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Climatological Report (Monthly)
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CXUS53 KMPX 010739
CLMMSP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
230 AM CDT WED MAY 01 2013
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...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 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 APRIL 2013 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 48.6 57.8 -9.2 COOLER 11 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 33.3 37.2 -3.9 COOLER 23 COLD
MONTH MEAN 41.0 47.5 -6.5 COOLER 13 COLD
DAILY MAX 81 APR-28-2013
DAILY MIN 19 APR-01-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 716 530 186 COOLER 12 COLD
TOTAL SEASON 7416 7318 98 COOLER NEAR NORM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 3 5 -2 COOLER N/A
TOTAL ANNUAL 3 5 -2 COOLER N/A
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 5.22 2.66 2.56 WETTER 5 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 9.45 6.22 3.23 WETTER 7 WET
DAILY MAX 1.02 APR-18-2013
SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 17.9 2.4 15.5 SNOWIER 3 WET
SEASON TOTAL 67.2 54.4 12.8 SNOWIER 19 WET
DAILY MAX 6.4 APR-18-2013
MAX DEPTH 7 APR-19-2013
APRIL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME APRIL EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
APRIL MAX 66.9 1987 9.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL MAX 44.1 1950 -13.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL MIN 46.2 1915 9.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL MIN 25.7 1874 -11.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL MEAN 56.0 1915 8.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL MEAN 35.8 1874 -11.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL HDD 292 2010 -238 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL HDD 868 1874 338 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL CDD 36 1952 31 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL CDD 0 2012 -5 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL PRECIP 7.00 2001 4.34 WETTEST 1 WET
APRIL PRECIP 0.16 1987 -2.50 DRIEST 1 DRY
APRIL SNW 21.8 1983 19.4 SNOWIEST 1 WET
APRIL SNW 0.0 2010 -2.4 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 10.6 12.1 -1.5
DAILY PEAK GUST 37 MPH NORTHWEST APR-28-2013
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 29 MPH NORTHWEST APR-19-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-APR 323 0 5.4 0.0 77 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
APR 89 0 1.5 0.0 21 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
FMA 268 0 4.5 0.0 64 0
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 18
2=FOG DENSE 0.4 4
3=THUNDER 2.6 3
4=IP/SLEET 7
5=HAIL 1
6=FRZ RAIN 4
7=BLWG DUST 1
8=HAZE/SMK 8
9=BLWG SNW 1
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0.4 0 0 0 WARMER
>=50 10 22 -12 COOLER
>=60 5 13 -8 COOLER
>=70 5 5 0 COOLER
>=80 1 1 0 COOLER
>=90 0.1 0 0 0 COOLER
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 10.1 15 9 6 COOLER
<= 20 2 1 1 COOLER
<= 10 0 0 0 WARMER
<= 0 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 3 3 0 WARMER
PRECIP NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 2 4 -2 DRIER
>= 0.01 11.3 18 11 7 WETTER
>= 0.10 10 6 4 WETTER
>= 0.25 7 4 3 WETTER
>= 0.50 4 2 2 WETTER
>= 1.00 0.3 1 1 1 WETTER
SNOW NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 4 3 1 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 10 2 8 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 0.9 3 1 2 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 3 0 3 SNOWIER
>= 2.0 3 0 3 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 3 0 3 SNOWIER
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 1
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 0
SNOW 2
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
SNOW NEW-> 2.7 APR-09-2013 OLD-> 2.0 1913
SNOW NEW-> 0.3 APR-18-2013 OLD-> TRACE 1918
COLD MAX NEW-> 36 APR-19-2013 OLD-> 37 1953
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL (FMA)
FMA 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
FMA-13 MAX 36.5 42.7 -6.2 COOLER 23 COLD
FMA-13 MIN 21.7 24.8 -3.1 COOLER 68 COLD
FMA-13 MEAN 29.1 33.8 -4.7 COOLER 38 COLD
FMA-13 HDD 3162 2764 398 COOLER 41 COLD
FMA-13 CDD 3 5 -2 COOLER N/A
FMA-13 PRECIP 8.59 5.32 3.27 WETTER 5 WET
FMA-13 SNOW 46.8 20.4 26.4 SNOWIER 5 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME FMA EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
FEB-MAR-APR MAX 51.9 1987 9.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR MAX 28.9 1875 -13.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR MIN 33.4 2012 8.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR MIN 9.0 1875 -15.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR MEAN 42.5 1878 8.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR MEAN 19.0 1875 -14.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR HDD 1952 1878 -812 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR HDD 4034 1875 1270 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR CDD 36 1952 31 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR CDD 17 1970 12 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR PRECIP 9.86 1965 4.54 WETTEST 1 WET
FEB-MAR-APR PRECIP 0.93 1987 -4.39 DRIEST 1 DRY
FEB-MAR-APR SNOW 54.7 1962 34.3 SNOWIEST 1 WET
FEB-MAR-APR SNOW 3.3 1987 -17.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-APR 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-APR-13 MAX 33.6 37.9 -4.3 COOLER 41 COLD
JAN-APR-13 MIN 18.4 20.5 -2.1 COOLER 74 COLD
JAN-APR-13 MEAN 26.0 29.2 -3.2 COOLER 57 COLD
JAN-APR-13 HDD-ANN 4644 4295 349 COOLER 58 COLD
JUL-APR-13 HDD-SEA 7416 7318 98 COOLER NEAR NORM
JAN-APR-13 CDD 3 5 -2 COOLER N/A
JAN-APR-13 PRECIP 9.45 6.22 3.23 WETTER 7 WET
JAN-APR-13 SNOW-ANN 51.4 32.6 18.8 SNOWIER 10 WET
JUL-APR-13 SNOW-SEA 67.2 54.4 12.8 SNOWIER 19 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-APR EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-APR MAX 46.2 1987 8.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR MAX 23.3 1875 -14.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR MIN 29.0 2012 8.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR MIN 3.5 1875 -17.0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR MEAN 37.4 2012 8.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR MEAN 13.4 1875 -15.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR HDD-ANN 3302 1878 -993 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR HDD-ANN 6148 1875 1853 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-APR HDD-SEA 5729 2012 -1589 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-APR HDD-SEA 9387 1875 2069 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR CDD 36 1952 31 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR CDD 0 2011 -5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR PRECIP 10.68 1975 4.46 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-APR PRECIP 1.56 1987 -4.66 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-APR SNOW-ANN 69.5 1982 36.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-APR SNOW-ANN 8.3 1931 -24.3 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-APR SNOW-SEA 98.6 1984 44.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-APR SNOW-SEA 14.2 1931 -40.2 DRIEST 1 DRY
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