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CLIMATE REPORT...COORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2012

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...ST CLOUD MN  CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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
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MONTHLY       REPORT     MAY       2012      STC     AIRPORT

TEMPS                   ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART             RANK
AVERAGE     MAX          72.1      68.8      3.3      WARMER    17   WARM
AVERAGE     MIN          48.5      44.2      4.3      WARMER    11   WARM
MONTH       MEAN         60.3      56.5      3.8      WARMER    15   WARM

DAILY       MAX           94 MAY-18-2012
DAILY       MIN           38 MAY-12-2012

HDD                     ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART             RANK
TOTAL       MONTH        183       287       -104     WARMER    12   WARM
TOTAL       SEASON       6716      8454     -1738     WARMER     1   WARM

CDD                     ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART             RANK
TOTAL       MONTH         44        23        21      WARMER    24   WARM
TOTAL       ANNUAL        51        25        26      WARMER    22   WARM

PRECIP                  ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART             RANK
MONTH       TOTAL        8.76      2.95      5.81     WETTER     2   WET
ANNUAL      TOTAL       14.32      8.31      6.01     WETTER     4   WET
DAILY       MAX          1.73 MAY-01-2012

SNW                     ACTUAL   AVERAGE    DEPART             RANK
MONTH       TOTAL        0.0        T         -T     SNOWIER     1   DRY
SEASON      TOTAL        27.4      46.1     -18.7     DRIER     25   DRY
DAILY       MAX          0.0 MAY-01-2012
MAX         DEPTH         0  MAY-01-2012

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         1907      -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       2012      -T        DRIEST       1   DRY

WIND        MPH         ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART
ANNUAL      AVERAGE      8.2       10.8      -2.6
PEAK WIND GUST          74 MPH SOUTHWEST MAY-27-2012
DAILY FASTEST 2-MINUTE  58 MPH SOUTH     MAY-27-2012

SUNSHINE
ANNUAL       MIN-GAIN  MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS  PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-MAY        391        0        6.7       0.0        94       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            260        0        4.3       0.0        61       0

WEATHER               ACTUAL
TYPE        NCDC      COUNT
1=FOG/MIST            14
2=FOG DENSE 0.3       3
3=THUNDER   5.0       10
4=IP/SLEET            0
5=HAIL                0
6=FRZ RAIN            0
7=BLWG DUST           0
8=HAZE/SMK            1
9=BLWG SNW            0

TEMP        COUNT     NUMBER    OF DAYS
MAXIMUM     ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART
<=32        0         0         0         NORMAL
>=50        31        30        1         WARMER
>=60        30        25        5         WARMER
>=70        16        15        1         WARMER
>=80        7         5         2         WARMER
>=90        1         1         0         NORMAL

TEMP        COUNT     NUMBER    OF DAYS
MINIMUM     ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART
<= 32       0         3         -3        WARMER
<= 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)    3         3         0         DRIER
>= 0.01     13        11        2         WETTER
>= 0.10     11        7         5         WETTER
>= 0.25     10        4         6         WETTER
>= 0.50     8         2         6         WETTER
>= 1.00     3         1         3         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        1
PRECIP          0
SNOW            0

NEW DAILY   RECORD    EXTREME     LISTING           PREVIOUS
TYPE        NEW/TIE   /AMOUNT       /DATE YEAR      SET/TIE     OLD  YEAR
MAX         TIE->         94        MAY-18-2012       TIES->    94    1998
WARM LOW    NEW->         65        MAY-18-2012       OLD->     63    1903 1911

3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH     DATA      MARCH     APRIL     MAY       (MAM)
MAM         2012      ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART               RANK
MAM-12      MAX       61.7      54.7      7.0       WARMER       3   WARM
MAM-12      MIN       39.5      32.2      7.3       WARMER       1   WARM
MAM-12      MEAN      50.6      43.5      7.1       WARMER       1   WARM
MAM-12      HDD       1345      2008      -663      WARMER       1   WARM
MAM-12      CDD       51        25        26        WARMER      22   WARM
MAM-12      PRECIP    12.51     7.07      5.44      WETTER       5   WET
MAM-12      SNW       0.7       11.0      -10.3     DRIER        7   DRY

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      46.8      SNOWIEST     1   WET
MAR-APR-MAY SNW       0.0       2010      -11.0     DRIEST       1   DRY

ANNUAL      DATA      YEAR TO   DATE

JAN-MAY     2012      ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART               RANK
JAN-MAY-12  MAX       49.6      42.5      7.1       WARMER       2   WARM
JAN-MAY-12  MIN       29.1      21.1      8.0       WARMER       1   WARM
JAN-MAY-12  MEAN      39.4      31.8      7.6       WARMER       1   WARM
JAN-MAY-12  HDD-ANN   3889      5007      -1118     WARMER       1   WARM
JUL-MAY-12  HDD-SEA   6716      8454      -1738     WARMER       1   WARM
JAN-MAY-12  CDD       51        25        26        WARMER      22   WARM
JAN-MAY-12  PRECIP    14.32     8.31      6.01      WETTER       4   WET
JAN-MAY-12  SNW-ANN   20.7      26.0      -5.3      DRIER       39   DRY
JUL-MAY-12  SNW-SEA   27.4      46.1      -18.7     DRIER       25   DRY

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      1931      8.0       WARMEST      1   WARM
JAN-MAY     MIN       13.3      1950      -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         1934      -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      61.9      SNOWIEST     1   WET
JAN-MAY     SNOW-ANN  3.0       1902      -23.0     DRIEST       1   DRY
JUL-MAY     SNOW-SEA  87.9      1965      41.8      SNOWIEST     1   WET
JUL-MAY     SNOW-SEA  6.0       1902      -40.1     DRIEST       1   DRY

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