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Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 012333
CLMSTC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
630 PM CDT SAT SEP 01 2012
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...ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2012...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2012
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT AUGUST 2012 STC AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 81.2 79.6 1.6 WARMER 41 WARM
AVERAGE MIN 54.4 56.0 -1.6 COOLER 18 COLD
MONTH MEAN 67.8 67.8 0.0 NORMAL NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 93 AUG-01-2012
DAILY MIN 42 AUG-20-2012
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 31 41 -10 WARMER NEAR NORM
TOTAL SEASON 31 58 -27 WARMER 37 WARM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 126 127 -1 COOLER 50 COLD
TOTAL ANNUAL 691 429 262 WARMER 11 WARM
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 1.22 3.79 -2.57 DRIER 11 DRY
ANNUAL TOTAL 21.49 19.58 1.91 WETTER 42 WET
DAILY MAX 0.59 AUG-03-2012
SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 NORMAL N/A
SEASON TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 NORMAL N/A
DAILY MAX 0.0 AUG-01-2012
MAX DEPTH 0 AUG-01-2012
AUGUST EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME AUGUST EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
AUGUST MAX 88.7 1900 9.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUGUST MAX 73.2 1897 -6.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUGUST MIN 65.5 1900 9.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUGUST MIN 50.5 1950 -5.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUGUST MEAN 77.1 1900 9.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUGUST MEAN 62.3 2004 -5.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUGUST HDD 0 1983 -41 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUGUST HDD 121 2004 80 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUGUST CDD 384 1900 257 WARMEST 1 WARM
AUGUST CDD 44 1977 -83 COLDEST 1 COLD
AUGUST PCP 9.28 1900 5.49 WETTEST 1 WET
AUGUST PCP 0.42 1933 -3.37 DRIEST 1 DRY
AUGUST SNOW 0.0 NONE RECORDED SNOWIEST 1 WET
AUGUST SNOW 0.0 NONE RECORDED DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL AVERAGE 5.7 9.5 -3.8
PEAK WIND GUST 59 MPH SOUTH AUG-03-2012
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 37 MPH WEST AUG-03-2012
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-AUG 56 -145 7.0 -2.4 98 -34
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
AUG 0 -87 0.0 -1.5 0 -20
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JJA 16 -145 0.3 -2.4 4 -33
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 15
2=FOG DENSE 0.5 2
3=THUNDER 6.4 4
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 2
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=50 31 31 0 NORMAL
>=60 31 31 0 NORMAL
>=70 30 29 1 WARMER
>=80 18 16 2 WARMER
>=90 2 2 0 NORMAL
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 20 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 23 25 -2 COOLER
PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 2 2 0 DRIER
>= 0.01 9 9 0 DRIER
>= 0.10 3 6 -3 DRIER
>= 0.25 2 4 -2 DRIER
>= 0.50 1 3 -2 DRIER
>= 1.00 0 1 -1 DRIER
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 0.1 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 1.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 1.5 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 2.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 0
SNOW 0
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
NO NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREMES THIS MONTH
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA JUNE JULY AUGUST (JJA)
JJA 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JJA-12 MAX 83.5 79.8 3.7 WARMER 9 WARM
JJA-12 MIN 58.6 56.0 2.6 WARMER 45 COLD
JJA-12 MEAN 71.0 67.9 3.1 WARMER 11 WARM
JJA-12 HDD 61 136 -75 WARMER 16 WARM
JJA-12 CDD 640 404 236 WARMER 14 WARM
JJA-12 PRECIP 7.17 11.27 -4.10 DRIER 13 DRY
JJA-12 SNW 0.0 NONE RECORDED NORMAL N/A
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME JJA EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JUN-JUL-AUG MAX 86.6 1921 6.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUN-JUL-AUG MAX 74.6 1897 -5.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUN-JUL-AUG MIN 62.0 1894 6.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUN-JUL-AUG MIN 50.6 1992 -5.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUN-JUL-AUG MEAN 73.7 1921 5.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUN-JUL-AUG MEAN 62.7 1992 -5.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUN-JUL-AUG HDD 23 1900 -113 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUN-JUL-AUG HDD 326 1992 190 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUN-JUL-AUG CDD 852 1921 448 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUN-JUL-AUG CDD 141 1992 -263 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUN-JUL-AUG PRECIP 22.06 1897 10.79 WETTEST 1 WET
JUN-JUL-AUG PRECIP 3.51 1950 -7.76 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUN-JUL-AUG SNW 0.0 NONE RECORDED SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUN-JUL-AUG SNW 0.0 NONE RECORDED DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE
JAN-AUG 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-AUG-12 MAX 62.3 56.5 5.8 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-AUG-12 MIN 40.2 34.2 6.0 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-AUG-12 MEAN 51.2 45.4 5.8 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-AUG-12 HDD-ANN 3950 5143 -1193 WARMER 1 WARM
JUL-AUG-12 HDD-SEA 31 58 -27 WARMER 37 WARM
JAN-AUG-12 CDD 691 1921 262 WARMER 11 WARM
JAN-AUG-12 PRECIP 21.49 19.58 1.91 WETTER 42 WET
JAN-AUG-12 SNW-ANN 20.7 27.1 -6.4 DRIER 38 DRY
JUL-AUG-12 SNW-SEA 0.0 NONE RECORDED
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-AUG EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-AUG MAX 62.3 2012 5.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-AUG MAX 50.0 1979 -6.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-AUG MIN 40.2 2012 6.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-AUG MIN 28.1 1950 -6.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-AUG MEAN 51.2 2012 5.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-AUG MEAN 39.4 1979 -6.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-AUG HDD-ANN 3950 2012 -1193 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-AUG HDD-ANN 6401 1979 1258 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-AUG HDD-SEA 1 2011 -57 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-AUG HDD-SEA 193 1992 135 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-AUG CDD 933 1921 -988 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-AUG CDD 183 1921 -1738 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-AUG PRECIP 34.26 1897 14.68 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-AUG PRECIP 9.90 1934 -9.68 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-AUG SNOW-ANN 75.5 1965 48.4 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-AUG SNOW-ANN 3.0 1902 -24.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-AUG SNOW-SEA 0 NONE RECORDED SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-AUG SNOW-SEA 0 NONE RECORDED DRIEST 1 DRY
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