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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 010730 CCA CLMMSP CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED YEAR TO 2013... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 130 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2013 ................................... ...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2013 MSP AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 26.2 28.9 -2.7 COOLER 74 COLD AVERAGE MIN 11.8 12.8 -1.0 COOLER NEAR NORM MONTH MEAN 19.0 20.8 -1.8 COOLER NEAR NORM DAILY MAX 39 FEB-13-2013 DAILY MIN -13 FEB-01-2013 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 1280 1236 44 COOLER NEAR NORM TOTAL SEASON 5534 5790 -256 WARMER 24 WARM CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A TOTAL ANNUAL 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 1.33 0.77 0.56 WETTER 31 WET ANNUAL TOTAL 2.19 1.67 0.52 WETTER 35 WET DAILY MAX 0.62 FEB-10-2013 SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 15.1 7.7 7.4 SNOWIER 13 WET SEASON TOTAL 35.5 41.7 -6.2 DRIER NEAR NORM DAILY MAX 4.2 FEB-22-2013 MAX DEPTH 9 FEB-23-2013 FEBRUARY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME FEBRUARY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK FEBRUARY MAX 41.1 1987 12.2 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY MAX 7.6 1936 -21.3 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY MIN 25.8 1998 13.0 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY MIN -12.9 1875 -25.7 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY MEAN 32 1931 11.2 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY MEAN -2.5 1875 -23.3 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY HDD 917 1998 -319 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY HDD 1885 1875 649 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY PRECIP 3.25 1922 2.48 WETTEST 1 WET FEBRUARY PRECIP 0.01 1877 -0.76 DRIEST 1 DRY FEBRUARY SNOW 26.5 1962 18.8 SNOWIEST 1 WET FEBRUARY SNOW 0.3 1894 -7.4 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART MONTH AVERAGE 8.4 9.4 -1.0 DAILY PEAK GUST 36 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-19-2013 DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 26 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-19-2013 SUNSHINE ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN-FEB 137 0 2.3 0.0 33 0 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS FEB 82 0 1.4 0.0 20 0 SUNSHINE SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS DJF 147 -22 2.5 -0.4 35 -5 WEATHER ACTUAL TYPE NCDC COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 27 2=FOG DENSE 1.3 1 3=THUNDER 0.2 0 4=IP/SLEET 1 5=HAIL 1 6=FRZ RAIN 3 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 7 9=BLWG SNW 1 TEMP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 16.7 19 16 3 COOLER >=50 0 1 -1 COOLER >=60 0 0 0 NORMAL >=70 0 0 0 NORMAL >=80 0 0 0 NORMAL >=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL TEMP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 26.8 28 27 1 COOLER <= 20 23 19 4 COOLER <= 10 13 12 1 COOLER <= 0 6.9 4 6 -2 WARMER <= -10 1 2 -1 WARMER >= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL PRECIP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 4 7 -3 DRIER >= 0.01 7.5 11 7 4 WETTER >= 0.10 2 3 -1 DRIER >= 0.25 1 1 0 NORMAL >= 0.50 1 0 1 WETTER >= 1.00 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL SNOW NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 2 6 -4 DRIER >= 0.1 12 7 5 SNOWIER >= 1.0 3.0 6 3 3 SNOWIER >= 1.5 3 2 1 SNOWIER >= 2.0 3 2 1 SNOWIER >= 3.0 1 1 0 NORMAL NEW DAILY EXTREME MAX TEMP 0 COLD MAX 0 MIN TEMP 0 WARM MIN 0 PRECIP 1 SNOW 0 NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR PRECIP NEW-> 0.62 FEB-10-2013 OLD-> 0.60 1898 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY (DJF) DJF 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK DJF-13 MAX 27.3 26.3 0.7 WARMER 39 WARM DJF-13 MIN 12.3 10.9 1.4 WARMER 28 WARM DJF-13 MEAN 19.8 18.8 1.0 WARMER 34 WARM DJF-13 HDD 4046 4171 -125 WARMER 32 WARM DJF-13 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A DJF-13 PRECIP 3.83 2.83 1.00 WETTER 20 WET DJF-13 SNOW 34.7 31.8 2.9 SNOWIER 30 WET 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 36.3 1878 10.0 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 13.3 1875 -13.0 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB MIN 21.6 1878 10.7 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB MIN -5.8 1875 -16.7 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 29.0 1878 10.2 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 3.8 1875 -15.0 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 3240 1878 -931 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 5471 1875 1300 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB PRECIP 9.58 1881 6.75 WETTEST 1 WET DEC-JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.69 1958 -2.14 DRIEST 1 DRY DEC-JAN-FEB SNOW 71.7 1967 39.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET DEC-JAN-FEB SNOW 5.2 1944 -26.6 DRIEST 1 DRY ANNUAL DATA JAN-FEB 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-FEB-13 MAX 25.6 26.3 -0.7 COOLER NEAR NORM JAN-FEB-13 MIN 10.3 10.2 0.1 WARMER 39 WARM JAN-FEB-13 MEAN 18.0 18.3 -0.3 COOLER NEAR NORM JAN-FEB-13 HDD-ANN 2762 2767 -5 WARMER 43 WARM JUL-FEB-13 HDD-SEA 5534 5790 -256 WARMER 24 WARM JAN-FEB-13 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A JAN-FEB-13 PRECIP 2.19 1.67 0.52 WETTER 35 WET JAN-FEB-13 SNOW-ANN 19.7 19.9 -0.2 DRIER NEAR NORM JUL-FEB-13 SNOW-SEA 35.5 41.7 -6.2 DRIER NEAR NORM ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JAN-FEB EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JAN-FEB MAX 36.5 1931 10.2 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB MAX 7.0 1875 -19.3 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB MIN 21.3 1931 11.1 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB MIN -12.9 1875 -23.1 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB MEAN 29.0 1931 10.7 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB MEAN -2.9 1875 -21.2 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 2125 1931 -642 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 3999 1875 1232 COLDEST 1 COLD JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 4644 2002 -1146 WARMEST 1 WARM JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 7238 1875 1448 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB PRECIP 6.89 1881 5.22 WETTEST 1 WET JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.45 1958 -1.22 DRIEST 1 DRY JAN-FEB SNOW-ANN 59.0 1967 39.1 SNOWIEST 1 WET JAN-FEB SNOW-ANN 3.6 1958 -16.3 DRIEST 1 DRY JUL-FEB SNOW-SEA 79.3 1982 37.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET JUL-FEB SNOW-SEA 10.6 1889 -31.1 DRIEST 1 DRY $$ CARLYON
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