April 2006 Climate Summary for the Twin Cities
Listed below is a summary of April for the Twin Cities from the National Weather Service in Chanhassen.
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
425 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 2006
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...THE TWIN CITIES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2006...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2006
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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MONTHLY REPORT APRIL 2006 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
AVERAGE MAX 63.4 57.0 6.4 WARMER 8W
AVERAGE MIN 43.7 36.2 7.5 WARMER 2W
MONTH MEAN 53.6 46.6 7.0 WARMER 3W
DAILY MAX 84 APR-13-2006
DAILY MIN 29 APR-04-2006
RECORD HIGHS 1
RECORD LOWS 0
HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 334 560 -226 WARMER 3W
TOTAL SEASON 6405 7610 -1205 WARMER 1W
CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL MONTH 1 4 -3 COOLER NRN
TOTAL ANNUAL 1 4 -3 COOLER NRN
PCP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 5.97 2.31 3.66 WETTER 2W
ANNUAL TOTAL 9.01 6.00 3.01 WETTER 8W
DAILY MAX 2.58 APR-06-2006
RECORD PCP 2
SNW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK
MONTH TOTAL 0.0 3.1 -3.1 DRIER 1D
SEASON TOTAL 44.4 55.8 -11.4 DRIER NRN
DAILY MAX 0.0 APR-01-2006
MAX DEPTH 0 APR-01-2006
RECORD SNW 0
MONTHLY EXTREMES FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME APRIL EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
WARMEST MAX 66.9 1987 9.9 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MAX 44.1 1950 -12.9 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MIN 46.2 1915 10.0 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MIN 28.3 1907 -7.9 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MEAN 56.0 1915 9.4 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MEAN 36.9 1950 -9.7 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST HDD 297 1915 -263 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST HDD 834 1950 274 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST CDD 36 1952 32 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST CDD 0 2000 -4 COLDEST 1C
WETTEST PCP 7.00 2001 4.69 WETTEST 1W
DRIEST PCP 0.16 1987 -2.15 DRIEST 1D
SNOWIESTSNW 16.9 1928 13.8 WETTEST 1W
DRIEST SNW 0 2006 -3.1 DRIEST 1D
WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
MONTH AVERAGE 10.8 12.1 -1.3
DAILY PEAK GUST 39 MPH E APR-16-2006
DAILY FAST 1-MIN 36 MPH E APR-16-2006
SUNSHINE MINUTES PERCENT ANNUAL HOURS PERCENT
GAINED 89 22 327 5.5 79
LOST 0 0 0 0 0
WEATHER
TYPE COUNT
1=FOG/MIST 8
2=FOG DENSE 0
3=THUNDER 2
4=IP/SLEET 0
5=HAIL 1
6=FRZ RAIN 0
7=BLWG DUST 0
8=HAZE/SMK 7
9=BLWG SNW 0
TEMP COUNT
MAXIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 0 1 -1 WARMER
>=50 28 22 6 WARMER
>=60 19 13 6 WARMER
>=70 11 5 6 WARMER
>=80 1 1 0 NORMAL
>=90 0 0 0 NORMAL
TEMP COUNT
MINIMUM ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<= 32 2 9 -7 WARMER
<= 20 0 1 -1 WARMER
<= 10 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
<= -10 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 50 6 2 4 WARMER
PCP COUNT
ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T(ONLY) 6 4 2 WETTER
>= 0.01 8 12 -4 DRIER
>= 0.10 6 6 0 NORMAL
>= 0.25 6 4 2 WETTER
>= 0.50 4 1 3 WETTER
>= 1.00 2 0 2 WETTER
SNW COUNT
ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T(ONLY) 0 3 -3 DRIER
>= 0.1 0 2 -2 DRIER
>= 1.0 0 1 -1 DRIER
>= 1.5 0 1 -1 DRIER
>= 2.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
>= 3.0 0 0 0 NORMAL
NEW DAILRECORDS LISTING PREVIOUS
NEW DAILSET/TIE AMOUNT DATE / YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR
PCP NEW-> 1.06 APR-02-2006 OLD-> 1.06 1977
PCP NEW-> 2.58 APR-06-2006 OLD-> 1.50 2001
PCP-MONTH-EXT-NEW-> 2.58 APR-06-2006 OLD-> 2.22 APR-27-1975
HI-MIN NEW-> 59 APR-11-2006 OLD-> 57 1977
MAX NEW-> 84 APR-13-2006 OLD-> 78 1938 1976
3-MONTH DATA
FMA 2006 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
FMA-06 MAX 44.3 42.0 2.3 WARMER 20W
FMA-06 MIN 27.1 23.8 3.3 WARMER 15W
FMA-06 MEAN 35.7 32.9 2.8 WARMER 19W
FMA-06 HDD 2554 2867 -313 WARMER 17W
FMA-06 CDD 1 4 -3 COOLER NRN
FMA-06 PCP 8.30 4.96 3.34 WETTER 6W
FMA-06 SNW 22.5 21.7 0.8 SNOWIER 41D
3-MONTH EXTREMES FOR COMPARISON
EXTREME FMA EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
WARMEST MAX 51.9 1987 9.9 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MAX 30.8 1936 -11.2 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MIN 30.6 1987 6.8 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MIN 15.6 1965 -8.2 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST MEAN 41.3 1987 8.4 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST MEAN 23.2 1936 -9.7 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST HDD 2085 1987 -782 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST HDD 3714 1936 847 COLDEST 1C
WARMEST CDD 36 1952 32 WARMEST 1W
COLDEST CDD 0 2000 -4 COLDEST 1C
WETTEST PCP 9.86 1965 4.90 WETTEST 1W
DRIEST PCP 0.93 1987 -4.03 DRIEST 1D
SNOWIEST SNW 54.7 1962 33.0 SNOWIEST 1W
DRIEST SNW 3.3 1987 -18.4 DRIEST 1D
ANNUAL DATA
JAN-APR 2006 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
JAN-APR-06 MAX 41.8 37.0 4.8 WARMER 6W
JAN-APR-06 MIN 26.0 19.0 7.0 WARMER 3W
JAN-APR-06 MEAN 34.0 28.0 6.0 WARMER 3W
JAN-APR-06 HDD-ANN 3677 4483 -806 WARMER 3W
JAN-APR-06 HDD-SEA 6405 7610 -1205 WARMER 1W
JAN-APR-06 CDD 1 4 -3 COOLER NRN
JAN-APR-06 PCP 9.01 6.00 3.01 WETTER 8W
JAN-APR-06 SNW-ANN 24.8 35.2 -10.4 DRIER 44D
JAN-APR-06 SNW-SEA 44.4 55.8 -11.4 DRIER NRN
ANNUAL EXTREMES FOR COMPARISON
JAN-APR EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK
MAX JAN-APR 46.2 1987 9.2 WARMEST 1W
MAX JAN-APR 25.9 1936 -11.1 COLDEST 1C
MIN JAN-APR 26.7 1931 7.7 WARMEST 1W
MIN JAN-APR 10.8 1936 -8.2 COLDEST 1C
MEAN JAN-APR 36.3 1987 8.3 WARMEST 1W
MEAN JAN-APR 18.4 1936 -9.6 COLDEST 1C
HDD JAN-APR 3435 1987 -1048 WARMEST 1W
HDD JAN-APR 5606 1936 1123 COLDEST 1C
HDD SEASON 6405 2006 -1205 WARMEST 1W
HDD SEASON 8852 1936 1242 COLDEST 1C
CDD JAN-APR 36 1952 32 WARMEST 1W
CDD JAN-APR 0 2000 -4 COLDEST 1C
PCP JAN-APR 10.68 1975 4.68 WETTEST 1W
PCP JAN-APR 1.56 1987 -4.44 DRIEST 1D
SNW JAN-APR 69.5 1982 34.3 WETTEST 1W
SNW JAN-APR 8.3 1931 -26.9 DRIEST 1D
SNW SEASON 98.4 1984 42.6 SNOWIEST 1W
SNW SEASON 14.2 1931 -41.6 DRIEST 1D
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