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CLMEAU

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1030 AM CST FRI FEB 01 2013

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...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...

            CLIMATE   NORMAL    PERIOD    1981 TO 2010
            CLIMATE   RECORD    PERIOD    1891 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEARS
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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MONTHLY      REPORT   JANUARY   2013      EAU       AIRPORT

TEMPS                   ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
AVG         MAX          24.9      23.4      1.5    WARMER     43  WARM
AVG         MIN          6.8       5.4       1.4    WARMER     38  WARM
MONTH       MEAN         15.8      14.4      1.4    WARMER     42  WARM

DAILY       MAX           44 JAN-12-2013
DAILY       MIN          -12 JAN-22-2013

HDD                     ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
TOTAL       MONTH        1516      1568      -52    WARMER     40  WARM
TOTAL        SEASON      4543      4744      -201   WARMER     38  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        1.08      0.89      0.19   WETTER     42  WET
ANNUAL      TOTAL        1.08      0.89      0.19   WETTER     42  WET
DAILY       MAX          0.33 JAN-29-2013

SNOW                    ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART            RANK
MONTH       TOTAL        5.3       13.2      -7.9   DRIER      32  DRY
SEASON      TOTAL        27.1      29.0      -1.9   DRIER     NEAR NORM
DAILY       MAX          2.1 JAN-27-2013
MAX         DEPTH         4  JAN-01-2013

JANUARY     EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD  FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME                EXTREME  YEAR        DEPART            RANK
JANUARY     MAX          35.3   2006         11.9   WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     MAX          6.3    1912        -17.1   COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     MIN          21.4   2006         16.0   WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     MIN         -13.1   1912        -18.5   COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     MEAN         28.4   2006         14.0   WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     MEAN         -3.4   1912        -17.8   COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     HDD          1128   2006         -440   WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     HDD          2111   1912         543    COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     CDD           0     NONE       RECORDED WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     CDD           0     NONE       RECORDED COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     PRECIP       3.47   1967         2.58   WETTEST   1    WET
JANUARY     PRECIP       0.10   1981        -0.79   DRIEST    1    DRY
JANUARY     SNOW         35.3   1929         22.1   SNOWIEST  1    WET
JANUARY     SNOW         1.3    1958        -11.9   DRIEST    1    DRY

WIND        MPH         ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART
MONTH       AVERAGE      7.9       10.6      -2.7
PEAK WIND   GUST          51 MPH WEST JAN-19-2013
FASTEST     2-MINUTE      38 MPH WEST JAN-19-2013

SUNSHINE
ANNUAL      MIN-GAIN  MIN-LOSS  HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN  PCT-LOSS
JAN             56        0        0.9       0.0        12      0

SUNSHINE
MONTHLY     MIN-GAIN  MIN-LOSS  HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN  PCT-LOSS
JAN             56        0        0.9       0.0        12      0

SUNSHINE
SEASON      MIN-GAIN  MIN-LOSS  HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN  PCT-LOSS
NDJ             62       -88       1.0       -1.5       13     -19

WEATHER               ACTUAL
TYPE        NCDC      COUNT
1=FOG/MIST            19
2=FOG DENSE 1.0       4
3=THUNDER   0.0       1
4=IP/SLEET            0
5=HAIL                0
6=FRZ RAIN            1
7=BLWG DUST           0
8=HAZE/SMK            10
9=BLWG SNW            0

TEMP        COUNT     NUMBER    OF DAYS
MAXIMUM     ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART
<=32        20        23        -3        WARMER
>=50        0         0         0         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       30        31        -1        WARMER
<= 20       28        26        3         COOLER
<= 10       21        18        3         COOLER
<= 0        10        11        -1        WARMER
<= -10      3         5         -2        WARMER
>= 50       0         0         0         NORMAL

PCP         COUNT     NUMBER    OF DAYS
            ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART
T (ONLY)    14        7         7         WETTER
>= 0.01     8         10        -2        DRIER
>= 0.10     3         3         0         WETTER
>= 0.25     2         1         1         WETTER
>= 0.50     0         0         0         DRIER
>= 1.00     0         0         0         NORMAL

SNOW        COUNT     NUMBER    OF DAYS
            ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART
T (ONLY)    12        3         9         SNOWIER
>= 0.1      8         9         -1        DRIER
>= 1.0      3         3         0         NORMAL
>= 1.5      1         2         -1        DRIER
>= 2.0      1         2         -1        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    TIE->         34     JAN-11-2013     TIES->     34  1928
WARM LOW    NEW->         32     JAN-06-2012     OLD->     30   1934 1998

3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH     DATA      NOVEMBER  DECEMBER  JANUARY   (NDJ)
NDJ         2013      ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART              RANK
NDJ-13      MAX       33.6      30.6      3.0       WARMER    23   WARM
NDJ-13      MIN       15.9      13.5      2.4       WARMER    24   WARM
NDJ-13      MEAN      24.7      22.1      2.6       WARMER    26   WARM
NDJ-13      HDD       3690      3960      -270      WARMER    25   WARM
NDJ-13      CDD       0         NONE      RECORDED  NORMAL    N/A
NDJ-13      PRECIP    3.63      2.84      0.79      WETTER    NEAR NORM
NDJ-13      SNOW      27.1      28.6      -1.5      DRIER     NEAR NORM

3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD  FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME     NDJ       EXTREME   YEAR      DEPART              RANK
NOV-DEC-JAN MAX       40.5      2002      9.9       WARMEST   1    WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN MAX       21.1      1977      -9.5      COLDEST   1    COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN MIN       24.1      1932      10.6      WARMEST   1    WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN MIN       -0.1      1977      -13.6     COLDEST   1    COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN MEAN      31.7      2002      9.6       WARMEST   1    WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN MEAN      10.5      1977      -11.6     COLDEST   1    COLD
NOV-DEC-JAN HDD       3058      1932      -902      WARMEST   1    WARM
NOV-DEC-JAN HDD       5005      1977      1045      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 PCP       9.91      1992      7.07      WETTEST   1    WET
NOV-DEC-JAN PCP       0.73      1981      -2.11     DRIEST    1    DRY
NOV-DEC-JAN SNOW      69.9      1997      41.3      SNOWIEST  1    WET
NOV-DEC-JAN SNOW      5.1       1961      -23.5     DRIEST    1    DRY

ANNUAL      DATA
JANUARY     2013      ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART              RANK
JAN-JAN-13  MAX       24.9      23.4      1.5       WARMER    43   WARM
JAN-JAN-13  MIN       6.8       5.4       1.4       WARMER    38   WARM
JAN-JAN-13  MEAN      15.8      14.4      1.4       WARMER    42   WARM
JAN-JAN-13  HDD-ANN   1516      1568      -52       WARMER    40   WARM
JUL-JAN-13  HDD-SEA   4543      4744      -201      WARMER    38   WARM
JAN-JAN-13  CDD       0         NONE      RECORDED  NORMAL    N/A
JAN-JAN-13  PRECIP    1.08      0.89      0.19      WETTER    42   WET
JAN-JAN-13  SNOW-ANN  5.3       13.2      -7.9      DRIER     32   DRY
JUL-JAN-13  SNOW-SEA  27.1      29.0      -1.9      DRIER     NEAR NORM

ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD  FOR COMPARISON
JANUARY               EXTREME   YEAR      DEPART              RANK
JANUARY     MAX       35.3      2006      11.9      WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     MAX       6.3       1912      -17.1     COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     MIN       21.4      2006      16.0      WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     MIN       -13.1     1912      -18.5     COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     MEAN      28.4      2006      14.0      WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     MEAN      -3.4      1912      -17.8     COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     HDD-ANN   1128      2006      -440      WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     HDD-ANN   2111      1912      543       COLDEST   1    COLD
JUL - JAN   HDD-SEA   3466      1933      -1278     WARMEST   1    WARM
JUL - JAN   HDD-SEA   5968      1978      1224      COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     CDD       0         NONE      RECORDED  WARMEST   1    WARM
JANUARY     CDD       0         NONE      RECORDED  COLDEST   1    COLD
JANUARY     PRECIP    3.47      1967      2.58      WETTEST   1    WET
JANUARY     PRECIP    0.10      1981      -0.79     DRIEST    1    DRY
JANUARY     SNOW-ANN  35.3      1929      22.1      SNOWIEST  1    WET
JANUARY     SNOW-ANN  1.3       1958      -11.9     DRIEST    1    DRY
JUL - JAN   SNOW-SEA  69.9      1997      40.9      SNOWIEST  1    WET
JUL - JAN   SNOW-SEA  5.1       1961      -23.9     DRIEST    1    DRY

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CARLYON






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