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Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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000 CXUS53 KMPX 011456 CLMMSP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 1030 AM CST TUE JAN 01 2013 ................................... ...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2012 MSP AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 30.6 27.1 3.5 WARMER 41 WARM AVERAGE MIN 16.2 12.3 3.9 WARMER 40 WARM MONTH MEAN 23.4 19.7 3.7 WARMER 40 WARM DAILY MAX 55 DEC-03-2012 DAILY MIN 0 DEC-25-2012 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 1284 1404 -120 WARMER 42 WARM TOTAL SEASON 2772 3023 -251 WARMER 24 WARM CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A TOTAL ANNUAL 1131 753 378 WARMER 4 WARM PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 1.64 1.16 0.48 WETTER 23 WET ANNUAL TOTAL 29.59 30.61 -1.02 DRIER NEAR NORM DAILY MAX 0.95 DEC-09-2012 SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 15.0 11.9 3.1 SNOWIER 24 WET SEASON TOTAL 15.8 21.8 -6.0 DRIER NEAR NORM DAILY MAX 10.5 DEC-09-2012 MAX DEPTH 9 DEC-10-2012 DECEMBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME DECEMBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK DECEMBER MAX 40.2 1877 13.1 WARMEST 1 WARM DECEMBER MAX 11.1 1983 -16 COLDEST 1 COLD DECEMBER MIN 27.3 1877 15 WARMEST 1 WARM DECEMBER MIN -3.7 1983 -16 COLDEST 1 COLD DECEMBER MEAN 33.8 1877 14.1 WARMEST 1 WARM DECEMBER MEAN 3.7 1983 -16 COLDEST 1 COLD DECEMBER HDD 961 1877 -443 WARMEST 1 WARM DECEMBER HDD 1896 1983 492 COLDEST 1 COLD DECEMBER CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM DECEMBER CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD DECEMBER PCP 4.27 1982 3.11 WETTEST 1 WET DECEMBER PCP T 1943 -1.16 DRIEST 1 DRY DECEMBER SNOW 33.6 2010 21.7 SNOWIEST 1 WET DECEMBER SNOW T 1943 -11.9 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART MONTH AVERAGE 7.5 9.1 -1.6 DAILY PEAK GUST 35 MPH NORTH DEC-20-2012 DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 26 MPH NORTHWEST DEC-20-2012 SUNSHINE TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN-DEC 416 -416 6.9 -6.9 100 -100 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS DEC 9 -21 0.2 -0.4 2 -5 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS OND 9 -182 0.2 -3.0 2 -43 WEATHER ACTUAL TYPE NCDC COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 20 2=FOG DENSE 1.2 2 3=THUNDER 0.2 0 4=IP/SLEET 0 5=HAIL 0 6=FRZ RAIN 0 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 11 9=BLWG SNW 0 TEMP NCDC COUNT MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 20.4 19 19 -0.3 WARMER >=50 1 1 0.5 WARMER >=60 0 0 -0.1 COOLER >=70 0 0 0 NORMAL >=80 0 0 0 NORMAL >=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL TEMP NCDC COUNT MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 30.2 28 30 -2 WARMER <= 20 20 21 -1 WARMER <= 10 12 13 -1 WARMER <= 0 7.5 1 6 -5 WARMER <= -10 0 2 -2 WARMER >= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL PRECIP NCDC COUNT DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 8 9 -1 DRIER >= 0.01 9.7 9 10 -1 DRIER >= 0.10 2 3 -1 DRIER >= 0.25 2 1 1 WETTER >= 0.50 1 0 1 WETTER >= 1.00 0.1 0 0 0 DRIER SNOW NCDC COUNT DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 5 8 -3 DRIER >= 0.1 10 9 1 SNOWIER >= 1.0 2.9 3 4 -1 DRIER >= 1.5 1 3 -2 DRIER >= 2.0 1 2 -1 DRIER >= 3.0 1 1 0 NORMAL 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-> 10.5 DEC-09-2012 OLD-> 7.4 1961 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER (OND) OND 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK OND-12 MAX 44.2 42.1 2.1 WARMER 28 WARM OND-12 MIN 27.8 26.1 1.7 WARMER 38 WARM OND-12 MEAN 36.0 34.1 1.9 WARMER 32 WARM OND-12 HDD 2647 2850 -203 WARMER 30 WARM OND-12 CDD 0 6 -6 COOLER NEAR NORM OND-12 PRECIP 3.57 5.36 -1.79 DRIER 59 DRY OND-12 SNOW 15.8 21.8 -6.0 DRIER NEAR NORM 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME OND EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK OCT-NOV-DEC MAX 49.4 1953 7.3 WARMEST 1 WARM OCT-NOV-DEC MAX 34.6 1919 -7.5 COLDEST 1 COLD OCT-NOV-DEC MIN 34.5 1931 8.4 WARMEST 1 WARM OCT-NOV-DEC MIN 17.7 1985 -8.4 COLDEST 1 COLD OCT-NOV-DEC MEAN 41.6 1931 7.5 WARMEST 1 WARM OCT-NOV-DEC MEAN 26.7 1985 -7.4 COLDEST 1 COLD OCT-NOV-DEC HDD 2144 1931 -706 WARMEST 1 WARM OCT-NOV-DEC HDD 3508 1985 658 COLDEST 1 COLD OCT-NOV-DEC CDD 44 1953 38 WARMEST 1 WARM OCT-NOV-DEC CDD 0 2002 -6 COLDEST 1 COLD OCT-NOV-DEC PRECIP 10.99 1982 5.63 WETTEST 1 WET OCT-NOV-DEC PRECIP 0.90 1895 -4.46 DRIEST 1 DRY OCT-NOV-DEC SNOW 61.8 1991 40.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET OCT-NOV-DEC SNOW 1.7 1913 -20.1 DRIEST 1 DRY ANNUAL DATA JAN-DEC 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-DEC-12 MAX 59.9 55.2 4.7 WARMER 1 WARM JAN-DEC-12 MIN 41.6 37.1 4.5 WARMER 2 WARM JAN-DEC-12 MEAN 50.8 46.2 4.6 WARMER 1 WARM JAN-DEC-12 HDD-ANN 6218 7580 -1362 WARMER 2 WARM JUL-DEC-12 HDD-SEA 2772 3023 -251 WARMER 24 WARM JAN-DEC-12 CDD 1131 753 378 WARMER 4 WARM JAN-DEC-12 PRECIP 29.59 30.61 -1.02 DRIER NEAR NORM JAN-DEC-12 SNOW-ANN 27.8 54.4 -26.6 DRIER 17 DRY JUL-DEC-12 SNOW-SEA 15.8 21.8 -6.0 DRIER NEAR NORM ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JAN-DEC EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JAN-DEC MAX 59.9 2012 4.7 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-DEC MAX 48.2 1875 -7.0 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-DEC MIN 42.2 1931 5.1 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-DEC MIN 28.8 1875 -8.3 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-DEC MEAN 50.8 2012 4.6 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-DEC MEAN 38.6 1875 -7.6 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-DEC HDD-ANN 9970 1875 2390 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-DEC HDD-ANN 6186 1931 -1394 COLDEST 1 COLD JUL-DEC HDD-SEA 2245 1931 -778 WARMEST 1 WARM JUL-DEC HDD-SEA 3795 1873 772 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-DEC CDD 1178 1936 425 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-DEC CDD 313 1904 -440 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-DEC PRECIP 40.15 1911 9.54 WETTEST 1 WET JAN-DEC PRECIP 13.04 1910 -17.57 DRIEST 1 DRY JAN-DEC SNOW-ANN 98.6 1984 44.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET JAN-DEC SNOW-ANN 14.2 1931 -40.2 DRIEST 1 DRY JUL-DEC SNOW-SEA 61.8 1991 40.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET JUL-DEC SNOW-SEA 1.7 1913 -20.1 DRIEST 1 DRY $$ CARLYON
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