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CXUS53 KMPX 010759
CLMSTC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
300 AM CDT WED MAY 01 2013
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...ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT APRIL 2013 STC AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 44.8 56.3 -11.5 COOLER 3 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 27.5 32.7 -5.2 COOLER 8 COLD
MONTH MEAN 36.2 44.5 -8.3 COOLER 2 COLD
DAILY MAX 77 APR-28-2013
DAILY MIN 13 APR-02-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 856 617 239 COOLER 2 COLD
TOTAL SEASON 8454 8167 287 COOLER 46 COLD
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 2 -2 COOLER 1 COLD
TOTAL ANNUAL 0 2 -2 COOLER 1 COLD
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 2.90 2.57 0.33 WETTER 37 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 7.31 5.36 1.95 WETTER 16 WET
DAILY MAX 0.86 APR-18-2013
SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 24.4 3.0 21.4 SNOWIER 1 WET
SEASON TOTAL 78.5 45.7 32.8 SNOWIER 4 WET
DAILY MAX 9.4 APR-18-2013
MAX DEPTH 10 APR-19-2013
APRIL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME APRIL EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
APRIL MAX 66.7 1987 10.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL MAX 42.4 1950 -13.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL MIN 42.4 1915 9.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL MIN 25.1 1950 -7.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL MEAN 54.6 1915 10.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL MEAN 33.8 1950 -10.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL HDD 322 1915 -295 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL HDD 932 1950 315 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL CDD 25 1990 23 WARMEST 1 WARM
APRIL CDD 0 2013 -2 COLDEST 1 COLD
APRIL PRECIP 8.42 2001 5.85 WETTEST 1 WET
APRIL PRECIP 0.05 1987 -2.52 DRIEST 1 DRY
APRIL SNW 24.4 2013 21.4 SNOWIEST 1 WET
APRIL SNW 0 2010 -3.0 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL AVERAGE 9.4 12.1 -2.7
PEAK WIND GUST 40 MPH NORTH APR-11-2013
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 31 MPH WEST APR-30-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-APR 57 0 5.5 0.0 78 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
APR 91 0 1.5 0.0 22 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
FMA 274 0 4.6 0.0 65 0
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 16
2=FOG DENSE 0.4 4
3=THUNDER 2.6 1
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 1
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 7
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 2 1 1 COOLER
>=50 5 21 -16 COOLER
>=60 5 12 -7 COOLER
>=70 3 5 -2 COOLER
>=80 0 1 -1 COOLER
>=90 0 0 0 NORMAL
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 23 15 8 COOLER
<= 20 7 2 5 COOLER
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 1 2 -1 COOLER
PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 5 4 1 WETTER
>= 0.01 14 9 5 WETTER
>= 0.10 8 5 3 WETTER
>= 0.25 4 3 1 WETTER
>= 0.50 2 2 0 WETTER
>= 1.00 0 0 0 DRIER
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 6 2 4 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 8 2 6 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 5 1 4 SNOWIER
>= 1.5 3 1 2 SNOWIER
>= 2.0 3 1 2 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 2 0 2 SNOWIER
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
COLD MAX 2
MIN TEMP 1
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 0
SNOW 3
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
SNOW NEW-> 8.7 APR-12-2013 OLD-> 7.0 1928
COLD MAX TIE-> 33 APR-13-2013 TIES-> 33 1923
SNOW NEW-> 9.4 APR-18-2013 OLD-> 1.5 1922
COLD MAX TIE-> 32 APR-18-2013 TIES-> 32 1953 2013
LOW NEW-> 16 APR-20-2013 OLD-> 20 1897
SNOW TIE-> T APR-18-2013 TIES-> T 1902 2000
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL (FMA)
FMA 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
FMA-13 MAX 33.7 40.7 -7.0 COOLER 8 COLD
FMA-13 MIN 14.9 19.9 -5.0 COOLER 23 COLD
FMA-13 MEAN 24.3 30.3 -6.0 COOLER 16 COLD
FMA-13 HDD 3584 3065 519 COOLER 18 COLD
FMA-13 CDD 0 2 -2 COOLER 1 COLD
FMA-13 PRECIP 6.86 4.71 2.15 WETTER 11 WET
FMA-13 SNW 57.8 18.5 39.3 SNOWIER 2 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME FMA EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
FEB-MAR-APR MAX 50.6 1987 9.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR MAX 29.5 1936 -11.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR MIN 28.8 2012 8.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR MIN 10.3 1936 -9.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR MEAN 38.8 2012 8.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR MEAN 19.9 1936 -10.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR HDD 2326 2012 -739 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR HDD 4015 1936 950 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR CDD 25 1990 23 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR-APR CDD 0 2013 -2 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR-APR PRECIP 10.69 2001 5.98 WETTEST 1 WET
FEB-MAR-APR PRECIP 0.88 1987 -3.83 DRIEST 1 DRY
FEB-MAR-APR SNW 68.9 1965 50.4 SNOWIEST 1 WET
FEB-MAR-APR SNW T 1902 -18.5 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE 0 0
JAN-APR 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-APR-13 MAX 30.9 35.9 -5.0 COOLER 26 COLD
JAN-APR-13 MIN 12.1 15.4 -3.3 COOLER 42 COLD
JAN-APR-13 MEAN 21.5 25.7 -4.2 COOLER 30 COLD
JAN-APR-13 HDD-ANN 5181 4720 461 COOLER 32 COLD
JUL-APR-13 HDD-SEA 8454 8167 287 COOLER 46 COLD
JAN-APR-13 CDD 0 2 -2 COOLER 1 COLD
JAN-APR-13 PRECIP 7.31 5.36 1.95 WETTER 16 WET
JAN-APR-13 SNOW-ANN 60.3 27.1 33.2 SNOWIER 3 WET
JUL-APR-13 SNOW-SEA 78.5 45.7 32.8 SNOWIER 4 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-APR EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-APR MAX 44.8 1987 8.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR MAX 24.5 1936 -11.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR MIN 24.3 2012 8.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR MIN 4.7 1936 -10.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR MEAN 34.1 2012 8.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR MEAN 14.6 1936 -11.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR HDD-ANN 3706 2012 -1014 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR HDD-ANN 6070 1936 1350 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-APR HDD-SEA 6533 2012 -1634 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-APR HDD-SEA 9733 1936 1566 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR CDD 25 1990 23 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-APR CDD 0 2013 -2 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-APR PRECIP 11.47 2001 6.11 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-APR PRECIP 1.22 1959 -4.14 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-APR SNW-ANN 75.5 1965 48.4 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-APR SNW-ANN 3.0 1902 -24.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-APR SNW-SEA 87.9 1965 42.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-APR SNW-SEA 6.0 1902 -39.7 DRIEST 1 DRY
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