February, 2000 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 28 11 20 7 45 4113 -704 M M M 0 0 .03 0.0 26.2 9.2 30 20 2 37 10 24 10 41 4154 -714 M M M T T .06 T 26.2 11.1 32 210 3 37 24 31 17 34 4188 -731 M M M .05 .05 .09 .8 27.0 16.5 39 330 4 29 23 26 12 39 4227 -743 M M M T .05 .12 T 27.0 4.8 35 20 5 32 8 20 5 45 4272 -748 M M M 0 .05 .14 0 27.0 10.3 15 250 6 35 20 28 13 37 4309 M M M M 0 .05 M 0 27.0 6.2 16 250 7 27 12 20 5 45 4354 -766 M M M 0 .05 .19 0 27.0 6.5 22 30 8 42 8 25 10 40 4394 -776 M M M 0 .05 .22 0 27.0 10.1 25 200 9 38 31 35 19 30 4424 -795 M M M T .05 .25 T 27.0 6.7 21 50 10 31 16 24 8 41 4465 -803 M M M .08 .13 .28 1.2 28.2 M 29 10 11 15 2 9 -7 56 4524 -793 M M M 0 .13 .31 0 28.2 4.9 23 20 12 20 6 13 -4 52 4576 -789 M M M .11 .22 .34 2.6 30.8 6.9 18 60 13 25 13 19 M 46 4622 M M M M 0 .22 .37 0 30.8 M 24 60 14 26 14 20 2 45 4667 -793 M M M 0 .22 .40 0 30.8 5.2 16 250 15 32 16 24 6 41 4708 -799 M M M .07 .29 .43 1.0 31.8 12.5 30 350 16 19 7 13 -5 52 4760 -794 M M M 0 .29 .46 0 31.8 5.3 21 10 17 25 12 19 0 46 4806 -738 M M M .12 .41 .49 2.1 33.9 8.6 20 50 18 29 22 26 7 39 4845 M M M M 0 .41 .52 0 33.9 6.8 26 20 19 29 13 21 2 44 4889 M M M M T .41 .55 T 33.9 10.5 28 310 20 38 7 23 3 42 4931 M M M M 0 .41 .58 0 33.9 5.9 17 210 21 41 22 32 12 33 4964 -818 M M M 0 .41 .61 0 33.9 8.8 18 170 22 50 31 41 20 24 4988 -838 M M M 0 .41 .64 0 33.9 4.5 12 80 23 46 38 42 21 23 5011 -859 M M M .33 .74 .68 0 33.9 8.2 21 60 24 45 42 44 23 21 5032 -882 M M M .07 .81 .72 0 33.9 7.3 18 70 25 55 42 49 27 27 5048 -909 M M M .26 1.07 .76 0 33.9 15.1 28 200 26 52 38 45 23 20 5068 -932 M M M .01 1.08 .80 0 33.9 17.1 36 200 27 49 31 40 17 25 5093 -949 M M M 0 1.08 .84 0 33.9 12.2 31 310 28 55 29 42 19 23 5116 -968 M M M 0 1.08 .88 0 33.9 14.7 35 150 29 61 37 49 49 15 5132 -994 M M M 0 1.08 .88 0 33.9 13.5 28 320 MONTHLY CLIMATE REPORT FOR MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1213 AM CST WED MAR 1 2000 ...CORRECTION... ...TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DATA... MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR...FEBRUARY 2000 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 28.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 10.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 36.1 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 20.0 HIGHEST DAILY... 61 ON FEBRUARY 29TH LOWEST DAILY.... 2 ON FEBRUARY 11TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 14 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 24 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING / COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1064 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -297 / 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 5132 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -994 / 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.08 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 1.96 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.13 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY.... 0.33 INCHES ON THE 23RD ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MEASURABLE PRECIP... 9 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 4 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 ...SNOWFALL... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 7.7 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 33.9 GREATEST DAILY.... 2.6 INCHES ON THE 12TH ...WIND DATA............ AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 9.4 MPH PEAK GUST .............. 39 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST... 30.53 INCHES ON THE 16TH LOWEST.... 29.40 INCHES ON THE 26TH FEBRUARY 2000 WAS THE 5TH WARMEST ON RECORD SINCE 1891. NEW RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY... HIGH OF 61 ON 29TH BREAKS OLD 54 SET IN 1964 WARM LOW OF 37 ON THE 29TH BREAKS OLD 36 SET IN 1932 WARM LOW OF 42 ON THE 24TH BREAKS OLD 40 SET IN 1930 WARM LOW OF 42 ON THE 25TH BREAKS OLD 38 SET IN 1998