PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
203 PM CST THU JAN 18 2001

TWIN CITIES ANNUAL CLIMATE REVIEW
2000 MSP AIRPORT ANNUAL REPORT

    
TEMPS          ACTUAL         NORMAL    DEPART    
ANNUAL    AVG  46.4      44.8      + 1.6     WARMER
AVG       MAX  55.1      54.3      + 0.8     WARMER
AVG       MIN  37.7      35.4      + 2.4     WARMER

WARMEST   MONTH          72.4 Jul-00         
COLDEST   MONTH           7.6 Dec-00         

WARMEST   DAILY MAX  94  Jun-8          
COLDEST   DAILY MIN -17  Dec-25         
                         
HDD            ACTUAL NORMAL  DEPART    
TOTAL     ANNUAL    7407 8023       -616     WARMER
TOTAL     SEASON    6653 8023      -1370     WARMER

CDD                      
TOTAL     ANNUAL    704  682       +22  WARMER

PRECIPITATION  ACTUAL    NORMAL    DEPART
ANNUAL TOTAL   30.47          28.36          + 2.1

WETTEST MONTH       6.10 Jul-00    
DRIEST MONTH        0.88 Jan-00    

WETTEST DAY              2.55 Jul-9     
                   
SNOW**(see note at bottom of page)
                  
ANNUAL TOTAL   68.2      

MAX MONTH 30.2 DEC            

                                        2000      AVERAGE
FREEZE SPRING  LAST MIN <= 32      30   Apr-24    MAY 1     
FREEZE AUTUMN FIRST MIN <= 32      32   Oct-15    OCT 5     
GROWING SEASON                     174 DAYS  159  

ZERO DEGREES... LAST MIN <= ZERO   -2   Jan-27         
ZERO DEGREES...FIRST MIN <= ZERO   -3   Dec-16         

MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS  
MAX            ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART    
<=32             82        76        +6 COLDER
>=50            226       212       +14 WARMER
>=60            186       174       +12 WARMER
>=70            133       128        +5 WARMER
>=80             62        67        -5 COLDER
>=90              6        13        -7 COLDER

MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MIN            ACTUAL    AVERAGE   DEPART    
<= 32                140       154       -14 WARMER
<= 20                 88        89        -1 NEAR NORMAL
<= 10                 57        52         5 COOLER
<=  0                 24        29        -5 WARMER
<= -10            6        11        -5 WARMER
>= 50                131       123         8 WARMER
                         
PRECIPITATION...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
PCP           ACTUAL        AVERAGE          DEPART    
T (only)       57        69        -12  LESS
>= 0.01"       124       119         5  MORE
>= 0.1"        58        62         -4  LESS
>= 0.25"       34        35         -1  LESS
>= 0.5"        18        17          1  MORE
>= 1"                9         6          3  MORE

                    
DAILY RECORD EXTREMES...EQUALED OR EXCEEDED
...COUNT BY TYPE AND PER MONTH...                           MONTHLY 
          MAX  LOW-MAX   MIN  HI-MIN    PCP  SNOW      TOTAL
Jan-00     0      0       0     0        0    1          1
Feb-00     1      0       0     3        0    0          4
Mar-00     5      0       0     1        0    0          6
Apr-00     0      0       0     0        0    0          0
May-00     1      0       0     1        0    0          2
Jun-00     0      0       1     0        0    0          1
Jul-00     0      1       1     0        2    0          4
Aug-00     0      0       0     1        0    0          1
Sep-00     0      0       0     0        1    0          1
Oct-00     1      1       0     4        0    0          6
Nov-00     0      0       0     1        1    0          2
Dec-00     0      2       0     0        0    2          4
                                   
ANNUAL 2000     8      4       2    11        4    3         32

DAILY RECORDS LISTINGS
Snow      New->     8.7  Jan-12 2000     Old->    7.0  1916      
Max       New->     61   Feb-29 2000     Old->    54   1964      
Hi-Min    New->     42   Feb-24 2000     Old->    40   1930      
Hi-Min    New->     42   Feb-25 2000     Old->    38   1998      
Hi-Min    New->     37   Feb-29 2000     Old->    36   1932      
Max       Tie->     61   Mar- 4 2000     Ties->   61   1983      
Max       New->     72   Mar- 5 2000     Old->    56   1937 1987 
Max       New->     69   Mar- 6 2000     Old->    67   1987      
Max       Tie->     73   Mar- 7 2000     Ties->   73   1987      
Max       New->     69   Mar- 8 2000     Old->    61   1898      
Hi-Min    New->     45   Mar- 7 2000     Old->    41   1987      
Max       New->     89   May- 5 2000     Old->    88   1909 1939 
Hi-Min    New->     67   May- 5 2000     Old->    65   1926      
Min       New->     40   Jun- 5 2000     Old->    65   1926      
Lo-Max    New->     60   Jul-18 2000     Old->    64   1911      
Min       Tie->     52   Jul-18 2000     Ties->   52   1962 1984 
Pcp       New->     2.55 Jul- 9 2000     Old->    1.43 1932      
Pcp       New->     1.06 Jul-25 2000     Old->    0.77 1932      
Hi-Min    Tie->     70   Aug-13 2000     Ties->   70   1909 plus 
Pcp       New->     1.97 Sep- 2 2000     Old->    1.24 1963      
Hi-Min    Tie->     62   Oct-13 2000     Ties->   62   1968      
Hi-Min    New->     58   Oct-23 2000     Old->    55   1970      
Hi-Min    New->     59   Oct-24 2000     Old->    56   1973      
Hi-Min    New->     62   Oct-25 2000     Old->    56   1897      
Max       New->     62   Oct-19 2000     Old->    81   1953      
Lo-Max    Tie->     41   Oct- 7 2000     Ties->   41   1915      
Hi-Min    New->     57   Nov- 1 2000     Old->    56   1936      
Pcp       New->     1.54 Nov- 6 2000     Old->    1.34 1918      
Lo-Max    New->     5    Dec- 5 2000     Old->    7    1937 1955 1958
Lo-Max    New->     -1   Dec-12 2000     Old->    2    1932      

MONTHLY LISTING...DEPARTURE AND RANKINGS
2000      MAX    MIN    AVG     HDD     CDD    PCP     SNW     
Jan-00    24.4    7.4   15.9   1516       0    0.88    18.2     
DFN       +3.7   +4.6   +4.2   -133    +\-0   -0.07    +4.8     
Ranking    37W    38W    37W    37W     n/a     42W      15W

Feb-00    36.1   20.0   28.1   1064       0    1.08     7.7
DFN       +9.3  +10.6  +10.0   -297    +\-0   +0.16    -0.2
Ranking     6W     9W     5W     8W     n/a     28W      48W

Mar-00    50.5   31.6   41.1    734       0    1.12     1.0
DFN      +11.3   +8.9  +10.1   -320    +\-0   -0.82    -9.7
Ranking     3W     4W     3W     3W     n/a     35D      12D

Apr-00    56.6   36.9   46.8    541       0    1.12     1.3
DFN       +0.1   +0.7   +0.4    -17    +\-0   -1.30    -1.7
Ranking    49W    43W    44W    44W     n/a     21D      35D

May-00    70.4   51.5   61.0    174      55    4.56     0.0
DFN       +1.0   +3.9   +2.5    -70     +12   +1.17    -0.1
Ranking    33W    17W    26W    24W     31W     22W      n/a

Jun-00    75.6   56.5   66.1     72     111    4.56     0.0
DFN       -3.2   -1.1   -2.1    +31     -26   +0.51     +\-0     
Ranking    36C    34C    33C    29C     46C     43W    n/a

Jul-00    80.9   63.9   72.4     12     249    6.10     0.0
DFN       -3.1   +0.8   -1.1     +1     -29   +2.57     +\-0     
Ranking    36C    41W    49C    18C     51C     13W    n/a

Aug-00    81.0   63.3   72.2      1     228    3.19     0.0
DFN       +0.3   +3.0   +1.7    -21     +36   -0.43     +\-0
Ranking    48W    16W    28W    10W     34W     32W    n/a

Sep-00    72.2   50.9   61.6    146      54    2.15     0.0
DFN       +1.5   +0.6   +1.1    -21     +22   -0.57     +\-0     
Ranking   48W    44C    54W     47W     54W     44D    n/a

Oct-00    62.2   44.3   53.3    364       8    1.08      
DFN       +3.4   +5.5   +4.5   -138      +8   -1.11    
Ranking    25W    14W    19W    18W     27W     33W    

Nov-00    36.7   25.6   31.2   1008       0    3.40    
DFN       -4.3   +0.4   -1.9    +54      +\-0 +1.85    
Ranking    25C    55W    40C    40C      n/a    35W    

Dec-00    14.4    0.8    7.6   1775       0    1.23    
DFN      -11.1   -9.4  -10.2   +315      +\-0 +0.15   
Ranking     2C     4C     2C     2C      n/a    29W   

ANN-00    55.1   37.7   46.4    7407     705   30.47  
DFN       +0.8   +2.3   +1.6    -616     +23   +2.11  
Ranking    29W    12W    16W     16W     53C     32W  
                                                            
                                        
THREE MONTH SEASONAL LISTING
2000       MAX    MIN    AVG    HDD     CDD    PCP     SNW     
NDJ-00    36.3   19.2   27.8   3419       0    1.98    26.2
DFN       +7.2   +6.5   +6.8   -644    +\-0   -1.60    -7.6
Ranking    3W    11W     6W      8W     n/a    30D     43W

DJF-00    31.3   15.0   23.3   3793       0    2.29    33.2
DFN      +12.0   +7.5   +7.4   -677    +\-0   -0.66    -1.3
Ranking    6W    10W     8W      8W     n/a    46D     27W

JFM-00    37.0   19.7   28.5   3313       0    3.08    26.9
DFN       +8.1   +8.1   +8.2   -751    +\-0   -0.73    -4.7    
Ranking    3W     6W     4W      4W     n/a    55W     50W

FMA-00    47.7   29.5   38.7   2339       0    3.32    10.0
DFN       +6.9   +6.7   +6.9   -634    +\-0   -1.96   -11.2
Ranking    2W     3W     2W      2W     n/a    39W     50W

MAM-00    59.2   40.0   49.6   1449      55    6.80     2.3
DFN       +4.2   +4.5   +4.3   -407     +12   -0.95   -11.1
Ranking    7W     3W     5W      6W     35W    50W     11D

AMJ-00    67.5   48.3   58.0    787     166   10.24    1.3
DFN       -0.7   +1.2   +0.3    -56     -14    +.38   -1.7
Ranking   52W    36W    44W     39W     55W    47W     49D

MJJ-00    75.6   57.3   66.5    258     415   15.22     0
DFN       -1.8   +1.2   -0.3    -38     -43   +4.25    +\-0
Ranking   42C    33W    53W     42W     54C    13W     n/a

JJA-00    79.2   61.2   70.2     85     588   13.85     0
DFN       -2.0   +0.9   -0.6    +11     -19   +2.65    +\-0
Ranking   32C    42W    48C     43C     55W    28W     n/a

JAS-00    78.0   59.4   68.7    159     531   11.44     0
DFN       -0.5   +1.5   +0.5    -41     +29   +1.57    +\-0
Ranking   48C    32W    51W     38W     52W    34W     n/a

ASO-00    71.8   52.8   62.4    511     290    6.42   
DFN       +1.7   +3.0   +2.5   -180     +66   -2.11   
Ranking   25W    54W    53W     19W     40W    38D    

SON-00    57.0   40.3   48.7   1518      62    6.63   
DFN       +0.2   +2.2   +1.2   -105     +30   +0.17   
Ranking   51W    31W    41W     36W     54W    43W    

OND-00    37.7   23.6   30.7   3145       8    5.71   
DFN       -4.1   -1.1   -2.6   +229      +8   +0.89   
Ranking    8C    30C    14C     15C     27W    26W    
                                        
ANN-00    55.1   37.7   46.4   7407     705   30.47   
DFN       +0.8   +2.3   +1.6   -616     +23   +2.11   
Ranking   29W    12W    16W     16W     53C    32W    

**The official snow fall measuring station for the Twin Cities was moved from the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport to the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen during 2000.  
Hence, snow fall was measured at the MSP airport from January 1, 2000 to the end of the 
Spring, and commenced at the NWS office in Chanhassen at the beginning of Autumn 2000.  The above snowfall
total for 2000 was a combination of the two locations.

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