Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
Issued by NWS La Crosse, WI
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764 CXUS53 KARX 041013 CLSRST CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 509 AM CDT WED SEP 4 2019 ...2019 METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER SUMMARY FOR ROCHESTER MN... DURING THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER (JUNE 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 31ST) OF 2019, IT WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MUCH WETTER-THAN-NORMAL AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MORE DETAILS ARE LISTED BELOW... TEMPERATURES... DURING METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 68.4 DEGREES. THIS WAS 1 DEGREE COOLER THAN 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 69.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 78.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS 1.4 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 79.5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 58.6 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.7 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 59.3 DEGREES. THE TABLE BELOW PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR ROCHESTER MN THIS SUMMER... SUMMER 2019 TEMPERATURES IN ROCHESTER MN DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL -------------- JUNE MONTHLY AVG. TEMP 66.3 DEGREES -1.3 DEGREES MONTHLY AVG. MAX TEMP 76.0 DEGREES -2.0 DEGREES MONTHLY AVG. MIN TEMP 56.5 DEGREES -0.7 DEGREES JULY MONTHLY AVG. TEMP 72.2 DEGREES +0.8 DEGREES MONTHLY AVG. MAX TEMP 81.7 DEGREES +0.3 DEGREES MONTHLY AVG. MIN TEMP 62.6 DEGREES +1.3 DEGREES - 14TH WARMEST AUGUST MONTHLY AVG. TEMP 66.7 DEGREES -2.4 DEGREES MONTHLY AVG. MAX TEMP 76.7 DEGREES -2.2 DEGREES - 19TH COLDEST MONTHLY AVG. MIN TEMP 56.7 DEGREES -2.6 DEGREES SUMMER SEASONAL AVG. TEMP 68.4 DEGREES -1.0 DEGREE SEASONAL AVG. MAX TEMP 78.1 DEGREES -1.4 DEGREES SEASONAL AVG. MIN TEMP 58.6 DEGREES -0.7 DEGREES OTHER TEMPERATURE TIDBITS THIS SUMMER... THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE WAS 90 DEGREES ON JULY 19. THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 65 DEGREES ON JUNE 16. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 43 DEGREES ON JUNE 13. THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 74 DEGREES ON JULY 19. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 90 DEGREES ON 1 DAY. NORMALLY THERE ARE 10 DAYS. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL ON 51 DAYS, BELOW NORMAL ON 36 DAYS, AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON 5 DAYS. PRECIPITATION... DURING THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER, ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED 18 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS WAS 4.25 INCHES WETTER THAN THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 13.75 INCHES. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND THEIR DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THIS SUMMER. SUMMER 2019 PRECIPITATION IN ROCHESTER MN PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE MONTH TOTAL FROM NORMAL ----- ------------ ----------- JUNE 9.08 INCHES +4.40 INCHES - 4TH WETTEST JULY 7.38 INCHES +2.83 INCHES - 8TH WETTEST AUGUST 1.54 INCHES -2.98 INCHES - 12TH DRIEST SUMMER 18.00 INCHES +4.25 INCHES - 11TH WETTEST OTHER PRECIPITATION TIDBITS THIS SUMMER... THE WETTEST DAY OCCURRED ON JUNE 29 WHEN 4.90 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. MEASURABLE RAIN FELL ON 35 DAYS (38%) AND TRACE AMOUNTS FELL ON ANOTHER 11 DAYS (12%). 0.01 INCHES OR MORE - 35 DAYS 0.10 INCHES OR MORE - 23 DAYS 0.50 INCHES OR MORE - 11 DAYS 1.00 INCHES OR MORE - 5 DAYS SKY... IT WAS CLEAR ON 36 DAYS. IT WAS PARTLY CLOUDY ON 48 DAYS. IT WAS CLOUDY ON 8 DAYS. SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST WAS 30.30 INCHES ON AUGUST 31. LOWEST WAS 29.56 INCHES ON AUGUST 18. WINDS... HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND WAS 49 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON JULY 20. HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 74 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON JULY 20. ................................... ...THE ROCHESTER MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1886 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 07/14/1936 LOW 31 06/09/1937 HIGHEST 90 07/19 MM MM 92 06/17 LOWEST 43 06/13 MM MM 49 08/30 06/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.1 79.5 -1.4 AVG. MINIMUM 58.6 59.3 -0.7 60.5 MEAN 68.4 69.4 -1.0 70.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 5.5 -4.5 4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 19.14 2007 MINIMUM 8.46 2012 TOTALS 18.00 13.75 4.25 12.48 DAILY AVG. 0.20 0.15 0.05 DAYS >= .01 35 32.2 2.8 40 DAYS >= .10 23 20.3 2.7 22 DAYS >= .50 11 9.6 1.4 10 DAYS >= 1.00 5 3.6 1.4 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.90 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 LIQUID EQUIV 0.00 0.00 0.00 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 MM STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 66 90 -24 SINCE 7/1 24 38 -14 COOLING TOTAL 403 491 -88 SINCE 1/1 420 525 -105 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 49/340 DATE 07/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 74/350 DATE 07/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.30 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 53 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 32 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 23 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 20 RAIN 15 LT RAIN 42 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 39 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ BOYNE