Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 020153
CLMSTC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
755 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2013
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...ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 MAY 2013 STC AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 65.1 68.8 -3.7 COOLER 32 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 43.7 44.2 -0.5 COOLER 57 COLD
MONTH MEAN 54.4 56.5 -2.1 COOLER 39 COLD
DAILY MAX 95 MAY-14-2013
DAILY MIN 28 MAY-03-2013
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 331 287 44 COOLER 40 COLD
TOTAL SEASON 8785 8454 331 COOLER 34 COLD
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 11 23 -12 COOLER 46 COLD
TOTAL ANNUAL 11 25 -14 COOLER 42 COLD
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 4.98 2.95 2.03 WETTER 25 WET
ANNUAL TOTAL 12.29 8.31 3.98 WETTER 14 WET
DAILY MAX 1.54 MAY-18-2013
SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.0 T -T SNOWIER 1 DRY
SEASON TOTAL 78.5 45.7 32.8 SNOWIER 4 WET
DAILY MAX 0.0 MAY-01-2013
MAX DEPTH 0 MAY-01-2013
MAY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAY MAX 80.0 1934 11.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MAX 59.6 1907 -9.2 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY MIN 52.4 1934 8.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MIN 34.8 1907 -9.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY MEAN 66.2 1934 9.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY MEAN 47.2 1907 -9.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY HDD 112 1977 -175 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY HDD 544 1907 257 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY CDD 158 1934 135 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAY CDD 0 2008 -23 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAY PRECIP 9.68 1912 6.73 WETTEST 1 WET
MAY PRECIP 0.20 1900 -2.75 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAY SNOW 3.3 1938 3.3 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAY SNOW 0.0 2013 -T DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL AVERAGE 8.8 10.8 -2.0
PEAK WIND GUST 46 MPH NORTHWEST MAY-11-2013
DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 33 MPH WEST MAY-14-2013
SUNSHINE
ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-MAY 400 0 6.7 0.0 95 0
SUNSHINE
MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MAY 69 0 1.2 0.0 16 0
SUNSHINE
SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MAM 259 0 4.3 0.0 61 0
WEATHER ACTUAL
TYPE NCDC COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 19
2=FOG DENSE 0.3 0
3=THUNDER 5.0 5
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 4
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=50 27 30 -3 COOLER
>=60 22 25 -3 COOLER
>=70 13 15 -2 COOLER
>=80 3 5 -2 COOLER
>=90 1 1 0 NORMAL
TEMP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 6 3 3 COOLER
<= 20 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 12 9 3 WARMER
PRECIP COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 4 3 1 WETTER
>= 0.01 15 11 4 WETTER
>= 0.10 10 7 3 WETTER
>= 0.25 5 4 1 WETTER
>= 0.50 4 2 2 WETTER
>= 1.00 1 1 0 WETTER
SNOW COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 0.1 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 1.0 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 1
COLD MAX 0
MIN TEMP 0
WARM MIN 0
PRECIP 0
SNOW 0
NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS
TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
MAX NEW-> 95 MAY-14-2013 OLD-> 93 1932
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA MARCH APRIL MAY (MAM)
MAM 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MAM-13 MAX 47.2 54.7 -7.5 COOLER 2 COLD
MAM-13 MIN 27.7 32.2 -4.5 COOLER 9 COLD
MAM-13 MEAN 37.5 43.5 -6.0 COOLER 4 COLD
MAM-13 HDD 2515 2008 507 COOLER 5 COLD
MAM-13 CDD 11 25 -14 COOLER 42 COLD
MAM-13 PRECIP 10.51 7.07 3.44 WETTER 13 WET
MAM-13 SNW 41.0 11.5 29.5 SNOWIER 2 WET
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MAM EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAR-APR-MAY MAX 62.6 1910 7.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MAX 45.2 1950 -9.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY MIN 39.5 2012 7.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MIN 25.9 1943 -6.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY MEAN 50.6 2012 7.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY MEAN 35.8 1950 -7.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY HDD 1345 2012 -663 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY HDD 2673 1950 665 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY CDD 220 1934 195 WARMEST 1 WARM
MAR-APR-MAY CDD 0 1983 -25 COLDEST 1 COLD
MAR-APR-MAY PRECIP 16.02 1894 8.95 WETTEST 1 WET
MAR-APR-MAY PRECIP 1.95 1926 -5.12 DRIEST 1 DRY
MAR-APR-MAY SNW 57.8 1965 46.3 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MAR-APR-MAY SNW 0.0 2010 -11.5 DRIEST 1 DRY
ANNUAL DATA YEAR TO DATE DATA
JAN-MAY 2013 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY-13 MAX 37.8 42.5 -4.7 COOLER 22 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 MIN 18.4 21.1 -2.7 COOLER 39 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 MEAN 28.1 31.8 -3.7 COOLER 31 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 HDD-ANN 5512 5007 505 COOLER 34 COLD
JUL-MAY-13 HDD-SEA 8785 8454 331 COOLER 34 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 CDD 11 25 -14 COOLER 42 COLD
JAN-MAY-13 PRECIP 12.29 8.31 3.98 WETTER 14 WET
JAN-MAY-13 SNOW-ANN 60.3 27.1 33.2 SNOWIER 3 WET
JUL-MAY-13 SNOW-SEA 78.5 45.7 32.8 SNOWIER 4 WET
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-MAY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-MAY MAX 50.4 1987 7.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MAX 33.6 1979 -8.9 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY MIN 29.1 2012 8.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MIN 13.3 1980 -7.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY MEAN 39.4 2012 7.6 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY MEAN 23.5 1979 -8.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY HDD-ANN 3889 2012 -1118 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY HDD-ANN 6227 1979 1220 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-MAY HDD-SEA 6716 2012 -1738 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-MAY HDD-SEA 9889 1979 1435 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY CDD 177 1934 152 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-MAY CDD 0 2008 -25 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-MAY PRECIP 16.83 1894 8.52 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-MAY PRECIP 2.87 1934 -5.44 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-MAY SNOW-ANN 75.5 1965 60.8 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-MAY SNOW-ANN 3.0 1902 -24.1 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-MAY SNOW-SEA 87.9 1965 42.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-MAY SNOW-SEA 6.0 1902 -39.7 DRIEST 1 DRY
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CARLYON