National Weather Service 2003 St. Cloud Annual Climate Summary
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1205 AM CST THU JAN 1 2004
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CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2003
ANNUAL REPORT 2003 ST CLOUD AIRPORT AND COOP WEATHER OBSERVER
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ANNUAL AVG MAX 53.7 52.5 1.2 WARMER 37W
ANNUAL AVG MIN 31.9 31.1 0.8 WARMER NRN
ANNUAL AVG MEAN 42.8 41.8 1.0 WARMER 40W
WARMEST MONTH 70.6 AUG-03 3.4 WARMER 21W
COLDEST MONTH 11.0 FEB-03 -5.1 COOLER 35C
WARMEST DAILY MAX 96 AUG-24
COLDEST DAILY MIN -22 FEB-07
HEATING DEGREE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL 2003 ANN 8449 8857 -408 WARMER NRN
TOTAL 2002-03 SEA 7866 8857 -991 WARMER NRN
COOLING DEGREE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL 2003 ANN 508 443 65 WARMER NRN
PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ANNUAL TOTAL 24.63 27.13 -2.50 BELOW NRN
WETTEST MONTH 4.73 APR-03 2.60 ABOVE 10W
DRIEST MONTH 0.17 JAN-03 -0.59 BELOW 10D
WETTEST DAY 2.56 AUG-03
SNOW ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ANNUAL TOTAL 43.6 47.9 -4.3 BELOW NRN
SEASON TOTAL 02-03 31.7 47.9 -16.2 BELOW 35D
MAX SNOW MONTH 9.6 MAR-03 1.1 ABOVE 37W
MAX SNOW DAY 7.0 FEB-03
MAX SNOW DEPTH 7 MARCH 15
FREEZE SPRING LAST MIN <=32 30 MAY 2 2003
FREEZE AUTUMN FIRST MIN <=32 29 OCT 7 2003
ZERO SPRING LAST MIN <=0 -16 MAR 10 2003
ZERO AUTUMN FIRST MIN <=0 -1 NOV 24 2003
...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A...
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
MAX ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 91 86 5 ABOVE
>=50 208 206 2 ABOVE
>=60 176 168 8 ABOVE
>=70 128 123 5 ABOVE
>=80 71 62 9 ABOVE
>=90 13 10 3 ABOVE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MIN ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
>= 50 98 95 3 ABOVE
<= 32 163 178 -15 BELOW
<= 20 107 108 -1 BELOW
<= 10 76 70 6 ABOVE
<= 0 44 40 4 ABOVE
<= -10 17 18 -1 BELOW
PRECIPITATION...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
PCP ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 53 50 3 ABOVE
>= 0.01" 103 114 -11 BELOW
>= 0.10" 45 58 -13 BELOW
>= 0.25" 27 33 -6 BELOW
>= 0.50" 14 16 -2 BELOW
>= 1.00" 5 5 0 NORMAL
SNOW...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 24 17 7 ABOVE
>= 0.1" 37 24 13 ABOVE
>= 1.0" 13 10 3 ABOVE
>= 1.5" 8 7 1 ABOVE
>= 2.0" 5 5 0 NORMAL
>= 3.0" 4 3 1 ABOVE
MONTHLY
WARM COLD COLD WARM WARM COLD WET SNOW
MAX MAX MIN MIN MEAN MEAN DAY DAY
JAN-03 54 2 -16 29 41 -6 0.08 0.8
FEB-03 43 0 -22 30 32 -5 0.32 7.0
MAR-03 66 7 -17 36 48 -4 0.97 3.9
APR-03 89 27 14 57 73 23 2.34 1.2
MAY-03 83 48 32 56 66 46 1.05 0
JUN-03 90 64 36 70 80 55 0.97 0
JUL-03 92 68 48 67 80 63 1.28 0
AUG-03 96 71 41 71 83 59 0.53 0
SEP-03 93 50 29 65 74 41 2.56 0
OCT-03 86 36 19 59 70 30 0.49 0.1
NOV-03 53 16 -1 37 43 8 0.37 6.3
DEC-03 43 10 -5 36 40 4 0.09 2.1
ANN 2003 96 0 -22 71 83 -6 2.56 7.0
DAILY RECORD EXTREMES...EQUALED OR EXCEEDED
...COUNT BY TYPE AND PER MONTH...
NEW COLD WARM CROSS
RECORDS MAX MAX MIN LOW PCP SNOW TOTAL
JAN-02 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
FEB-02 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
MAR-02 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
APR-02 1 0 0 1 2 0 4
MAY-02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUN-02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUL-02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AUG-02 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SEP-02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OCT-02 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
NOV-02 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
DEC-02 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
ANN 2003 7 1 1 7 3 3 22
DAILY RECORDS LISTINGS
MAX NEW--> 51 JAN-07 2003 OLD-> 42 1990 1963
MAX NEW--> 54 JAN-08 2003 OLD-> 49 2002
HI-MIN TIE-> 27 JAN-08 2003 TIES-> 27 1992 1948 1914
HI-MIN TIE-> 28 FEB-01 2003 TIES-> 28 1924
PCP TIE-> 0.32 FEB-03 2003 TIES-> 0.32 1943
SNW NEW-> 7.0 FEB-03 2003 OLD-> 3.2 1943
MIN NEW-> -17 MAR-05 2003 OLD-> -16 1960
LO-MAX TIE-> 8 MAR-04 2003 TIES-> 8 1917
MAX NEW-> 89 APR-14 2003 OLD-> 84 1908
HI-MIN NEW-> 57 APR-14 2003 OLD-> 52 1908
PCP NEW-> 2.34 APR-16 2003 OLD-> 0.82 1939
PCP NEW-> 1.21 APR-17 2003 OLD-> 0.80 1896
MAX NEW-> 96 AUG-24 2003 OLD-> 94 1949 1948
MAX TIE-> 93 AUG-26 2003 TIES-> 93 1991 1953 1948
MAX NEW-> 86 OCT-07 2003 OLD-> 85 1997
MAX TIE-> 82 OCT-08 2003 TIES-> 82 1905
HI-MIN TIE-> 59 OCT-09 2003 TIES-> 59 1973
HI-MIN TIE-> 57 OCT-10 2003 TIES-> 57 1984 1947 1930
SNW NEW-> 3.8 NOV-04 2003 OLD-> 3.4 1993
SNW NEW-> 6.3 NOV-24 2003 OLD-> 3.0 1929 1930
HI-MIN NEW-> 29 DEC-22 2003 TIES-> 29 1956
HI-MIN NEW-> 36 DEC-27 2003 OLD-> 34 1959
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MONTHLY LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
...NOTE THE ABREVIATION...NRN = NEAR NORMAL...
...NOTE...THE SNOWFALL TOTALS AT ST CLOUD ARE MEASURED BY THE CO-OP OBSERVER
MONTHLY STC 2003
MAX MIN AVG HDD CDD PCP SNW
JAN-NORM 18.7 -1.2 8.8 1742 0 0.76 10.5
JAN-03 21.7 3.3 12.5 1620 0 0.17 3.1
DEPARTURE 3.0 4.5 3.7 -122 0 -0.59 -7.4
RANKING 40W 38W 37W 29W N/A 10D 18D
FEB-NORM 25.7 6.4 16.1 1425 0 0.59 7.5
FEB-03 22.4 -0.4 11.0 1508 0 0.39 8.8
DEPARTURE -3.3 -6.8 -5.1 83 0 -0.2 1.3
RANKING 43C 32C 35C 20W N/A 47D 34W
MAR-NORM 37.7 19.1 28.4 1135 0 1.5 8.5
MAR-03 37.5 16.9 27.2 1164 0 1.47 9.6
DEPARTURE -0.2 -2.2 -1.2 29 0 -0.03 1.1
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN N/A 39W 37W
APR-NORM 54.9 32.2 43.6 637 0 2.13 2.9
APR-03 55.8 33.2 44.5 616 8 4.73 1.7
DEPARTURE 0.9 1.0 0.9 -21 6 2.6 -1.2
RANKING NRN NRN 44W NRN 6W 10W NRN
MAY-NORM 69.0 44.1 56.5 285 26 2.97 0.2
MAY-03 67.3 43.2 55.3 297 2 3.81 0
DEPARTURE -1.7 -0.9 -1.2 12 -24 0.84 -0.2
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN 15C 39W NRN
JUN-NORM 77.3 52.9 65.1 79 90 4.51 0
JUN-03 77.9 53.8 65.9 52 85 3.63 0
DEPARTURE 0.6 0.9 0.8 -27 -5 -0.88 0
RANKING 40W NRN NRN 39W NRN NRN N/A
JUL-NORM 82.5 57.9 69.8 19 172 3.34 0
JUL-03 80.9 58.3 69.6 6 157 3.43 0
DEPARTURE -1.6 0.4 -0.2 -13 -15 0.09 0
RANKING 39C NRN 41C 33W 33C 45W N/A
AUG-NORM 79.0 55.5 67.2 49 121 3.93 0
AUG-03 84.1 57.1 70.6 16 198 0.69 0
DEPARTURE 5.1 1.6 3.4 -33 77 -3.24 0
RANKING 12W 42W 21W 31W 22W 4D N/A
SEP-NORM 69.0 45.7 57.4 253 31 2.93 T
SEP-03 71.5 45.7 58.6 235 50 3.94 0
DEPARTURE 2.5 0.0 1.2 -18 19 1.01 0
RANKING 40W 35C NRN 43C 37W 29W N/A
OCT-NORM 56.3 34.3 45.3 604 0 2.24 0.6
OCT-03 59.9 36.5 48.2 521 0 1.1 0.1
DEPARTURE 3.6 2.2 2.9 -83 0 -1.14 -0.5
RANKING 33W 44W 36W 37W N/A 36D NRN
NOV-NORM 37.2 20.4 28.8 1075 0 1.54 9.1
NOV-03 35.9 20.2 28.1 1100 0 1.05 13.2
DEPARTURE -1.3 -0.2 -0.7 25 0 -0.49 4.1
RANKING 33C 41C 36C NRN N/A NRN 14W
DEC-NORM 23.2 5.5 14.4 1554 0 0.69 8.6
DEC-03 29.2 15.5 22.4 1314 0 0.22 7.1
DEPARTURE 6.0 10.0 8.0 -240 0 -0.47 -1.5
RANKING 28W NRN 14W NRN N/A NRN NRN
JUL-JUN JUL-JUN
ANN-NORM 52.5 31.1 41.8 8857 443 27.13 47.9
ANN-03 53.7 31.9 42.8 7866 508 24.63 31.7
DEPARTURE 1.2 0.8 1.0 -991 65 -2.5 -16.2
RANKING 37W NRN 40W NRN NRN NRN 35D
3 MONTH DATA
MAX MIN AVG HDD CDD PCP SNW
NDJ-NORM 26.4 8.2 17.3 4371 0 2.99 28.2
NDJ-03 30.7 13.0 21.8 3963 0 0.50 5.2
DEPARTURE 4.3 4.8 4.5 -408 0 -2.49 -23.0
RANKING 25W 25W 20W 22W N/A 2D 3D
DJF-NORM 22.5 3.6 13.1 4721 0 2.04 26.6
DJF-03 25.3 5.8 15.6 4420 0 0.78 13.6
DEPARTURE 2.8 2.2 2.5 -301 0 -1.26 -13.0
RANKING 30W 32W 27W 27W N/A 3D 19D
JFM-NORM 27.4 8.1 17.8 4302 0 2.85 26.5
JFM-03 27.2 6.6 16.9 4292 0 0.70 21.5
DEPARTURE -0.2 -1.5 -0.9 -10 0 -2.15 -5.0
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN N/A 30D NRN
FMA-NORM 39.4 19.2 29.4 3197 2 4.22 18.9
FMA-03 38.6 16.6 27.6 3288 8 6.59 20.1
DEPARTURE -0.8 -2.6 -1.8 91 6 2.37 1.2
RANKING NRN 41C NRN NRN 6W 13W 39W
MAM-NORM 53.9 31.8 42.8 2057 28 6.60 11.6
MAM-03 53.5 31.1 42.3 2077 10 10.01 11.3
DEPARTURE -0.4 -0.7 -0.5 20 -18 3.41 -0.3
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN 36C 14W NRN
AMJ-NORM 67.1 43.1 55.1 1001 118 9.61 3.1
AMJ-03 67.0 43.4 55.2 965 95 12.17 1.7
DEPARTURE -0.1 0.3 0.1 -36 -23 2.56 -1.4
RANKING 46W NRN NRN NRN 38C 36W NRN
MJJ-NORM 76.3 51.6 63.8 383 288 10.82 0.2
MJJ-03 75.4 51.8 63.6 355 244 10.87 0.0
DEPARTURE -0.9 0.2 -0.2 -28 -44 0.05 -0.2
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN 32C 46D NRN
JJA-NORM 79.6 55.4 67.4 147 383 11.78 0.0
JJA-03 81.0 56.4 68.7 74 440 7.75 0.0
DEPARTURE 1.4 1.0 1.3 -73 57 -4.03 0.0
RANKING 38W NRN NRN 19W NRN 18D NRN
JAS-NORM 76.8 53.0 64.8 321 324 10.20 0.0
JAS-03 78.8 53.7 66.3 257 405 8.06 0.0
DEPARTURE 2.0 0.7 1.5 -64 81 -2.14 0.0
RANKING 37W NRN 45W NRN 45W 38D N/A
ASO-NORM 68.1 45.2 56.6 906 153 9.10 0.6
ASO-03 71.8 46.4 59.1 772 256 5.73 0.1
DEPARTURE 3.7 1.2 2.5 -134 103 -3.37 -0.5
RANKING 17W NRN 30W 40W 26W 21D NRN
SON-NORM 54.2 33.5 43.8 1932 32 6.71 9.7
SON-03 55.8 34.1 45.0 1856 58 6.09 13.3
DEPARTURE 1.6 0.6 1.2 -76 26 -0.62 3.6
RANKING NRN 43C NRN NRN NRN NRN 15W
OND-NORM 38.9 20.1 29.5 3233 1 4.47 18.3
OND-03 41.7 24.1 32.9 2935 8 2.37 20.4
DEPARTURE 2.8 4.0 3.4 -298 7 -2.10 2.1
RANKING NRN 25W NRN NRN 42W NRN NRN
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