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000 CXUS53 KMPX 010753 CLMSTC CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 1030 AM CST FRI FEB 01 2013 ................................... ...ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2013 STC AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 24.5 26.8 -2.3 COOLER 60 COLD AVERAGE MIN 5.1 7.2 -2.1 COOLER NEAR NORM MONTH MEAN 14.8 17.0 -2.2 COOLER NEAR NORM DAILY MAX 40 FEB-27-2013 DAILY MIN -18 FEB-01-2013 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 1400 1344 56 COOLER NEAR NORM TOTAL SEASON 6270 6446 -176 WARMER 38 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 0.59 0.74 WETTER 16 WET ANNUAL TOTAL 1.78 1.24 0.54 WETTER 34 WET DAILY MAX 0.70 FEB-10-2013 SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 16.8 7.0 9.8 SNOWIER 9 WET SEASON TOTAL 37.5 34.2 3.3 SNOWIER 36 WET DAY MAX 6.7 FEB-10-2013 MAX DEEP 14 FEB-14-2013 FEBRUARY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME FEBRUARY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK FEBRUARY MAX 39.5 1987 12.7 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY MAX 6.3 1936 -20.5 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY MIN 23.2 1998 16.0 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY MIN -15.1 1936 -22.3 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY MEAN 29.6 1998 12.6 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY MEAN -4.4 1936 -21.4 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY HDD 985 1998 -359 WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY HDD 2006 1936 662 COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM FEBRUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD FEBRUARY PRECIP 2.94 1922 2.35 WETTEST 1 WET FEBRUARY PRECIP 0.00 1947 -0.59 DRIEST 1 DRY FEBRUARY SNOW 21.6 1971 14.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET FEBRUARY SNOW 0.0 1921 -7.0 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART ANNUAL AVERAGE 7.2 9.4 -2.2 PEAK WIND GUST 33 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-11-2013 DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 28 MPH NORTHWEST FEB-11-2013 SUNSHINE ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN-FEB 57 0 2.4 0.0 33 0 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS FEB 84 0 1.4 0.0 20 0 SUNSHINE SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS DJF 147 -19 2.5 -0.3 34 -4 WEATHER ACTUAL TYPE NCDC COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 18 2=FOG DENSE 1.3 5 3=THUNDER 0.2 0 4=IP/SLEET 0 5=HAIL 0 6=FRZ RAIN 1 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 12 9=BLWG SNW 0 TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 22 18 4 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 NORMAL TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 28 27 1 COOLER <= 20 26 22 4 COOLER <= 10 20 16 4 COOLER <= 0 12 9 3 COOLER <= -10 2 4 -2 WARMER >= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 9 6 3 WETTER >= 0.01 8 6 2 WETTER >= 0.10 3 2 1 WETTER >= 0.25 2 1 1 WETTER >= 0.50 1 0 1 WETTER >= 1.00 0 0 0 DRIER SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 5 4 1 SNOWIER >= 0.1 12 7 5 SNOWIER >= 1.0 5 3 2 SNOWIER >= 1.5 4 2 2 SNOWIER >= 2.0 3 2 1 SNOWIER >= 3.0 2 1 1 SNOWIER NEW DAILY EXTREME MAX TEMP 0 COLD MAX 0 MIN TEMP 0 WARM MIN 0 PRECIP 1 SNOW 1 NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR PRECIP NEW-> 0.70 FEB-10-2013 OLD-> 0.65 1898 SNOW NEW-> 6.7 FEB-10-2013 OLD-> 3.6 1953 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY (DJF) DJF 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK DJF-13 MAX 24.6 24.1 0.3 WARMER 41 WARM DJF-13 MIN 6.0 5.4 0.6 WARMER 36 WARM DJF-13 MEAN 15.3 14.9 0.4 WARMER 36 WARM DJF-13 HDD 4448 4521 -73 WARMER 35 WARM DJF-13 CDD 0 NONE RECORDED NORMAL N/A DJF-13 PRECIP 3.30 2.06 1.24 WETTER 14 WET DJF-13 SNW 34.3 25.0 9.3 SNOWIER 24 WET 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME DJF EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 32.2 2012 8.1 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB MAX 12.2 1936 -11.9 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB MIN 16.2 1998 10.8 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB MIN -7.2 1979 -12.6 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 23.4 2012 8.5 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB MEAN 2.5 1936 -12.4 COLDEST 1 COLD DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 3721 2002 -800 WARMEST 1 WARM DEC-JAN-FEB HDD 5651 1936 1130 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 5.34 1922 3.28 WETTEST 1 WET DEC-JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.53 1902 -1.53 DRIEST 1 DRY DEC-JAN-FEB SNW 56.0 1937 31.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET DEC-JAN-FEB SNW 5.4 1924 -19.6 DRIEST 1 DRY ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE 0 0 JAN-FEB 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-FEB-13 MAX 23.6 24.1 -0.5 COOLER NEAR NORM JAN-FEB-13 MIN 4.5 4.5 0.0 NORMAL NEAR NORM JAN-FEB-13 MEAN 14.0 14.3 -0.3 COOLER NEAR NORM JAN-FEB-13 HDD-ANN 2997 2999 -2 WARMER 38WARM JUL-FEB-13 HDD-SEA 6270 6446 -176 WARMER 41 WARM JAN-FEB-13 CDD 0 NONE RECORDED NORMAL N/A JAN-FEB-13 PRECIP 1.78 1.24 0.54 WETTER 34 WET JAN-FEB-13 SNOW-ANN 19.3 15.6 3.7 SNOWIER 39 WET JUL-FEB-13 SNOW-SEA 37.5 34.2 3.3 SNOWIER 36 WET ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JAN-FEB EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JAN-FEB MAX 33.9 1931 9.8 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB MAX 7.8 1936 -16.3 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB MIN 15.8 1998 11.3 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB MIN -13.7 1936 -18.2 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB MEAN 24.5 1931 10.2 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB MEAN -3.0 1936 -17.3 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 2389 1931 -610 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB HDD-ANN 4061 1936 1062 COLDEST 1 COLD JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 5268 2002 -1178 WARMEST 1 WARM JUL-FEB HDD-SEA 7722 1936 1276 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-FEB CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-FEB PRECIP 4.82 1922 3.58 WETTEST 1 WET JAN-FEB PRECIP 0.22 1964 -1.02 DRIEST 1 DRY JAN-FEB SNW-ANN 38.6 1967 23.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET JAN-FEB SNW-ANN 2.4 1964 -13.2 DRIEST 1 DRY JUL-FEB SNW-SEA 73.8 1937 39.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET JUL-FEB SNW-SEA 6.0 1902 -28.2 DRIEST 1 DRY $$ CARLYON
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