Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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NXUS99 KMPX 051934
CLMMS2
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
130 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2013
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...THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT JANUARY 2013 STC AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 22.6 21.4 1.2 WARMER 33 WARM
AVERAGE MIN 3.8 1.8 2.0 WARMER 39 WARM
MONTH MEAN 13.2 11.6 1.6 WARMER 37 WARM
DAILY MAX 40 JAN-10-2013
DAILY MIN -18 JAN-01-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 1597 1655 -58 WARMER 36 WARM
TOTAL SEASON 4870 5102 -232 WARMER 33 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 0.45 0.65 -0.20 DRIER 48 DRY
ANNUAL TOTAL 0.45 0.65 -0.20 DRIER 48 DRY
DAILY MAX 0.14 JAN-10-2013
SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 2.5 8.6 -6.1 DRIER 15 DRY
SEASON TOTAL 20.7 27.2 -6.5 DRIER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 0.9 JAN-27-2013
MAX DEPTH 6 JAN-01-2013
JANUARY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JANUARY MAX 33.1 1990 11.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY MAX 3.3 1912 -18.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY MIN 18.2 2006 16.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY MIN -14.7 1912 -16.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY MEAN 25.5 2006 13.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY MEAN -5.7 1912 -17.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY HDD 1220 2006 -435 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY HDD 2183 1912 528 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY PRECIP 2.75 1897 2.10 WETTEST 1 WET
JANUARY PRECIP 0.00 1898 -0.65 DRIEST 1 DRY
JANUARY SNOW 29.9 1975 21.3 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JANUARY SNOW 0.1 1990 -8.5 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL AVERAGE 8.9 10.6 -1.7
PEAK WIND GUST 46 MPH NORTHWEST JAN-19-2013
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 38 MPH NORTHWEST JAN-19-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN 57 0 1.0 0.0 13 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN 57 0 1.0 0.0 13 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
NDJ 63 -90 1.1 -1.5 14 -21
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 14
2=FOG DENSE 1.0 3
3=THUNDER 0.0 0
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 2
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 11
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 20 25 -5 WARMER
>=50 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=60 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=70 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=80 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=90 0 0 0 NORMAL
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 30 31 -1 WARMER
<= 20 28 27 1 COOLER
<= 10 22 21 1 COOLER
<= 0 13 14 -1 WARMER
<= -10 5 7 -2 WARMER
>= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL
PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 13 7 6 WETTER
>= 0.01 7 8 -1 DRIER
>= 0.10 2 2 0 DRIER
>= 0.25 0 1 -1 DRIER
>= 0.50 0 0 0 DRIER
>= 1.00 0 0 0 NORMAL
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 9 6 3 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 9 8 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 0 3 -3 DRIER
>= 1.5 0 2 -2 DRIER
>= 2.0 0 2 -2 DRIER
>= 3.0 0 1 -1 DRIER
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 2
PRECIP 0
SNOW 0
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
WARM LOW NEW-> 33 JAN-01-2013 OLD-> 27 1928
WARM LOW NEW-> 27 JAN-28-2013 OLD-> 25 1909
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY (NDJ)
NDJ 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
NDJ-13 MAX 30.6 28.4 2.2 WARMER 31 WARM
NDJ-13 MIN 12.1 10.2 1.9 WARMER 34 WARM
NDJ-13 MEAN 21.3 19.3 2.0 WARMER 29 WARM
NDJ-13 HDD 4003 4217 -214 WARMER 29 WARM
NDJ-13 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
NDJ-13 PRECIP 3.02 2.20 0.82 WETTER 46 WET
NDJ-13 SNW 20.4 17.8 2.6 SNOWIER NEAR NORM
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME NDJ EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
NOV-DEC-JAN MAX 37.8 2002 9.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN MAX 19.8 1912 -8.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN MIN 20 2002 9.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN MIN -1.8 1977 -12.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN MEAN 29.0 2002 9.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN MEAN 9.4 1977 -9.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN HDD 3304 2002 -913 WARMEST 1 WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN HDD 5114 1977 897 COLDEST 1 COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN PRECIP 6.50 1997 4.30 WETTEST 1 WET
NOV-DEC-JAN PRECIP 0.33 1940 -1.87 DRIEST 1 DRY
NOV-DEC-JAN SNW 54.0 1969 36.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET
NOV-DEC-JAN SNW 4.1 1959 -13.7 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE
JANUARY 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-13 MAX 22.6 21.4 1.2 WARMER 33 WARM
JAN-13 MIN 3.8 1.8 2.0 WARMER 39 WARM
JAN-13 MEAN 13.2 11.6 1.6 WARMER 37 WARM
JAN-13 HDD-ANN 1597 1655 -58 WARMER 36 WARM
JUL-JAN-13 HDD-SEA 4870 5102 -232 WARMER 33 WARM
JAN-13 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
JAN-13 PRECIP 0.45 0.65 -0.20 DRIER 48 DRY
JAN-13 SNOW-ANN 2.5 8.6 -6.1 DRIER 15 DRY
JUL-JAN-13 SNOW-SEA 20.7 27.2 -6.5 DRIER NEAR NORM
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JANUARY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JANUARY MAX 33.1 1990 11.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY MAX 3.3 1912 -18.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY MIN 18.2 2006 16.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY MIN -14.7 1912 -16.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY MEAN 25.5 2006 13.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY MEAN -5.7 1912 -17.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY HDD-ANN 1220 2006 -435 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY HDD-ANN 2183 1912 528 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY HDD-SEA 4119 1921 -983 WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY HDD-SEA 6174 1977 1072 COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
JANUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
JANUARY PRECIP 2.75 1897 2.10 WETTEST 1 WET
JANUARY PRECIP 0.00 1898 -0.65 DRIEST 1 DRY
JANUARY SNW-ANN 29.9 1975 21.3 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JANUARY SNW-ANN 0.1 1990 -8.5 DRIEST 1 DRY
JANUARY SNW-SEA 55.0 1937 27.8 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JANUARY SNW-SEA 4.1 1959 -23.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON