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Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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000 CXUS53 KMPX 011512 CLMSTC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 1010 AM CDT THU NOV 01 2012 ................................... ...ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2012 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER 2012 STC AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 55.3 56.6 -1.3 COOLER 29 COLD AVERAGE MIN 33.5 34.9 -1.4 COOLER 30 COLD MONTH MEAN 44.4 45.8 -1.3 COOLER 30 COLD DAILY MAX 77 OCT-03-2012 DAILY MIN 18 OCT-12-2012 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART TOTAL MONTH 632 599 33 COOLER 32 COLD TOTAL SEASON 867 885 -18 WARMER NEAR NORM CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART TOTAL MONTH 0 1 -1 COOLER 1 COLD TOTAL ANNUAL 739 464 275 WARMER 13 WARM PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART MONTH TOTAL 0.73 2.49 -1.76 DRIER 26 DRY ANNUAL TOTAL 22.46 25.53 -3.07 DRIER 41 DRY DAILY MAX 0.42 OCT-25-2012 SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART MONTH TOTAL 0.3 0.8 -0.5 DRIER NEAR NORM SEASON TOTAL 0.3 0.8 -0.5 DRIER NEAR NORM DAILY MAX 0.3 OCT-25-2012 MAX DEPTH T OCT-25-2012 OCTOBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME OCTOBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK OCTOBER MAX 68.8 1963 12.2 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER MAX 43.4 1925 -13.2 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER MIN 47.8 1900 12.9 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER MIN 27.2 1976 -7.7 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER MEAN 58.2 1900 12.4 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER MEAN 35.8 1925 -10 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER HDD 216 1900 -383 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER HDD 900 1925 301 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER CDD 31 1922 30 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER CDD 0 2012 -1 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER PCP 4.16 1922 1.67 WETTEST 1 WET OCTOBER PCP T 1939 -2.49 DRIEST 1 DRY OCTOBER SNOW 6.4 2002 5.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET OCTOBER SNOW 0 2011 -0.8 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART ANNUAL AVERAGE 8.4 12.0 -3.6 PEAK WIND GUST 45 MPH WEST OCT-04-2012 DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 33 MPH WEST OCT-04-2012 SUNSHINE ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN-OCT 56 -335 7.0 -5.6 98 -79 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS OCT 0 -96 0.0 -1.6 0 -23 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS ASO 0 -277 0.0 -4.6 0 -65 WEATHER ACTUAL TYPE NCDC COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 12 2=FOG DENSE 0.6 3 3=THUNDER 1.8 1 4=IP/SLEET 0 5=HAIL 0 6=FRZ RAIN 0 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 5 9=BLWG SNW 0 TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 0.0 0 0 NORMAL >=50 21 23 -2 COOLER >=60 11 12 -1 COOLER >=70 4 4 0 NORMAL >=80 0 1 -1 COOLER >=90 0.0 0 0 NORMAL TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 15.0 13 2 COOLER <= 20 2 2 0 NORMAL <= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL <= 0 0.0 0 0 NORMAL <= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL >= 50 2 2 0 NORMAL PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 6 3.8 2 WETTER >= 0.01 5.0 9.4 -4 DRIER >= 0.10 2 5.2 -3 DRIER >= 0.25 1 2.9 -2 DRIER >= 0.50 0 1.4 -1 DRIER >= 1.00 0.0 0.6 -1 DRIER SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 1 1 0 NORMAL >= 0.1 1 1 0 NORMAL >= 1.0 0.0 0 0 NORMAL >= 1.5 0 0 0 NORMAL >= 2.0 0 0 0 NORMAL >= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL NEW DAILY EXTREME MAX TEMP 0 COLD MAX 0 MIN TEMP 1 WARM MIN 0 PRECIP 0 SNOW 0 NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR MIN NEW-> 18 OCT-12-2012 OLD-> 21 1933 1988 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER (ASO) ASO 40909 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK ASO-12 MAX 70.7 68.8 1.9 WARMER 34 WARM ASO-12 MIN 43.8 45.9 -2.1 COOLER 11 COLD ASO-12 MEAN 57.3 57.4 -0.1 COOLER 43 COLD ASO-12 HDD 867 868 -1 WARMER NEAR NORM ASO-12 CDD 174.00 162.00 12.00 WARMER NEAR NORM ASO-12 PRECIP 2.2 9.7 -7.6 DRIER 1 DRY 41183 SNW 0.3 0.8 -0.5 DRIER NEAR NORM 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME ASO EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 76.4 1900 7.6 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 64.2 1926 -4.6 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 55 1900 9.1 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 40.8 1974 -5.1 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 65.7 1900 8.3 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 54 1993 -3 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 388 1900 -480 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 1131 1896 263 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 481 1900 319 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 50.00 1977 -112.00 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 19.16 1926 9.42 WETTEST 1 WET AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 2.19 2012 -7.6 DRIEST 1 DRY AUG-SEP-OCT SNW 6.4 2002 5.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET AUG-SEP-OCT SNW 0 2011 -0.8 DRIEST 1 DRY ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE JAN-OCT 40909 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-OCT-12 MAX 62.9 57.9 5.0 WARMER 2 WARM JAN-OCT-12 MIN 39.9 35.5 4.4 WARMER 2 WARM JUL-OCT-12 MEAN 51.4 46.7 4.7 WARMER 1 WARM JAN-OCT-12 HDD-ANN 4786 5970 -1184 WARMER 1 WARM JAN-OCT-12 HDD-SEA 867.00 885.00 -18.00 WARMER NEAR NORM JAN-OCT-12 CDD 739.0 1900.0 275.0 WARMER 13 WARM JUL-OCT-12 PRECIP 22.5 25.5 -3.1 DRIER 41 DRY 41183 SNW-ANN 21 27.9 -6.9 DRIER 36 DRY 41183 SNW-SEA 0.3 0.8 -0.5 DRIER NEAR NORM ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JAN-OCT EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JAN-OCT MAX 63 1921 5.1 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT MAX 52.7 1979 -5.2 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT MIN 40.7 1931 5.2 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT MIN 30.8 1950 -4.7 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT MEAN 51.4 2012 5 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT MEAN 41.8 1979 -5 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 4786 1902 -1184 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 7244 1965 1274 COLDEST 1 COLD JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 389 1900 -496 WARMEST 1 WARM JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 1157 1896 272 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT CDD 926.00 1900 925.00 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT CDD 192.00 1900 192.00 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT PRECIP 40.13 1897 14.6 WETTEST 1 WET JAN-OCT PRECIP 14.1 1910 -11.4 DRIEST 1 DRY JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 75.5 1965 47.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 3 1902 -24.9 DRIEST 1 DRY JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 6.4 2002 5.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 0 2011 -0.8 DRIEST 1 DRY $$ CARLYON
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