Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 011543
CLMMSP
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1030 AM CDT WED AUG 01 2012
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...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 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
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MONTHLY REPORT JULY 2012 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 89.9 83.4 6.5 WARMER 3 WARM
AVERAGE MIN 70.4 64.1 6.3 WARMER 1 WARM
MONTH MEAN 80.2 73.8 6.4 WARMER 2 WARM
DAILY MAX 102 JUL-06-2012
DAILY MIN 64 JUL-07-2012
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 5 -5 WARMER 1 WARM
TOTAL SEASON 0 5 -5 WARMER 1 WARM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 475 259 216 WARMER 2 WARM
TOTAL ANNUAL 807 476 331 WARMER 4 WARM
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 4.90 4.04 0.86 WETTER 31 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 24.34 17.87 6.47 WETTER 4 WET
DAILY MAX 1.69 JUL-24-2012
SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 NORMAL N/A
SEASON TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 NORMAL N/A
DAILY MAX 0.0 JUL-01-2012
MAX DEPTH 0 JUL-01-2012
JULY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME JULY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JULY MAX 92.5 1936 9.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
JULY MAX 74.7 1992 -8.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
JULY MIN 70.4 2012 6.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
JULY MIN 56.3 1891 -7.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
JULY MEAN 81.4 1936 7.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
JULY MEAN 65.8 1992 -8 COLDEST 1 COLD
JULY HDD 0 2012 -5 WARMEST 1 WARM
JULY HDD 42 1915 37 COLDEST 1 COLD
JULY CDD 516 1936 257 WARMEST 1 WARM
JULY CDD 64 1992 -195 COLDEST 1 COLD
JULY PCP 17.90 1987 13.86 WETTEST 1 WET
JULY PCP 0.11 1936 -3.93 DRIEST 1 DRY
JULY SNOW 0.0 NONE RECORDED SNOWIEST 1 WET
JULY SNOW 0.0 NONE RECORDED DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 7.4 9.6 -2.2
DAILY PEAK GUST 46 MPH NORTH JUL-03-2012
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 37 MPH NORTH JUL-03-2012
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JUN-JUL 407 -56 6.8 -0.9 98 -13
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JUL 0 -51 0.0 -0.9 0 -12
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MJJ 83 -56 1.4 -0.9 20 -13
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 9
2=FOG DENSE 0.2 0
3=THUNDER 7.3 8
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 1
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 31 31 0 NORMAL
>=60 31 31 0 NORMAL
>=70 31 30 1 WARMER
>=80 31 22 9 WARMER
>=90 5.6 14 6 8 WARMER
TEMP NCDC COUNT
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 0.0 0 0 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 31 31 0 WARMER
PRECIP NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 7 3 4 WETTER
>= 0.01 10.4 9 10 -1 DRIER
>= 0.10 6 6 0 DRIER
>= 0.25 5 4 1 WETTER
>= 0.50 5 2 3 WETTER
>= 1.00 1.0 2 1 1 WETTER
SNOW NCDC COUNT
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 0.1 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 0.0 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 2.0 1 0 1 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 1 0 1 SNOWIER
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 2
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 3
PRECIP 1
SNOW 0
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
MAX NEW-> 99 JUL-02-2012 OLD-> 96 1911
WARM LOW TIE-> 77 JUL-02-2012 TIES-> 77 1911
MAX NEW-> 101 JUL-04-2012 OLD-> 100 1949
WARM LOW NEW-> 81 JUL-04-2012 OLD-> 80 1999
WARM LOW NEW-> 79 JUL-05-2012 OLD-> 78 1982
PRECIP NEW-> 1.69 JUL-24-2012 OLD-> 1.44 1985
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA MAY JUNE JULY (MJJ)
MJJ 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MJJ-12 MAX 81.9 77.2 4.7 WARMER 3 WARM
MJJ-12 MIN 62.2 57.3 4.9 WARMER 1 WARM
MJJ-12 MEAN 72.1 67.3 4.8 WARMER 3 WARM
MJJ-12 HDD 123 267 -144 WARMER 6 WARM
MJJ-12 CDD 791 454 337 WARMER 5 WARM
MJJ-12 PRECIP 17.83 11.65 6.18 WETTER 6 WET
MJJ-12 SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 NORMAL 1 DRY
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MJJ EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAY-JUN-JUL MAX 85.1 1988 7.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY-JUN-JUL MAX 69.1 1915 -8.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY-JUN-JUL MIN 62.2 2012 4.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY-JUN-JUL MIN 51.6 1945 -5.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY-JUN-JUL MEAN 72.7 1934 5.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY-JUN-JUL MEAN 60.6 1915 -6.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY-JUN-JUL HDD 81 1988 -186 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY-JUN-JUL HDD 624 1907 357 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY-JUN-JUL CDD 830 1933 376 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY-JUN-JUL CDD 187 1915 -267 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY-JUN-JUL PRECIP 25.27 1892 13.62 WETTEST 1 WET
MAY-JUN-JUL PRECIP 3.09 1988 -8.56 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAY-JUN-JUL SNOW 3.0 1946 3.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAY-JUN-JUL SNOW 0.0 2012 0.0 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-JUL 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-JUL-12 MAX 61.2 54.8 6.4 WARMER 2 WARM
JAN-JUL-12 MIN 43.2 36.2 7.0 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-JUL-12 MEAN 52.2 45.5 6.7 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-JUL-12 HDD-ANN 3446 4562 -1116 WARMER 1 WARM
JUL-JUL-12 HDD-SEA 0 5 -5 WARMER 1 WARM
JAN-JUL-12 CDD 807 476 331 WARMER 4 WARM
JAN-JUL-12 PRECIP 24.34 17.87 6.47 WETTER 4 WET
JAN-JUL-12 SNOW-ANN 12.0 32.6 -20.6 DRIER NEAR NORM
JUL-JUL-12 SNOW-SEA 0 NONE RECORDED NORMAL N/A
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-JUL EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-JUL MAX 61.4 1987 6.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-JUL MAX 45.3 1875 -9.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-JUL MIN 43.2 2012 7.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-JUL MIN 24.8 1875 -11.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-JUL MEAN 52.2 2012 6.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-JUL MEAN 35.1 1875 -10.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-JUL HDD-ANN 3446 2012 -1116 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-JUL HDD-ANN 6552 1875 1990 COLDEST 1 COLD
JULY HDD-SEA 0 2012 -5 WARMEST 1 WARM
JULY HDD-SEA 42 1915 37 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-JUL CDD 843 1934 367 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-JUL CDD 206 1904 -270 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-JUL PRECIP 28.93 1892 11.06 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-JUL PRECIP 7.01 1934 -10.86 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-JUL SNOW-ANN 69.5 1982 36.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-JUL SNOW-ANN 8.3 1931 -24.3 DRIEST 1 DRY
JULY SNOW-SEA 0 NONE RECORDED SNOWIEST 1 WET
JULY SNOW-SEA 0 NONE RECORDED DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON