000 CXUS53 KMPX 011411 CLMMSP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 811 AM CST WED FEB 01 2012 ................................... ...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT JANUARY 2012 MSP AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 30.8 23.7 7.1 WARMER 9 WARM AVERAGE MIN 15.8 7.5 8.3 WARMER 7 WARM MONTH MEAN 23.3 15.6 7.7 WARMER 8 WARM DAILY MAX 52 JAN-10-2012 DAILY MIN -11 JAN-19-2012 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 1285 1531 -246 WARMER 8 WARM TOTAL SEASON 3691 4554 -863 WARMER 2 WARM CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A TOTAL ANNUAL 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 0.36 0.90 -0.54 DRIER 25 DRY ANNUAL TOTAL 0.36 0.90 -0.54 DRIER 25 DRY DAILY MAX 0.15 JAN-23-2012 SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 4.6 12.1 -7.5 DRIER 26 DRY SEASON TOTAL 14.9 33.5 -18.6 DRIER 31 DRY DAILY MAX 1.9 JAN-23-2012 MAX DEPTH 1.9 JAN-23-2012 JANUARY EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JANUARY MAX 35.7 1880 12 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY MAX 4.4 1912 -19.3 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY MIN 22.7 2006 15.2 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY MIN -13 1875 -20.5 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY MEAN 28.6 2006 13 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY MEAN -3.4 1875 -19 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY HDD 1123 2006 -408 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY HDD 2114 1875 583 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY PRECIP 4.34 1881 3.44 WETTEST 1 WET JANUARY PRECIP 0.05 1898 -0.85 DRIEST 1 DRY JANUARY SNOW 46.4 1982 34.3 WETTEST 1 WET JANUARY SNOW 0.6 1898 -11.5 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART MONTH AVERAGE 9.3 10.6 -1.3 DAILY PEAK GUST 48 MPH NORTHWEST JAN-01-2012 DAILY FAST 2-MINUTE 33 MPH NORTHWEST JAN-01-2012 SUNSHINE ANNUAL MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN 54 0 0.9 0.0 13 0 SUNSHINE MONTHLY MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN 54 0 0.9 0.0 13 0 SUNSHINE SEASON MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS NDJ 63 -89 1.1 -1.5 15 -21 WEATHER ACTUAL TYPE NCDC COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 18 2=FOG DENSE 1.0 0 3=THUNDER 0.0 0 4=IP/SLEET 0 5=HAIL 0 6=FRZ RAIN 2 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 9 9=BLWG SNW 0 TEMP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 23.6 17 23 -6 WARMER >=50 1 0 1 WARMER >=60 0 0 0 NORMAL >=70 0 0 0 NORMAL >=80 0 0 0 NORMAL >=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL TEMP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 30.8 29 31 -2 WARMER <= 20 21 25 -4 WARMER <= 10 9 17 -8 WARMER <= 0 12.9 4 10 -6 WARMER <= -10 1 4 -3 WARMER >= 50 0 0 0 NORMAL PRECIP NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 9 9 0 WETTER >= 0.01 9.9 8 9 -1 DRIER >= 0.10 1 3 -2 DRIER >= 0.25 0 1 -1 DRIER >= 0.50 0 0 0 DRIER >= 1.00 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL SNOW NCDC COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 8 8 0 SNOWIER >= 0.1 8 9 -1 DRIER >= 1.0 4.1 2 3 -1 DRIER >= 1.5 1 2 -1 DRIER >= 2.0 0 2 -2 DRIER >= 3.0 0 1 -1 DRIER NEW DAILY EXTREME MAX TEMP 2 COLD MAX 0 MIN TEMP 0 WARM MIN 2 PRECIP 0 SNOW 0 NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS NEW DAILY SET/TIE AMOUNT DATE / YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR WARM LOW NEW-> 37 JAN-06-2012 OLD-> 35 1928 MAX TIE-> 49 JAN-09-2012 TIES-> 49 2002 WARM-LOW NEW-> 78 JAN-09-2012 OLD-> 34 2002 MAX NEW-> 52 JAN-10-2012 OLD-> 49 1990 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY (NDJ) NDJ 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK NDJ-12 MAX 37.4 30.7 6.7 WARMER 3 WARM NDJ-12 MIN 22.8 15.3 7.5 WARMER 4 WARM NDJ-12 MEAN 30.1 23.0 7.1 WARMER 3 WARM NDJ-12 HDD 3196 2343 853 COOLER 3 WARM NDJ-12 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A NDJ-12 PRECIP 1.65 2.93 -1.28 DRIER 24 DRY NDJ-12 SNOW 14.9 20.8 -5.9 DRIER 32 DRY 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME NDJ EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK NOV-DEC-JAN MAX 37.9 1914 7.2 WARMEST 1 WARM NOV-DEC-JAN MAX 21.7 1887 -9.0 COLDEST 1 COLD NOV-DEC-JAN MIN 23.5 1914 8.2 WARMEST 1 WARM NOV-DEC-JAN MIN 3.6 1873 -11.7 COLDEST 1 COLD NOV-DEC-JAN MEAN 30.7 1914 7.7 WARMEST 1 WARM NOV-DEC-JAN MEAN 14.0 1875 -9.0 COLDEST 1 COLD NOV-DEC-JAN HDD 3145 1914 802 WARMEST 1 WARM NOV-DEC-JAN HDD 4681 1875 2338 COLDEST 1 COLD NOV-DEC-JAN CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM NOV-DEC-JAN CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD NOV-DEC-JAN PRECIP 8.54 1997 5.61 SNOWIEST 1 WET NOV-DEC-JAN PRECIP 0.80 1981 -2.13 DRIEST 1 DRY NOV-DEC-JAN SNOW 62.2 1984 41.4 WETTER 1 WET NOV-DEC-JAN SNOW 6.6 1889 -14.2 DRIER 1 DRY ANNUAL CUMULATIVE YEAR TO DATE ANNUAL DATA JANUARY 2012 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-12 MAX 30.8 23.7 7.1 WARMER 9 WARM JAN-12 MIN 15.8 7.5 8.3 WARMER 7 WARM JAN-12 MEAN 23.3 15.6 7.7 WARMER 8 WARM JAN-12 HDD-ANN 1285 1531 -246 WARMER 8 WARM JUL-JAN-12 HDD-SEA 3691 4554 -863 WARMER 2 WARM JAN-12 CDD 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A JAN-12 PRECIP 0.36 0.90 -0.54 DRIER 25 DRY JAN-12 SNOW-ANN 4.6 12.1 -7.5 DRIER 26 DRY JUL-JAN-12 SNOW-SEA 14.9 33.5 -18.6 DRIER 31 DRY ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JANUARY EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JANUARY MAX 22.7 2006 -1.0 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY MAX -13.0 1875 -36.7 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY MIN 28.6 2006 21.1 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY MIN -3.4 1875 -10.9 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY MEAN 1123 2006 1107.4 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY MEAN 2114 1875 2098.4 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY HDD-ANN 1194 1990 -337 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY HDD-ANN 2019 1888 488 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY HDD-SEA 3691 1932 -863 WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY HDD-SEA 5462 1888 908 COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY CDD NUMBER NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM JANUARY CDD ACTUAL NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD JANUARY PRECIP 46.40 1982 45.50 WETTER 1 WET JANUARY PRECIP 0.60 1898 -0.30 DRIER 1 DRY JANUARY SNOW-ANN 33.1 1999 21.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET JANUARY SNOW-ANN 0.9 1931 -11.2 DRIEST 1 DRY JANUARY SNOW-SEA 62.2 1984 28.7 SNOWIEST 1 WET JANUARY SNOW-SEA 7.1 1959 -26.4 DRIEST 1 DRY $$ CARLYON