Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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CXUS53 KMPX 071041
CLMEAU
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
530 AM CDT SAT APR 07 2018
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...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2018...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2018
EAU
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MONTHLY REPORT MARCH 2018 EAU AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVG MAX 38.7 41.1 -2.4 COOLER 59 COLD
AVG MIN 19.8 21.6 -1.8 COOLER 59 COLD
MONTH MEAN 29.3 31.4 -2.1 COOLER 61 COLD
DAILY MAX 54 MAR-28-2018
DAILY MIN 4 MAR-08-2018
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 1099 1044 55 COOLER NEAR NORM
TOTAL SEASON 7261 7065 196 COOLER NEAR NORM
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL 23 WARM
TOTAL ANNUAL 0 0 0 NORMAL 23 WARM
PCP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.93 1.73 -0.80 DRIER 27 DRY
ANNUAL TOTAL 3.39 3.43 -0.04 DRIER 40 DRY
DAILY MAX 0.36 MAR-31-2018
SNW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 6.8 8.6 -1.8 DRIER 58 DRY
SEASON TOTAL 45.8 44.9 0.9 SNOWIER NEAR NORM
DAILY MAX 3.7 MAR-05-2018
MAX DEPTH 6 MAR-06-2018
MARCH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME MARCH EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MARCH MAX 58.3 1910 17.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
MARCH MAX 27.3 1899 -13.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
MARCH MIN 37.8 2012 16.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
MARCH MIN 8.1 1899 -13.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
MARCH MEAN 47.4 2012 16.0 WARMEST 1 WARM
MARCH MEAN 17.7 1899 -13.7 COLDEST 1 COLD
MARCH HDD 549 2012 -495 WARMEST 1 WARM
MARCH HDD 1459 1899 415 COLDEST 1 COLD
MARCH CDD 14 2012 14 WARMEST 1 WARM
MARCH CDD 0 2018 0 COLDEST 1 COLD
MARCH PCP 6.03 1998 4.30 WETTEST 1 WET
MARCH PCP 0.01 1910 -1.72 DRIEST 1 DRY
MARCH SNOW 31.1 1965 22.5 SNOWIEST 1 WET
MARCH SNOW 0.0 2010 -8.6 DRIEST 1 DRY
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTHLY AVERAGE---> 7.8 12.1 -4.3
PEAK GUST 46 MPH EAST MAR-05-2018
FASTEST 2-MIN 33 MPH EAST MAR-05-2018
SUNSHINE (POSSIBLE)
1 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
MARCH 96 0 1.6 0 23 0
SUNSHINE (POSSIBLE)
2 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
FEB-MAR 176 0 2.9 0 42 0
SUNSHINE (POSSIBLE)
3 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS
JFM 232 0 3.9 0.0 56 0
WEATHER NCEI ACTUAL
TYPE NORMAL COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 13
2=FOG DENSE 2 3
3=THUNDER 1 0
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 0
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 6
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP NCEI AVERAGE
MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<=32 0 4 7 -3 COOLER
>=50 1 7 -6 COOLER
>=60 0 3 -3 COOLER
>=70 0 1 -1 COOLER
>=80 0 0 0 COOLER
>=90 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
TEMP NCEI AVERAGE
MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= -20 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 WARMER
<= 0 0 0 2 -2 WARMER
<= 10 4 13 -9 WARMER
<= 20 17 6 11 COOLER
<= 32 0 31 26 5 COOLER
>= 50 0 0 0 COOLER
>=60 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 70 0 0 0 NORMAL
PRECIP NCEI AVERAGE
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 2 4 -2 DRIER
>= 0.01 9 6 10 -4 DRIER
>= 0.10 4 3 5 -2 DRIER
>= 0.25 2 2 0 DRIER
>= 0.50 1 0 1 -1 DRIER
>= 1.00 0.2 0 0 0 DRIER
SNOW NCEI AVERAGE
DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 3 4 -1 DRIER
>= 0.1 5 4 6 -2 DRIER
>= 1.0 2 2 2 0 NORMAL
>= 1.5 2 2 0 NORMAL
>= 2.0 2 1 1 SNOWIER
>= 3.0 1 1 0 NORMAL
3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
3-MONTH DATA JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH (JFM)
JFM 2018 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JFM-18 MAX 29.0 31.1 -2.1 COOLER 58 COLD
JFM-18 MIN 8.8 12.3 -3.5 COOLER 50 COLD
JFM-18 MEAN 18.9 21.7 -2.8 COOLER 50 COLD
JFM-18 HDD 4112 3889 223 COOLER NEAR NORM
JFM-18 CDD 0 0 0.0 NORMAL N/A
JFM-18 PRECIP 3.39 3.43 -0.04 DRIER 49 DRY
JFM-18 SNOW 35.2 29.1 6.1 SNOWIER 36 SNOWY
3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME JFM EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
JAN-FEB-MAR MAX 40.4 2012 9.3 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB-MAR MAX 20.8 1899 -10.3 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB-MAR MIN 22.5 2012 10.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB-MAR MIN 0.8 1895 -11.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB-MAR MEAN 31.4 2012 9.7 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB-MAR MEAN 11.3 1912 -10.4 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB-MAR HDD 3027 2012 -862 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB-MAR HDD 4872 1912 983 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB-MAR CDD 0 0 0 WARMEST 1 WARM
JAN-FEB-MAR CDD 0 0 0 COLDEST 1 COLD
JAN-FEB-MAR PRECIP 9.97 1998 6.54 WETTEST 1 WET
JAN-FEB-MAR PRECIP 0.64 1958 -2.79 DRIEST 1 DRY
JAN-FEB-MAR SNOW 60.6 1929 31.5 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JAN-FEB-MAR SNOW 6.8 1958 -22.3 DRIEST 1 DRY
2 MONTH DATA FEBRUARY MARCH
JAN+FEB 2018 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-MAX 31.7 35.0 -3.3 COOLER 45 COLD
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-MIN 11.2 15.8 -4.6 COOLER 46 COLD
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-MEAN 21.4 25.4 -4.0 COOLER 44 COLD
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-HDD 2531 2321 210 COOLER NEAR NORM
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-PCP 2.13 2.54 -0.41 DRIER 40 DRY
FEB+MAR-18 2-MONTH-SNW 20.0 15.9 4.1 SNOWIER NEAR NORM
JUL-MAR-18 9-MONTH-HDD-SEA 7261 7065 196 COOLER NEAR NORM
JUL-MAR-18 9-MONTH-SNOW-SEA 45.8 44.9 0.9 SNOWIER NEAR NORM
ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON
EXTREMES JAN+FEB EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
FEB-MAR MAX 45.8 2012 10.8 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR MAX 21.2 1899 -13.8 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR MIN 27.9 2012 12.2 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR MIN 2.7 1899 -13.1 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR MEAN 36.9 2012 11.5 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR MEAN 11.9 1899 -13.5 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR HDD-ANN 1657 2012 -664 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR HDD-ANN 3104 1899 783 COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR CDD 573 1947 573 WARMEST 1 WARM
FEB-MAR CDD 67 1951 NORMAL COLDEST 1 COLD
FEB-MAR PRECIP 8.39 1998 5.85 WETTEST 1 WET
FEB-MAR PRECIP 0.33 1910 -2.21 DRIEST 1 DRY
FEB-MAR SNOW-ANN 42.7 1936 26.8 SNOWIEST 1 WET
FEB-MAR SNOW-ANN 1.5 1947 -14.4 DRIEST 1 DRY
JUL-MAR HDD-SEA 5780 2012 -1285 WARMEST 1 WARM
JUL-MAR HDD-SEA 8185 1899 1120 COLDEST 1 COLD
JUL-MAR SNOW-SEA 89.0 1997 44.1 SNOWIEST 1 WET
JUL-MAR SNOW-SEA 16.5 1959 -28.4 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 THIS MONTH
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CARLYON