 39 1967
SNOW NEW-> 0.9 OCT-10-2009 OLD-> TRACE 1905 1958 1959
COLD MAX NEW-> 39 OCT-15-2009 OLD-> 40 1952
PRECIP NEW-> 0.83 OCT-21-2009 OLD-> 0.80 1906
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER (ASO)
ASO 2009 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ASO-09 MAX 66.7 68.1 -1.4 COOLER 16 COLD
ASO-09 MIN 46.6 45.2 1.4 WARMER NEAR NORM
ASO-09 MEAN 56.7 56.6 0.1 WARMER NEAR NORM
ASO-09 HDD 875 906 -31 WARMER NEAR NORM
ASO-09 CDD 123 153 -30 COOLER 19 COLD
ASO-09 PRECIP 11.86 9.10 2.76 WETTER 21 WET
ASO-09 SNW 2.5 0.6 1.9 SNOWIER 11 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME ASO EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 76.4 1900 8.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 64.2 1926 -3.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 55.0 1900 9.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 40.8 1974 -4.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 65.7 1900 9.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 54.1 1993 -2.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 388 1900 -518 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 1131 1896 225 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 481 1900 328 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 50 1977 -103 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 19.16 1926 10.06 SNOWIEST 1 WET
AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 1.60 1893 -7.50 DRIEST 1 DRY
AUG-SEP-OCT SNW 6.4 2002 5.8 WETTER 1 WET
AUG-SEP-OCT SNW 0.0 2007 -0.6 DRIER 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE
JAN-OCT 2009 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-OCT-09 MAX 55.4 56.9 -1.5 COOLER 18 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 MIN 33.8 34.7 -0.9 COOLER 23 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 MEAN 44.7 45.8 -1.1 COOLER 23 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 HDD-ANN 6379 6184 195 COOLER NEAR NORM
JUL-OCT-09 HDD-SEA 913 925 -12 WARMER NEAR NORM
JAN-OCT-09 CDD 298 1900 -1602 COOLER 10 COLD
JAN-OCT-09 PRECIP 26.92 24.90 2.02 WETTER NEAR NORM
JAN-OCT-09 SNW-ANN 32.1 29.9 2.2 SNOWIER NEAR NORM
JUL-OCT-09 SNW-SEA 51.8 0.6 51.2 SNOWIER 11 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-OCT EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-OCT MAX 63.0 1921 6.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT MAX 52.7 1979 -4.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT MIN 40.7 1931 6.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT MIN 30.8 1950 -3.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT MEAN 51.4 1921 5.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT MEAN 41.8 1979 -4.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 4960 1902 -1224 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 7244 1965 1060 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 389 1900 -536 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 1157 1896 232 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT CDD 926 1900 925 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-OCT CDD 192 1900 192 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-OCT PRECIP 40.13 1897 15.23 WETTER 1 WET
JAN-OCT PRECIP 14.09 1910 -10.81 DRIER 1 DRY
JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 75.5 1965 45.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 3.0 1902 -26.9 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 6.4 2002 5.8 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 0.0 2007 -0.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON
