Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 011919 CCA
CLMEAU
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
219 AM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012
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...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2012...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2012
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT MAY 2012 EAU AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVG MAX 73.9 69.8 4.1 WARMER 16 WARM
AVG MIN 49.4 45.4 4.0 WARMER 14 WARM
MONTH MEAN 61.6 57.6 4.0 WARMER 15 WARM
DAILY MAX 91 MAY-18-2012
DAILY MIN 38 MAY-10-2012
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 152 257 -105 WARMER 14 WARM
TOTAL SEASON 6456 7897 -1441 WARMER 1 WARM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 56 28 28 WARMER 25 WARM
TOTAL ANNUAL 70 32 38 WARMER 18 WARM
PCP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 4.58 3.46 1.12 WETTER 38 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 11.77 9.64 2.13 WETTER 36 WET
DAILY MAX 0.93 MAY-24-2012
SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.0 0.2 -T DRIER 1 DRY
SEASON TOTAL 23.8 47 -23.2 DRIER 13 DRY
DAILY MAX 0 MAY-01-2012
MAX DEPTH 0 MAY-01-2012
MAY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAY MAX 82.7 1934 12.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MAX 60.9 1896 -8.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY MIN 54 1934 8.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MIN 37.2 1907 -8.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY MEAN 68.4 1934 10.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MEAN 49.8 1907 -7.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY HDD 83 1977 -174 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY HDD 467 1907 210 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY CDD 204 1934 176 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY CDD 0 2008 -28 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY PCP 10.54 1938 7.08 WETTEST 1 WET
MAY PCP 0.75 1900 -2.71 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAY SNOW 3.3 2001 3.1 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAY SNOW 0.0 2012 -0.2 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 8.2 10.8 -2.6
PEAK WIND GUST 51 MPH SOUTHEAST MAY-05-2012
FASTEST 2-MINUTE 43 MPH SOUTHEAST MAY-05-2012
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-MAY 389 0 6.5 0.0 94 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MAY 66 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 62 0
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 10
2=FOG DENSE 0.3 2
3=THUNDER 5.0 9
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 1
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=50 31 31 1 WARMER
>=60 29 26 3 WARMER
>=70 21 16 5 WARMER
>=80 9 6 4 WARMER
>=90 2 1 1 WARMER
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 0 2 -2 WARMER
<= 20 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 16 10 6 WARMER
PCP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
PCP ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 2 4 -2 DRIER
>= 0.01 11 12 -1 DRIER
>= 0.10 7 7 0 DRIER
>= 0.25 6 4 2 WETTER
>= 0.50 5 2 3 WETTER
>= 1.00 0 1 -1 DRIER
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 0 0 -0.2 DRIER
>= 0.1 0 0 -0.1 DRIER
>= 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 1
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 1
PRECIP 0
SNOW 0
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE -YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
MAX TIE-> 94 MAY-18-2012 TIES-> 94 1911 1972 1998
WARM LOW TIE-> 65 MAY-27-2012 TIES-> 65 1987
3-MONTH DATA MARCH APRIL MAY (MAM)
MAM 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MAM-12 MAX 63.4 56.2 7.2 WARMER 2 WARM
MAM-12 MIN 40.8 33.7 7.1 WARMER 1 WARM
MAM-12 MEAN 52.1 45.0 7.1 WARMER 1 WARM
MAM-12 HDD 1225 1876 -651 WARMER 1 WARM
MAM-12 CDD 70 32 38 WARMER 18 WARM
MAM-12 PRECIP 9.39 7.94 1.45 WETTER 39 WET
MAM-12 SNOW 0.7 10.7 -10.0 DRIER 5 DRY
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAM EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAR-APR-MAY MAX 64.0 1910 7.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MAX 46.8 1950 -9.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY MIN 40.8 2012 7.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MIN 27.3 1956 -6.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY MEAN 52.1 2012 7.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MEAN 37.3 1950 -7.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY HDD 1225 2012 -651 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY HDD 2542 1950 666 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY CDD 216 1934 184 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY CDD 0 2008 -32 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY PRECIP 19.50 1938 11.56 WETTEST 1 WET
MAR-APR-MAY PRECIP 3.06 1895 -4.88 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAR-APR-MAY SNOW 37.6 1928 26.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAR-APR-MAY SNOW 0 1981 -10.7 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-MAY 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY-12 MAX 50.9 44.2 6.7 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-MAY-12 MIN 30.5 23.3 7.2 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-MAY-12 MEAN 40.7 33.8 6.9 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-MAY-12 HDD-ANN 3703 4721 -1018 WARMER 1 WARM
JUL-MAY-12 HDD-SEA 6456 7897 -1441 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-MAY-12 CDD 70 32 38 WARMER 18 WARM
JAN-MAY-12 PRECIP 11.77 9.64 2.13 WETTER 36 WET
JAN-MAY-12 SNOW-ANN 15.7 31.2 -15.5 DRIER 20 DRY
JUL-MAY-12 SNOW-SEA 23.8 47.0 -23.2 DRIER 13 DRY
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
JAN-MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY MAX 50.9 2012 6.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MAX 35.4 1893 -8.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY MIN 30.5 1931 7.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MIN 15.7 1950 -7.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY MEAN 40.1 2012 6.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MEAN 25.8 1893 -8.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY HDD-ANN 3703 2012 -1018 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY HDD-ANN 5842 1893 1121 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-MAY HDD-SEA 6456 2012 -1441 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-MAY HDD-SEA 9135 1980 1238 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY CDD 216 1934 184 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY CDD 0 2008 -32 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY PRECIP 22.23 1938 12.59 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-MAY PRECIP 4.48 1895 -5.16 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-MAY SNOW-ANN 80.0 1929 58.3 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-MAY SNOW-ANN 8.7 1921 -22.5 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-MAY SNOW-SEA 89.5 1997 42.5 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-MAY SNOW-SEA 15.1 1968 -31.9 DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON