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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