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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