Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 010812
CLMEAU
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1030 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2013
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...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2013 EAU AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVG MAX 26.0 28.9 -2.9 COOLER 57 COLD
AVG MIN 9.6 9.9 -0.3 COOLER NEAR NORM
MONTH MEAN 17.8 19.4 -1.6 COOLER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 37 FEB-26-2013
DAILY MIN -12 FEB-01-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 1316 1277 39 COOLER NEAR NORM
TOTAL SEASON 5859 6021 -162 WARMER 44 WARM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
TOTAL ANNUAL 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
PCP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 1.49 0.81 0.68 WETTER 27 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 2.57 1.70 0.87 WETTER 35 WET
DAILY MAX 0.48 FEB-10-2013
SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 15.4 7.3 8.1 SNOWIER 17 WET
SEASON TOTAL 42.5 36.3 6.2 SNOWIER 27 WET
DAILY MAX 5.8 FEB-22-2013
MAX DEPTH 11 FEB-23-2013
FEBRUARY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME FEBRUARY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
FEBRUARY MAX 43.6 1931 14.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY MAX 11.6 1936 -17.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY MIN 24.0 1998 14.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY MIN -9.4 1936 -19.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY MEAN 33.3 1931 13.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY MEAN 1.1 1936 -18.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY HDD 880 1931 -397 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY HDD 1848 1936 571 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
FEBRUARY PCP 3.10 1922 2.29 WETTEST 1 WET
FEBRUARY PCP 0.02 1958 -0.79 DRIEST 1 DRY
FEBRUARY SNOW 28.2 1936 20.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
FEBRUARY SNOW 0.4 1969 -6.9 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 6.8 9.4 -2.6
PEAK WIND GUST 33 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-19-2013
FASTEST 2-MINUTE 24 MPH WEST FEB-11-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
FEB 56 0 2.3 0.0 30 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
FEB 81 0 1.4 0.0 18 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
DJF 143 -20 2.4 -0.3 31 -4
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 15
2=FOG DENSE 1.3 1
3=THUNDER 0.2 0
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 1
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 12
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 18 17 2 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 NORMAL
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 28 27 1 COOLER
<= 20 21 21 0 NORMAL
<= 10 14 13 1 COOLER
<= 0 8 8 0 NORMAL
<= -10 2 3 -1 WARMER
>= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL
PCP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 11 6 6 WETTER
>= 0.01 10 8 2 WETTER
>= 0.10 4 3 1 WETTER
>= 0.25 3 1 2 WETTER
>= 0.50 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 1.00 0 0 0 NORMAL
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 9 2 7 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 12 7 5 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 5 3 2 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 2 2 0 NORMAL
>= 2.0 2 1 1 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 2 1 1 SNOWIER
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 0
SNOW 1
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
SNOW NEW-> 3.2 FEB-14-2013 OLD-> 2.7 2005
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY (DJF)
DJF 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
DJF-13 MAX 27.1 26.2 0.6 WARMER 40 WARM
DJF-13 MIN 10.3 8.6 1.7 WARMER 23 WARM
DJF-13 MEAN 18.7 17.6 1.1 WARMER 30 WARM
DJF-13 HDD 4138 4275 -137 WARMER 29 WARM
DJF-13 CDD 0 NONE RECORDED NORMAL N/A
DJF-13 PRECIP 4.42 2.70 1.72 WETTER 17 WET
DJF-13 SNOW 41.6 30.0 11.6 SNOWIER 12 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME DJF EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 34.6 1931 8.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 17.2 1979 -9.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB MIN 19 1998 10.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB MIN -2.7 1904 -11.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 26.2 1998 8.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 7.5 1904 -10.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 3494 1998 -781 WARMEST 1 WARM
DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 5217 1904 942 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 PCP 6.16 1967 3.46 WETTEST 1 WET
DEC-JAN-FEB PCP 0.78 1964 -1.92 DRIEST 1 DRY
DEC-JAN-FEB SNOW 61.1 1997 31.1 SNOWIEST 1 WET
DEC-JAN-FEB SNOW 7.9 1958 -22.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-FEB 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-FEB-13 MAX 25.5 26.2 -0.7 COOLER NEAR NORM
JAN-FEB-13 MIN 8.2 7.7 0.5 WARMER 37 WARM
JAN-FEB-13 MEAN 16.8 17.0 -0.2 COOLER NEAR NORM
JAN-FEB-13 HDD-ANN 2832 2845 -13 WARMER 44 WARM
JUL-FEB-13 HDD-SEA 5859 6021 -162 WARMER 37 WARM
JAN-FEB-13 CDD 0 NONE RECORDED NORMAL N/A
JAN-FEB-13 PRECIP 2.57 1.70 0.87 WETTER 35 WET
JAN-FEB-13 SNOW-ANN 20.7 20.5 0.2 SNOWIER NEAR NORM
JUL-FEB-13 SNOW-SEA 42.5 36.3 6.2 SNOWIER 27 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
JAN-FEB EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-FEB MAX 38.4 1931 12.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB MAX 13.2 1936 -13.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB MIN 19.8 1931 12.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB MIN -6.3 1895 -14.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB MEAN 29.1 1931 12.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB MEAN 3.9 1936 -13.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 2117 1931 -728 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 3649 1936 804 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 4732 1933 -1289 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 7252 1978 1231 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB PRECIP 4.99 1967 3.29 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.22 1958 -1.48 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-FEB SNOW-ANN 55.1 1929 34.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-FEB SNOW-ANN 2.0 1958 -18.5 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-FEB SNOW-SEA 75.8 1997 39.5 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-FEB SNOW-SEA 10.6 1964 -25.7 DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON