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Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 010730 CCA
CLMMSP
CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED YEAR TO 2013...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
130 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2013
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...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2013 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 26.2 28.9 -2.7 COOLER 74 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 11.8 12.8 -1.0 COOLER NEAR NORM
MONTH MEAN 19.0 20.8 -1.8 COOLER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 39 FEB-13-2013
DAILY MIN -13 FEB-01-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 1280 1236 44 COOLER NEAR NORM
TOTAL SEASON 5534 5790 -256 WARMER 24 WARM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
TOTAL ANNUAL 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 1.33 0.77 0.56 WETTER 31 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 2.19 1.67 0.52 WETTER 35 WET
DAILY MAX 0.62 FEB-10-2013
SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 15.1 7.7 7.4 SNOWIER 13 WET
SEASON TOTAL 35.5 41.7 -6.2 DRIER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 4.2 FEB-22-2013
MAX DEPTH 9 FEB-23-2013
FEBRUARY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME FEBRUARY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
FEBRUARY MAX 41.1 1987 12.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY MAX 7.6 1936 -21.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY MIN 25.8 1998 13.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY MIN -12.9 1875 -25.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY MEAN 32 1931 11.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY MEAN -2.5 1875 -23.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY HDD 917 1998 -319 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY HDD 1885 1875 649 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY PRECIP 3.25 1922 2.48 WETTEST 1 WET
FEBRUARY PRECIP 0.01 1877 -0.76 DRIEST 1 DRY
FEBRUARY SNOW 26.5 1962 18.8 SNOWIEST 1 WET
FEBRUARY SNOW 0.3 1894 -7.4 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 8.4 9.4 -1.0
DAILY PEAK GUST 36 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-19-2013
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 26 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-19-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-FEB 137 0 2.3 0.0 33 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
FEB 82 0 1.4 0.0 20 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
DJF 147 -22 2.5 -0.4 35 -5
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 27
2=FOG DENSE 1.3 1
3=THUNDER 0.2 0
4=IP/SLEET 1
5=HAIL 1
6=FRZ RAIN 3
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 7
9=BLWG SNW 1
TEMP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 16.7 19 16 3 COOLER
>=50 0 1 -1 COOLER
>=60 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=70 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=80 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
TEMP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 26.8 28 27 1 COOLER
<= 20 23 19 4 COOLER
<= 10 13 12 1 COOLER
<= 0 6.9 4 6 -2 WARMER
<= -10 1 2 -1 WARMER
>= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL
PRECIP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 4 7 -3 DRIER
>= 0.01 7.5 11 7 4 WETTER
>= 0.10 2 3 -1 DRIER
>= 0.25 1 1 0 NORMAL
>= 0.50 1 0 1 WETTER
>= 1.00 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
SNOW NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 2 6 -4 DRIER
>= 0.1 12 7 5 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 3.0 6 3 3 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 3 2 1 SNOWIER
>= 2.0 3 2 1 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 1 1 0 NORMAL
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 1
SNOW 0
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
PRECIP NEW-> 0.62 FEB-10-2013 OLD-> 0.60 1898
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY (DJF)
DJF 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
DJF-13 MAX 27.3 26.3 0.7 WARMER 39 WARM
DJF-13 MIN 12.3 10.9 1.4 WARMER 28 WARM
DJF-13 MEAN 19.8 18.8 1.0 WARMER 34 WARM
DJF-13 HDD 4046 4171 -125 WARMER 32 WARM
DJF-13 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
DJF-13 PRECIP 3.83 2.83 1.00 WETTER 20 WET
DJF-13 SNOW 34.7 31.8 2.9 SNOWIER 30 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 36.3 1878 10.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 13.3 1875 -13.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB MIN 21.6 1878 10.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB MIN -5.8 1875 -16.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 29.0 1878 10.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 3.8 1875 -15.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 3240 1878 -931 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 5471 1875 1300 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB PRECIP 9.58 1881 6.75 WETTEST 1 WET
DEC-JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.69 1958 -2.14 DRIEST 1 DRY
DEC-JAN-FEB SNOW 71.7 1967 39.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
DEC-JAN-FEB SNOW 5.2 1944 -26.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-FEB 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-FEB-13 MAX 25.6 26.3 -0.7 COOLER NEAR NORM
JAN-FEB-13 MIN 10.3 10.2 0.1 WARMER 39 WARM
JAN-FEB-13 MEAN 18.0 18.3 -0.3 COOLER NEAR NORM
JAN-FEB-13 HDD-ANN 2762 2767 -5 WARMER 43 WARM
JUL-FEB-13 HDD-SEA 5534 5790 -256 WARMER 24 WARM
JAN-FEB-13 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
JAN-FEB-13 PRECIP 2.19 1.67 0.52 WETTER 35 WET
JAN-FEB-13 SNOW-ANN 19.7 19.9 -0.2 DRIER NEAR NORM
JUL-FEB-13 SNOW-SEA 35.5 41.7 -6.2 DRIER NEAR NORM
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-FEB EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-FEB MAX 36.5 1931 10.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB MAX 7.0 1875 -19.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB MIN 21.3 1931 11.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB MIN -12.9 1875 -23.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB MEAN 29.0 1931 10.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB MEAN -2.9 1875 -21.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 2125 1931 -642 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 3999 1875 1232 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 4644 2002 -1146 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 7238 1875 1448 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB PRECIP 6.89 1881 5.22 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.45 1958 -1.22 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-FEB SNOW-ANN 59.0 1967 39.1 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-FEB SNOW-ANN 3.6 1958 -16.3 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-FEB SNOW-SEA 79.3 1982 37.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-FEB SNOW-SEA 10.6 1889 -31.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
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