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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 020159
CLMMSP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2013
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...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 MAY 2013 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 67.6 69.5 -1.9 COOLER 62 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 49.0 48.9 0.1 WARMER 57 WARM
MONTH MEAN 58.3 59.2 -0.8 COOLER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 98 MAY-14-2013
DAILY MIN 32 MAY-03-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 250 218 32 COOLER 58 COLD
TOTAL SEASON 7666 7536 130 COOLER NEAR NORM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 50 37 13 WARMER 49 WARM
TOTAL ANNUAL 53 42 11 WARMER 53 WARM
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 6.24 3.36 2.88 WETTER 15 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 15.69 9.58 6.11 WETTER 3 WET
DAILY MAX 1.47 MAY-18-2013
SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.5 T 0.5 SNOWIER 11 WET
SEASON TOTAL 67.7 54.4 13.3 SNOWIER 19 WET
DAILY MAX 0.5 MAY-03-2013
MAX DEPTH 0 MAY-01-2013
MAY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAY MAX 80.9 1934 11.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MAX 55.4 1907 -14.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY MIN 56.5 1934 7.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MIN 38.3 1907 -10.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY MEAN 68.7 1934 9.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MEAN 46.9 1907 -12.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY HDD 69 1881 -149 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY HDD 553 1907 335 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY CDD 204 1934 167 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY CDD 0 1983 -37 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY PRECIP 10.33 1906 6.97 WETTEST 1 WET
MAY PRECIP 0.21 1934 -3.15 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAY SNOW 3.0 1946 3.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAY SNOW 0.0 2009 -T DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 9.8 10.8 -1.0
DAILY PEAK GUST 44 MPH WEST MAY-14-2013
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 33 MPH NORTH MAY-11-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-MAY 391 0 6.5 0.0 94 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MAY 68 0 1.1 0.0 16 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MAM 254 0 4.2 0.0 60 0
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 18
2=FOG DENSE 0.3 1
3=THUNDER 5.0 6
4=IP/SLEET 1
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 7
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=50 28 30 -2 COOLER
>=60 24 26 -2 COOLER
>=70 13 16 -3 COOLER
>=80 4 5 -1 COOLER
>=90 0.7 1 1 0 NORMAL
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 0.7 1 1 0 NORMAL
<= 20 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 16 14 2 WARMER
PRECIP NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 5 5 0 NORMAL
>= 0.01 10.9 18 12 6 WETTER
>= 0.10 13 8 5 WETTER
>= 0.25 8 5 3 WETTER
>= 0.50 4 2 2 WETTER
>= 1.00 0.5 2 1 1 WETTER
SNOW NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 3 0 3 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 0.0 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 1
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 1
SNOW 1
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
SNOW NEW-> 0.5 MAY-03-2013 OLD-> 0.2 1954
MAX NEW-> 98 MAY-14-2013 OLD-> 95 1932
PRECIP NEW-> 1.16 MAY-19-2013 OLD-> 0.99 1925
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA MARCH APRIL MAY (MAM)
MAM 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MAM-13 MAX 50.3 56.2 -5.9 COOLER 13 COLD
MAM-13 MIN 34.0 36.8 -2.8 COOLER 46 COLD
MAM-13 MEAN 42.2 46.5 -4.3 COOLER 30 COLD
MAM-13 HDD 2132 1746 386 COOLER 29 COLD
MAM-13 CDD 53 42 11 WARMER 53 WARM
MAM-13 PRECIP 13.50 7.91 5.59 WETTER 4 WET
MAM-13 SNOW 32.2 12.7 19.5 SNOWIER 6 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAM EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAR-APR-MAY MAX 63.5 2012 7.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MAX 45.5 1888 -10.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY MIN 44.5 2012 7.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MIN 28.2 1888 -8.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY MEAN 54 2012 7.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MEAN 36.9 1888 -9.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY HDD 1078 2012 -668 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY HDD 2567 1888 821 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY CDD 226 1934 184 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY CDD 0 1983 -42 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY PRECIP 16.13 1965 8.22 WETTEST 1 WET
MAR-APR-MAY PRECIP 2.12 1910 -5.79 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAR-APR-MAY SNOW 42.6 1951 29.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAR-APR-MAY SNOW T 2010 -12.7 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-MAY 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY-13 MAX 40.4 44.3 -3.9 COOLER 43 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 MIN 24.6 26.2 -1.6 COOLER 79 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 MEAN 32.5 35.3 -2.8 COOLER 58 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 HDD-ANN 4894 4513 381 COOLER 58 COLD
JUL-MAY-13 HDD-SEA 7666 7536 130 COOLER NEAR NORM
JAN-MAY-13 CDD 53 42 11 WARMER 53 WARM
JAN-MAY-13 PRECIP 15.69 9.58 6.11 WETTER 3 WET
JAN-MAY-13 SNOW-ANN 51.9 32.6 19.3 SNOWIER 10 WET
JUL-MAY-13 SNOW-SEA 67.7 54.4 13.3 SNOWIER 19 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY MAX 51.9 1987 7.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MAX 32.2 1875 -12.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY MIN 34.0 2012 7.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MIN 12.0 1875 -14.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY MEAN 42.6 2012 7.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MEAN 22.1 1875 -13.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY HDD-ANN 3435 2012 -1078 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY HDD-ANN 6446 1875 1933 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-MAY HDD-SEA 5841 2012 -1695 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-MAY HDD-SEA 9685 1875 2149 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY CDD 226 1934 184 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY CDD 0 1983 -42 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY PRECIP 18.19 1965 8.61 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-MAY PRECIP 3.31 1934 -6.27 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-MAY SNOW-ANN 69.5 1982 36.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-MAY SNOW-ANN 8.3 1931 -24.3 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-MAY SNOW-SEA 98.6 1984 44.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-MAY SNOW-SEA 14.2 1931 -40.2 DRIEST 1 DRY
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