000 CXUS53 KMPX 080744 CCA CLMMSP CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED RANKINGS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 1130 AM CDT SUN NOV 1 2009 ................................... ...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2009 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER 2009 MSP AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 49.1 58.4 -9.3 COOLER 4 COLD AVERAGE MIN 37.3 38.9 -1.6 COOLER 32 COLD MONTH MEAN 43.2 48.7 -5.5 COOLER 7 COLD DAILY MAX 64 OCT-07-2009 DAILY MIN 26 OCT-10-2009 RECORD HIGHS 0 RECORD LOWS 0 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 669 516 153 COOLER 5 COLD TOTAL SEASON 750 721 29 COOLER 43 COLD CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 0 3 -3 COOLER 1 COLD TOTAL ANNUAL 647 699 -52 COOLER 49 COLD PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 5.57 2.11 3.46 WETTER 4 WET ANNUAL TOTAL 22.59 26.47 -3.88 DRIER 45 DRY DAILY MAX 1.38 OCT-06-2009 RECORD PRECIP 1 SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 7 WET SEASON TOTAL 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 6 WET DAILY MAX 2.5 OCT-12-2009 MAX DEPTH 1 OCT-12-2009 RECORD SNOW 0 OCTOBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME OCTOBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK OCTOBER MAX 70.3 1963 11.9 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER MAX 44.3 1925 -14.1 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER MIN 49.3 1947 10.4 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER MIN 31.4 1917 -7.5 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER MEAN 59.3 1947 10.6 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER MEAN 38.3 1925 -10.4 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER HDD 210 1947 -306 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER HDD 823 1925 307 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER CDD 73 1879 70 WARMEST 1 WARM OCTOBER CDD 0 2009 -3 COLDEST 1 COLD OCTOBER PCP 5.29 1991 3.18 WETTEST 1 WET OCTOBER PCP 0.02 1939 -2.09 DRIEST 1 DRY OCTOBER SNOW 8.2 1991 7.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET OCTOBER SNOW 0 2007 -0.6 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART MONTH AVERAGE 9.0 12.0 -3.0 PEAK WIND GUST 43 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009 FASTEST 2-MINUTE 32 MPH SOUTHWEST OCT-30-2009 SUNSHINE MONTHLY PERCENT TOTAL TOTAL PERCENT SUNSHINE MINUTES PERCENT ANNUAL HOURS PERCENT GAINED 0 0 385 6.4 92 LOST -93 -22 -326 -5.4 -78 WEATHER TYPE COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 18 2=FOG DENSE 0 3=THUNDER 1 4=IP/SLEET 1 5=HAIL 0 6=FRZ RAIN 0 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 4 9=BLWG SNOW 0 TEMP NCDC COUNT MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 0.1 0 0 0 WARMER >=50 16 24 -8 COOLER >=60 3 14 -11 COOLER >=70 0 5 -5 COOLER >=80 0 1 -1 COOLER >=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL TEMP NCDC COUNT MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 7.3 6 7 -1 WARMER <= 20 0 0 0 WARMER <= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL <= 0 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL <= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL >= 50 1 4 -3 COOLER PRECIP NCDC COUNT DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 3 5 -2 DRIER >= 0.01 8.4 17 9 8 WETTER >= 0.10 10 4 6 WETTER >= 0.25 8 3 5 WETTER >= 0.50 4 1 3 WETTER >= 1.00 0.4 2 0 2 WETTER SNOW NCDC COUNT DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 3 2 2 SNOWIER >= 0.1 2 1 1 SNOWIER >= 1.0 0.1 1 0 1 SNOWIER >= 1.5 1 0 1 SNOWIER >= 2.0 1 0 1 SNOWIER >= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL NEW DAILY RECORDS LISTING PREVIOUS NEW DAILY SET/TIE AMOUNT DATE YEAR ET/TIE OLD YEAR PRECIP NEW-> 1.29 OCT-01-2009 OLD-> 0.75 1878 SNOW NEW-> 2.5 OCT-12-2009 OLD-> 2.0 1959 COLD MAX TIE-> 40 OCT-15-2009 TIES-> 40 1943 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER (ASO) ASO 2009 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK ASO-09 MAX 67.7 70.0 -2.3 COOLER 24 COLD ASO-09 MIN 51.7 50.2 1.5 WARMER 43 WARM ASO-09 MEAN 59.7 60.1 -0.4 COOLER 48 COLD ASO-09 HDD 742 714 28 COOLER 42 COLD ASO-09 CDD 276 249 27 WARMER 63 WARM ASO-09 PRECIP 12.46 8.85 3.61 WETTER 18 WET ASO-09 SNOW 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 6 WET 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME ASO EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 77.2 1947 7.2 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT MAX 63.6 1873 -6.4 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 56.5 1947 6.3 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT MIN 45.7 1873 -4.5 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 66.9 1947 6.8 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT MEAN 54.7 1873 -5.4 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 362 1920 -352 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT HDD 1108 1873 394 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 605 1947 356 WARMEST 1 WARM AUG-SEP-OCT CDD 93 1902 -156 COLDEST 1 COLD AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 18.99 2007 10.14 SNOWIEST 1 WET AUG-SEP-OCT PRECIP 3.30 1976 -5.55 DRIEST 1 DRY AUG-SEP-OCT SNOW 8.2 1991 7.6 WETTER 1 WET AUG-SEP-OCT SNOW 0.0 2004 -0.6 DRIER 1 DRY ANNUAL DATA JAN-OCT 2009 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-OCT-09 MAX 57.5 59.0 -1.5 COOLER 44 COLD JAN-OCT-09 MIN 39.8 39.6 0.2 WARMER NEAR NORM JAN-OCT-09 MEAN 48.7 49.3 -0.6 COOLER 63 COLD JAN-OCT-09 HDD-ANN 5480 5470 10 COOLER 70 COLD JUL-OCT-09 HDD-SEA 750 721 29 COOLER 43 COLD JAN-OCT-09 CDD 647 699 -52 COOLER 49 COLD JAN-OCT-09 PRECIP 22.59 26.47 -3.88 DRIER 45 DRY JAN-OCT-09 SNOW-ANN 26.1 35.9 -9.8 DRIER 51 DRY JUL-OCT-09 SNOW-SEA 2.8 0.6 2.2 SNOWIER 6 WET ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JAN-OCT EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JAN-OCT MAX 63.8 1987 4.8 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT MAX 51.3 1875 -7.7 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT MIN 44.9 1931 5.3 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT MIN 31.3 1875 -8.3 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT MEAN 54.0 1931 4.7 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT MEAN 41.3 1875 -8.0 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 4342 1931 -1128 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT HDD-ANN 7518 1982 2048 COLDEST 1 COLD JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 369 1920 -352 WARMEST 1 WARM JUL-OCT HDD-SEA 1126 1873 405 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT CDD 1178 1936 479 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-OCT CDD 313 1904 -386 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-OCT PRECIP 38.15 2002 11.68 WETTER 1 WET JAN-OCT PRECIP 12.14 1910 -14.33 DRIER 1 DRY JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 70.9 1982 35.0 SNOWIEST 1 WET JAN-OCT SNOW-ANN 8.3 1931 -27.6 DRIEST 1 DRY JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 8.2 1991 7.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET JUL-OCT SNOW-SEA 0 2007 -0.6 DRIEST 1 DRY $$ CARLYON