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National Weather Service 2002 Twin Cities Annual Climate Summary
CLIMATE REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
440 AM CST WED JAN 1 2003
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...THE TWIN CITIES ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 2002...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2002
ANNUAL REPORT 2002 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL AVG MAX 55.1 54.7 + 0.4 WARMER...RANK = 30W
ANNUAL AVG MIN 38.8 35.9 + 2.9 WARMER...RANK = 5W
ANNUAL AVG MEAN 47.0 45.3 + 1.6 WARMER...RANK = 11W
WARMEST MONTH 77.0 JUL-02 ...RANK = 11W
COLDEST MONTH 24.6 JAN-02 ...RANK = 4W
2ND COLDEST MONTH 24.9 MAR-02 ...RANK = 18C
WARMEST DAILY MAX 97 JUN-30
COLDEST DAILY MIN -3 MAR- 3
HEATING DEGREE DAYS(HDD) ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
TOTAL 2002 ANNUAL 7445 7876 -431 WARMER RANK = 22W
TOTAL 2001-02 SEASON 6844 7876 -1032 WARMER RANK = 5W
COOLING DEGREE DAYS(CDD)
TOTAL ANNUAL 987 699 +288 WARMER
PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL TOTAL 38.45 29.41 + 9.00 ABOVE ...RANK = 4W
WETTEST MONTH 8.30 JUN-02 ...RANK 5W
DRIEST MONTH 0.09 NOV-02 ...RANK 4D
WETTEST DAY 2.95 JUN-21
SNOW (CHANHASSEN) ACTUAL MSP NORMAL DEPART
ANNUAL TOTAL 53.5 55.6 -2.1 DRIER
SEASON TOTAL 66.0 55.6 +4.4 SNOWIER
MAX SNOW MONTH 20.2 APRIL
MAX SNOW DAY 9.0 MARCH 14
MAX SNOW DEPTH 7 MARCH 15
2001 AVERAGE
FREEZE SPRING LAST MIN <= 32 30 MAY- 2 APR 28
FREEZE AUTUMN FIRST MIN <= 32 29 OCT- 7 OCT 5
GROWING SEASON 158 DAYS 159 DAYS
ZERO DEGREES... LAST MIN <= ZERO -3 MAR- 3
ZERO DEGREES...FIRST MIN <= ZERO NONE
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MAX ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 64 77 -13 WARMER
>=50 192 212 -20 COOLER
>=60 152 174 -22 COOLER
>=70 125 129 -4 COOLER
>=80 77 68 +9 WARMER
>=90 18 13 +5 WARMER
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MIN ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
>= 50 125 123 +2 NEAR NORMAL
<= 32 162 154 +8 NEAR NORMAL
<= 20 73 89 -16 WARMER
<= 10 29 52 -23 WARMER
<= 0 2 29 -27 WARMER
<= -10 0 11 -11 WARMER
PRECIPITATION...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
PCP ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 83 69 +14 MORE
>= 0.01" 113 119 -6 LESS
>= 0.10" 68 62 +6 MORE
>= 0.25" 39 35 +4 MORE
>= 0.50" 21 17 +4 MORE
>= 1.00" 4 6 -2 LESS
SNOW...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS...AT (KMPX) CHANHASSEN WFO
SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (ONLY) 40 37 -3 LESS
>= 0.1" 37 41 -4 LESS
>= 1.0" 15 17 -2 LESS
>= 1.5" 12 12 0 NORMAL
>= 2.0" 6 9 -3 LESS
>= 3.0" 6 5 -1 LESS
DAILY RECORD EXTREMES...EQUALED OR EXCEEDED
...COUNT BY TYPE AND PER MONTH...
MONTHLY MAX COLD-MAX MIN WARM-MIN PCP SNOW SUM TOTAL
JAN-02 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
FEB-02 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
MAR-02 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
APR-02 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAY-02 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
JUN-02 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
JUL-02 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
AUG-02 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
SEP-02 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
OCT-02 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
NOV-02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DEC-02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANN 2002 3 3 0 5 7 0 18
DAILY RECORDS LISTINGS
MAX NEW-> 49 JAN- 9 2002 OLD-> 45 1939
HI-MIN NEW-> 34 JAN- 9 2002 OLD-> 31 1939
MAX NEW-> 50 FEB- 8 2002 TIES-> 50 1991
HI-MIN NEW-> 33 FEB-14 2002 OLD-> 32 1911 1935
HI-MIN NEW-> 36 FEB-18 2002 TIES-> 36 1915 1998
LO-MAX NEW-> 7 MAR- 3 2002 OLD-> 12 1916 1917
MAX NEW-> 91 APR-15 2002 OLD-> 82 1915 1976
PCP NEW-> 1.28 MAY- 8 2002 OLD-> 1.21 1938
LO-MAX NEW-> 56 JUN- 4 2002 TIES-> 56 1935
PCP NEW-> 2.95 JUN-21 2002 OLD-> 2.29 1986
HI-MIN NEW-> 80 JUL- 1 2002 OLD-> 77 1911 1958
HI-MIN NEW-> 77 JUL- 2 2002 OLD-> 73 1897 1921 1966 1975
PCP NEW-> 1.93 JUL-10 2002 OLD-> 1.15 1984
PCP NEW-> 2.36 AUG- 3 2002 OLD-> 1.55 1937
PCP NEW-> 1.97 AUG-16 2002 OLD-> 1.69 1927
PCP NEW-> 1.27 SEP- 6 2002 OLD-> 0.74 1938
HI-MIN NEW-> 75 SEP- 7 2002 OLD-> 73 1976
PCP NEW-> 1.93 OCT- 4 2002 OLD-> 1.83 1985
MONTHLY LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS ...NOTE THE ABREVIATION...NRN = NEAR NORMAL...
...NOTE...THE SNOWFALL TOTALS AT MSP ARE E-ESTIMATED WITH A COMBINATION OF THE MEASURED
PRECIPITATION FROM THE AIRPORT...AND MULTIPLED BY THE SNOWFALL RATIO MEASURED AT CHANHASSEN/KMPX WFO.
MSP 2002 MSP
MAX MIN AVG HDD CDD PCP E-SNW NOTE: ESTIMATED
JAN-NRM 21.9 2.8 11.8 1649 0 0.95 13.5
JAN-02 31.5 17.7 24.9 1243 0 0.46 E 7.8
DEPARTURE 9.6 14.9 13.1 -406 0 -0.49 -5.7
RANKING 6W 3W 4W 4W N/A 31D NRN
CHANHASSEN SNOW JANUARY 9.5
MSP
FEB-NRM 28.4 9.2 17.9 1361 0 0.88 8.5
FEB-02 36.2 20.5 28.6 1020 0 0.36 E 2.4
DEPARTURE 7.8 11.3 10.7 -341 0 -0.52 -6.1
RANKING 5W 9W 5W 5W N/A 8D 16D
CHANHASSEN SNOW FEBRUARY 3.1
MSP
MAR-NRM 40.6 22.7 31.0 1054 0 1.94 10.4
MAR-02 32.3 17.5 25.2 1234 0 1.38 E 9.3
DEPARTURE -8.3 -5.2 -5.8 180 0 -0.56 -1.1
RANKING 14C 26C 18C 18C N/A NRN NRN
CHANHASSEN SNOW MARCH 15.7
MSP
APR-NRM 57.0 36.2 46.4 558 0 2.42 3.1
APR-02 54.9 36.5 46.0 588 18 3.23 E14.4
DEPARTURE -2.1 0.3 -0.4 30 18 0.81 11.3
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN 6W 24W 3W
CHANHASSEN SNOW APRIL 20.2
MSP
MAY-NRM 70.1 47.6 58.5 244 43 3.39 0.1
MAY-02 64.2 45.0 54.8 348 33 2.83 E 0.0
DEPARTURE -5.9 -2.6 -3.7 104 -10 -0.56 -0.1
RANKING 15C 25C 19C 13C NRN NRN NRN
NO SNOW AT CHANHASSEN MAY-SEPT
MSP
JUN-NRM 79.0 57.6 68.2 41 137 4.05 0
JUN-02 80.2 61.9 71.4 30 221 8.30 0
DEPARTURE 1.2 4.3 3.2 -11 84 4.25 0
RANKING 29W 12W 21W 37W 16W 5W N/A
MSP
JUL-NRM 83.7 63.1 73.6 11 278 3.53 0
JUL-02 85.4 68.6 77.2 0 379 5.19 0
DEPARTURE 1.7 5.5 3.6 -11 101 1.66 0
RANKING 32W 4W 11W 1W 9W 21W N/A
MSP
AUG-NRM 80.4 60.3 70.5 22 192 3.62 0
AUG-02 79.3 62.5 71.2 4 195 8.30 0
DEPARTURE -1.1 2.2 0.7 -18 3 4.68 0
RANKING 39C 25W NRN 26W NRN 3W N/A
MSP
SEP-NRM 71.1 50.3 60.5 167 32 2.72 T
SEP-02 74.6 56.3 65.7 120 141 3.89 0
DEPARTURE 3.5 6.0 5.2 -47 109 1.17 -T
RANKING 20W 8W 13W 29W 11W 27W N/A
MSP
OCT-NRM 58.4 38.8 48.8 502 0 2.19 0.6
OCT-02 48.6 35.0 42.1 711 0 4.21 E 0.6
DEPARTURE -9.8 -3.8 -6.7 209 0 2.02 -9.0
RANKING 3C 9C 3C 3C N/A 14W 21W
CHANHASSEN SNOW .6
MSP
NOV-NRM 40.1 25.2 33.2 954 0 1.55 10.0
NOV-02 40.4 25.5 33.3 951 0 0.09 E 1.0
DEPARTURE 0.3 0.3 0.1 -3 0 -1.46 -9.0
RANKING NRN NRN NRN NRN N/A 4D 23D
CHANHASSEN SNOW 1.4
MSP
DEC-NRM 26.4 10.2 17.9 1460 0 1.08 10.0
DEC-02 33.6 18.8 26.1 1216 0 0.21 E 1.8
DEPARTURE 7.2 8.6 8.2 -244 0 -0.87 -8.2
RANKING 16W 11W 12W 12W N/A 11D 12D
CHANHASSEN SNOW 3.0
MSP
JUL-JUN JUL-JUN
ANN-NRM 54.8 35.3 44.9 8023 682 28.32 56.2
ANN-02 55.1 38.8 47.2 7465 987 38.45 E47.8
DEPARTURE 0.3 3.5 2.3 -558 305 10.13 -8.4
RANKING 30W 5W 9W 22W 10W 4W NRN
SNOWFALL AT CHANHASSEN IN 2002 66.0 INCHES
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