Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 022221 CCA
CLMSTC
CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED SNOWFALL...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
520 PM CST MON JAN 01 2018
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...THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2017...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2017
STC
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MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2017 STC AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 22.5 24.7 -2.2 COOLER 41 COLD
AVERAGE MIN 7.4 7.1 0.3 WARMER NEAR NORM
MONTH MEAN 14.9 15.9 -1.0 COOLER 52 COLD
DAILY MAX 50 DEC-04-2017
DAILY MIN -24 DEC-31-2017
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 1543 1522 21 COOLER NEAR NORM
TOTAL SEASON 3309 3447 -138 WARMER 57 WARM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A N/A
TOTAL ANNUAL 361 464 -103 COOLER 22 COLD
PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.44 0.82 -0.38 DRIER 47 DRY
ANNUAL TOTAL 30.20 27.73 2.47 WETTER 27 WET
DAILY MAX 0.15 DEC-28-2017
SNW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 4.7 9.4 -4.7 DRIER 47 DRY
SEASON TOTAL 11.8 18.6 -6.8 DRIER 24 DRY
DAILY MAX 1.7 DEC-28-2017
MAX DEPTH 3 DEC-29-2017
DECEMBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME DECEMBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
DECEMBER MAX 37.8 1939 13.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
DECEMBER MAX 9.1 1983 -15.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
DECEMBER MIN 21.1 1931 14 WARMEST 1 WARM
DECEMBER MIN -9.9 1983 -17 COLDEST 1 COLD
DECEMBER MEAN 28.6 1913 12.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
DECEMBER MEAN -0.4 1983 -16.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
DECEMBER HDD 1123 1913 -399 WARMEST 1 WARM
DECEMBER HDD 2017 1983 495 COLDEST 1 COLD
DECEMBER CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM
DECEMBER CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD
DECEMBER PCP 2.45 2010 1.63 WETTEST 1 WET
DECEMBER PCP 0.00 1913 -0.82 DRIEST 1 DRY
DECEMBER SNOW 25.5 1927 16.1 SNOWIEST 1 WET
DECEMBER SNOW 0 1898 -9.4 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTHLY AVERAGE---> 8.6 12.1 -3.5
PEAK GUST 52 MPH NORTHWEST DEC-04-2017
FASTEST 2-MIN 39 MPH NORTHWEST DEC-04-2017
SUNSHINE (POSSIBLE)
1 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
DECEMBER 7 -20 0.1 -0.3 2 -5
SUNSHINE (POSSIBLE)
3 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
OND 7 -185 0.1 -3.1 2 -44
SUNSHINE (POSSIBLE)
12 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JAN-DEC 424 -424 7.1 -7.1 100 -100
WEATHER NCEI ACTUAL
TYPE NORMAL COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 13
2=FOG DENSE 1.2 0
3=THUNDER 0.2 0
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 1
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 6
9=BLWG SNW 1
TEMP NCEI COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 0 4 1 3 COOLER
<=32 22 24 20 3 WARMER
>=50 1 0 1 WARMER
>=60 0 0 0 COOLER
>=70 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=80 0 0 0 NORMAL
>=90 0 0 0.0 0 NORMAL
TEMP NCEI COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= -20 1 1 0 NORMAL
<= -10 5 4 1 COOLER
<= 0 10 8 8 -2 WARMER
<= 10 15 16 -1 WARMER
<= 20 27 24 3 COOLER
<= 32 31 31 30.0 0 COOLER
>= 50 0 0.0 0 NORMAL
>= 60 0 0.0 0 NORMAL
>= 70 0 0.0 0 NORMAL
PRECIP NCEI COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 7 8 -1 DRIER
>= 0.01 8 10 8 2 WETTER
>= 0.10 2 1 2 -1 DRIER
>= 0.25 0 1 -1 DRIER
>= 0.50 0.2 0 0 0 DRIER
>= 1.00 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
SNOW NCEI COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 7 6 1 SNOWIER
>= 0.1 8 10 9 2 SNOWIER
>= 1.0 3 1 3 -2 DRIER
>= 1.5 1 2 -1 DRIER
>= 2.0 0 2 -2 DRIER
>= 3.0 0 1 -1 DRIER
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER (OND)
OND 2017 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
OND-17 MAX 39.5 40.1 -0.6 COOLER 45 COLD
OND-17 MIN 22.0 21.2 0.8 WARMER NEAR NORM
OND-17 MEAN 30.7 30.7 0.0 NORMAL 50 COLD
OND-17 HDD 3130 3161 -31 WARMER NEAR NORM
OND-17 CDD 0 1 -1 COOLER N/A --
OND-17 PRECIP 6.34 4.69 1.65 WETTER 23 WET
OND-17 SNW 11.8 18.6 -6.8 DRIER 52 DRY
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME OND EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
OCT-NOV-DEC MAX 47.3 1939 7.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCT-NOV-DEC MAX 33.4 1985 -6.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCT-NOV-DEC MIN 30.0 1931 8.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCT-NOV-DEC MIN 11.6 1976 -9.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCT-NOV-DEC MEAN 38.1 1931 7.4 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCT-NOV-DEC MEAN 23.1 1985 -7.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCT-NOV-DEC HDD 2460 1931 -701 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCT-NOV-DEC HDD 3836 1985 675 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCT-NOV-DEC CDD 31 1922 30 WARMEST 1 WARM
OCT-NOV-DEC CDD 0 2017 -1 COLDEST 1 COLD
OCT-NOV-DEC PRECIP 9.41 1899 4.72 WETTEST 1 WET
OCT-NOV-DEC PRECIP 0.67 1952 -4.02 DRIEST 1 DRY
OCT-NOV-DEC SNW 40.5 1927 21.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
OCT-NOV-DEC SNW 2.0 1939 -16.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
12 MONTH DATA
JAN-DEC 2017 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-DEC-17 MAX 54.4 53.5 0.9 WARMER 30 WARM
JAN-DEC-17 MIN 34.2 32.0 2.2 WARMER 12 WARM
JAN-DEC-17 MEAN 44.3 42.8 1.5 WARMER 19 WARM
JAN-DEC-17 THIS HDD-YEAR 7798 8534 -736 WARMER 11 WARM
JUL-DEC-17 LAST HDD-SEA 3309 3447 -138 WARMER 57 WARM
JAN-DEC-17 CDD 361 464 -103 COOLER 22 COLD
JAN-DEC-17 PRECIP 30.20 27.73 2.47 WETTER 40 WET
JAN-DEC-17 THIS SNOW-YEAR 27.6 45.7 -18.1 DRIER 24 DRY
JUL-DEC-17 THIS SNOW-SEA 11.8 18.6 -6.8 DRIER 52 DRY
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN-DEC EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-DEC MAX 58.2 2012 4.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-DEC MAX 49.0 1951 -4.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-DEC MIN 37.9 1931 5.9 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-DEC MIN 26.9 1950 -5.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-DEC MEAN 47.9 1931 5.1 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-DEC MEAN 38.2 1950 -4.6 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-DEC HDD-ANN 7022 1931 -1512 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-DEC HDD-ANN 9942 1950 1408 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-DEC HDD-SEA 2607 1931 -840 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-DEC HDD-SEA 4220 1985 773 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-DEC CDD 989 1921 525 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-DEC CDD 192 1992 -272 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-DEC PRECIP 41.01 1897 13.28 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-DEC PRECIP 14.64 1910 -13.09 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-DEC SNOW-ANN 84.6 1936 38.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-DEC SNOW-ANN 8.8 1912 -36.9 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-DEC SNOW-SEA 40.5 1927 21.9 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-DEC SNOW-SEA 2 1939 -16.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
NEW DAILY EXTREME
MAX TEMP 0
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
NO NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREMES
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CARLYON