National Weather Service 2003 Twin Cities Annual Climate Summary
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 PM CST WED DEC 31 2004
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...THE TWIN CITIES ANNUAL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR 2003...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1891 TO 2003
ANNUAL REPORT 2003 MSP AIRPORT
TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ANNUAL AVG MAX 55.1 54.8 0.3 WARMER 31W
ANNUAL AVG MIN 37.6 35.3 2.3 WARMER 15W
ANNUAL AVG MEAN 46.4 44.9 1.5 WARMER 20W
WARMEST MONTH 73.7 Jul-03 0.1 WARMER NRN
COLDEST MONTH 15.3 Jan-03 3.5 WARMER 41W
WARMEST DAILY MAX 97 Jun-30 AND Jul-6
COLDEST DAILY MIN -14 Mar-3
HEATING DEGREE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL 2003 ANN 7531 7876 -492 WARMER 31W
TOTAL 2002-03 SEA 7686 7876 -337 WARMER 43W
COOLING DEGREE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
TOTAL 2003 ANN 987 682 305 WARMER 23W
PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ANNUAL TOTAL 22.69 28.32 -5.63 BELOW 22D
WETTEST MONTH 6.14 May-03 -0.82 BELOW 10D
DRIEST MONTH 0.22 Jan-03 2.90 ABOVE 14W
WETTEST DAY 2.09 Aug-03
SNOW ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK
ANNUAL TOTAL 30.0 MSP- 55.9 -25.9 BELOW N/A
SEASON TOTAL 35.0 MSP- 55.9 -20.9 BELOW N/A
MAX SNOW MONTH 16.0 Dec-03 6.1 ABOVE N/A
MAX SNOW DAY 9.5 DEC 9
MAX SNOW DEPTH 9 DEC 10
FREEZE SPRING LAST MIN <=32 32 Apr 17 2003
FREEZE AUTUMN FIRST MIN <=32 31 Oct 01 2003
ZERO SPRING LAST MIN <=0 -8 Mar 10 2003
ZERO AUTUMN FIRST MIN <=0 0 Dec 11 2003
COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A...
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF...
MAX ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
<=32 80 75 5 COOLER
>=50 215 213 2 WARMER
>=60 181 174 7 WARMER
>=70 134 129 5 WARMER
>=80 77 69 8 WARMER
>=90 14 14 0 NORMAL
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
MIN ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
>= 50 128 124 4 WARMER
<= 32 141 154 -13 WARMER
<= 20 91 87 4 COOLER
<= 10 52 51 1 COOLER
<= 0 29 28 1 COOLER
<= -10 3 10 -7 WARMER
PRECIPITATION...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS
PCP ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (only) 63 67 -4 BELOW
>= 0.01" 91 118 -27 BELOW
>= 0.10" 45 62 -17 BELOW
>= 0.25" 25 36 -11 BELOW
>= 0.50" 18 18 0 NORMAL
>= 1.00" 4 6 -2 BELOW
SNOW...COUNT NUMBER OF DAYS AT (KMPX) CHANHASSEN
SNOW ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART
T (only) 31 37 -6 BELOW
>= 0.1" 39 40 -1 BELOW
>= 1.0" 17 17 0 NORMAL
>= 2.0" 9 9 0 NORMAL
>= 3.0" 4 5 -1 BELOW
WARM COLD COLD WARM WARM COLD WET SNOW
MAX MAX MIN MIN MEAN MEAN DAY DAY
Jan-03 54 5 -12 31 50 -25 0.11 1.3
Feb-03 46 0 -14 31 52 -24 0.33 3.8
Mar-03 72 9 -10 43 67 -16 0.57 5.0
Apr-03 89 29 21 64 79 16 1.04 0.6
May-03 82 51 41 61 91 29 1.37 0
Jun-03 89 64 49 70 93 41 2.09 0
Jul-03 92 71 56 75 96 54 0.81 0
Aug-03 97 72 53 74 90 52 0.85 0
Sep-03 92 50 35 69 90 35 0.86 0
Oct-03 85 37 28 62 79 20 0.48 T
Nov-03 59 18 9 40 64 -4 0.25 5.6
Dec-03 43 11 -4 38 54 -21 0.37 9.5
ANN 2003 97 0 -14 75 96 -25 2.09 8.2
DAILY RECORD EXTREMES...EQUALED OR EXCEEDED MONTHLY
NEW COLD WARM CROSS
RECORDS MAX MAX MIN LOW PCP SNOW TOTAL
Jan-03 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb-03 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mar-03 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Apr-03 1 0 0 1 2 0 4
May-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jun-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jul-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aug-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct-03 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dec-03 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
ANN 2003 4 0 1 4 2 0 12
DAILY RECORDS LISTINGS
Max New--> 52 Jan-07 2003 Old--> 45 1949
Max New--> 54 Jan-08 2003 Old--> 46 1902
Hi-Min New--> 31 Feb-02 2003 Old--> 30 1935
Min Ties-> -10 Mar-09 2003 Ties-> -10 1951
Hi-Min New--> 43 Mar-16 2003 Old--> 41 1946
Max New--> 89 Apr-14 2003 Old--> 85 1954
Hi-Min New--> 64 Apr-14 2003 Old--> 57 1976
Pcp New--> 0.86 Apr-15 2003 Old--> 0.63 1973
Pcp New--> 1.04 Apr-16 2003 Old--> 0.78 1916
Max Ties-> 85 Oct-07 2003 Ties-> 85 1997
Hi-Min New--> 38 Dec-27 2003 Old--> 37 1959
MONTHLY LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS
...NOTE THE ABREVIATION...NRN = NEAR NORMAL...
...NOTE...THE SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE TWIN CITIES ARE MEASURED IN CHANHASSEN
MONTHLY ...NOTE NRN = NEAR NORMAL...
MSP 2003
MAX MIN AVG HDD CDD PCP SNW
Jan-Norm 21.9 2.8 11.8 1649 0 0.95 13.5
Jan-03 23.0 7.6 15.3 1532 0 0.22 5.1
Departure 1.1 4.8 3.5 -117 0 -0.73 -8.4
Ranking NRN 39W 41W 41W n/a 10D N/A
Feb-Norm 28.4 9.2 17.9 1361 0 0.88 8.2
Feb-03 24.8 6.6 15.7 1372 0 0.54 10.7
Departure -3.6 -2.6 -2.2 11 0 -0.34 2.5
Ranking 48C 44C 48C NRN n/a 45D N/A
Mar-Norm 40.6 22.7 31.0 1054 0 1.94 10.4
Mar-03 40.5 22.1 31.3 1037 0 1.44 13.2
Departure -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -17 0 -0.50 2.8
Ranking 39W NRN 46W 46W n/a NRN N/A
Apr-Norm 57.0 36.2 46.4 558 0 2.42 3.1
Apr-03 57.8 38.8 48.3 505 18 2.40 1.0
Departure 0.8 2.6 1.9 -53 18 -0.02 -2.1
Ranking 40W 27W 34W 35W 14W 38W N/A
May-Norm 70.1 47.6 58.5 244 43 3.39 0.1
May-03 67.3 48.1 57.7 228 33 6.14 0
Departure -2.8 0.5 -0.8 -16 -10 2.75 -0.1
Ranking 46C NRN NRN NRN 18C 14W N/A
Jun-Norm 79.0 57.6 68.2 41 137 4.05 0
Jun-03 77.8 58.5 68.2 30 221 4.66 0
Departure -1.2 0.9 0.0 -11 84 0.61 0
Ranking NRN 43W NRN 38W NRN 45W N/A
Jul-Norm 84.1 63.1 73.6 11 278 3.53 0
Jul-03 82.5 64.9 73.7 0 379 2.06 0
Departure -1.6 1.8 0.1 -11 101 -1.47 0
Ranking NRN 27W NRN 35W 44W 29D N/A
Aug-Norm 80.4 60.3 70.5 22 192 3.62 0
Aug-03 85.3 65.3 75.3 0 195 1.12 0
Departure 4.9 5.0 4.8 -22 3 -2.5 0
Ranking 9W 8W 6W NRN 6W 9D N/A
Sep-Norm 71.1 50.3 60.5 167 32 2.72 T
Sep-03 72.5 52.5 62.5 175 141 2.16 0
Departure 1.4 2.2 2.0 8 109 -0.56 0
Ranking 46W 35W 41W NRN 22W NRN N/A
Oct-Norm 58.4 38.8 48.8 502 0 2.19 0.6
Oct-03 60.3 41.8 51.1 441 0 0.62 T
Departure 1.9 3.0 2.3 -61 0 -1.57 -0.6
Ranking 40W 35W 34W 41W N/A 17D N/A
Nov-Norm 40.1 25.2 33.2 954 0 1.55 10.0
Nov-03 38.5 25.6 32.1 979 0 0.71 9.4
Departure -1.6 0.4 -1.1 25 0 -0.84 -0.6
Ranking 41C NRN 46C NRN N/A 43D N/A
Dec-Norm 26.4 10.2 17.9 1460 0 1.08 10.0
Dec-03 31.2 19.5 25.4 1232 0 0.62 16.1
Departure 4.8 9.3 7.5 -228 0 -0.46 6.1
Ranking 26W 11W 18W 20W N/A 48D N/A
jul-jun jul-jun
Ann-Norm 54.8 35.3 44.9 8023 682 28.32 55.9
Ann-02 55.1 37.6 46.4 6797 987 22.69 35.0
Departure 0.3 2.3 1.5 -1226 305 -5.63 -20.9
Ranking 31W 15W 20W 1C 23W 22D N/A
MAX MIN AVG HDD CDD PCP SNW
...THREE MONTH TOTALS...
MAX MIN AVG HDD CDD PCP SNW
NDJ-Norm 29.5 12.7 21.0 4063 0 3.58 33.5
NDJ-03 32.3 17.3 24.8 3705 0 0.52 8.6
Departure 2.8 4.6 3.8 -358 0 -3.06 -24.9
Ranking 26W 21W NRN 21W N/A 1D N/A
DJF-Norm 25.6 7.4 15.9 4470 0 2.91 31.7
DJF-03 27.1 11.0 19.0 3910 0 0.97 17.9
Departure 1.5 3.6 3.1 -560 0 -1.94 -13.8
Ranking NRN 32W NRN NRN N/A 6D N/A
JFM-Norm 30.3 11.6 20.2 4064 0 3.77 32.1
JFM-03 29.4 12.1 20.8 3941 0 0.70 28.1
Departure -0.9 0.5 0.6 -123 0 -3.07 -4.0
Ranking NRN NRN NRN 14W N/A 17D N/A
FMA-Norm 42.0 22.7 31.8 2973 0 5.24 21.7
FMA-03 41.0 22.5 31.8 2914 18 4.38 24.9
Departure -1.0 -0.2 0.0 -59 18 -0.86 3.2
Ranking NRN NRN NRN 44W 14W NRN N/A
MAM-Norm 55.9 35.5 45.3 1856 43 7.75 13.6
MAM-03 55.2 36.3 45.8 1770 51 9.98 14.2
Departure -0.7 0.8 0.5 -86 8 2.23 0.6
Ranking 42W 42W 42W 35W 34C 21W N/A
AMJ-Norm 68.7 47.1 57.7 843 180 9.86 3.2
AMJ-03 67.6 48.5 58.1 763 272 13.20 1.0
Departure -1.1 1.4 0.4 -80 92 3.34 -2.2
Ranking NRN 35W 42W 33W 44C 20W N/A
MJJ-Norm 77.7 56.1 66.8 296 458 10.97 0.1
MJJ-03 75.9 57.2 66.5 258 633 12.86 0.0
Departure -1.8 1.1 -0.3 -38 175 1.89 -0.1
Ranking NRN 36W NRN 44W NRN 32W N/A
JJA-Norm 81.2 60.3 70.8 74 607 11.20 0.0
JJA-03 81.9 62.9 72.4 30 795 7.84 0.0
Departure 0.7 2.6 1.6 -44 188 -3.36 0.0
Ranking 35W 16W 22W 15W 26W 20D N/A
JAS-Norm 78.5 57.9 68.2 200 502 9.87 0.0
JAS-03 80.1 60.9 70.5 175 715 5.34 0.0
Departure 1.6 3.0 2.3 -25 213 -4.53 0.0
Ranking 24W 11W 16W NRN 13W 11D N/A
ASO-Norm 70.0 49.8 59.9 691 224 8.53 0.6
ASO-03 72.7 53.2 63.0 616 336 3.90 T
Departure 2.7 3.4 3.1 -75 112 -4.63 -0.6
Ranking 15W 11W 13W 37W 25W 4D N/A
SON-Norm 56.5 38.1 47.5 1623 32 6.46 10.6
SON-03 57.1 40.0 48.6 1595 141 3.49 9.4
Departure 0.6 1.9 1.1 -28 109 -2.97 -1.2
Ranking NRN 40W NRN NRN 18W 14D N/A
OND-Norm 41.6 24.7 33.3 2916 0 4.82 20.6
OND-03 43.3 29.0 36.2 2652 0 1.95 25.5
Departure 1.7 4.3 2.9 -264 0 -2.87 -4.9
Ranking 41W 17W 23W 26W 9W 12D N/A
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