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climate report
national weather service chanhassen mn
135 am cst thu jan 1 2009
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... st cloud climate summary for the month of december 2008...
climate normal period 1971 to 2000
climate record period 1891 to 2008
weather observed normal depart last years
value date(s) value from value date(s)
normal
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monthly report december 2008 stc airport
temps actual normal depart rank
average max 20. 4 23. 2 -2. 8 cooler 23 cold
average min -3. 3 5. 5 -8. 8 cooler 7 cold
month mean 8. 6 14. 4 -5. 8 cooler 12 cold
daily max 40 dec - 02 - 2008
daily min -24 dec - 16 - 2008
record highs 0
record lows 1
hdd actual normal depart
total month 1745 1554 191 cooler 12 cold
total season 3486 3556 -70 warmer near norm
cdd actual normal depart
total month 0 0 0 normal n/a n/a
total annual 392 443 -51 cooler 27 cold
precip actual normal depart
month total 1. 58 0. 69 0. 89 wetter 11 wet
annual total 27. 36 27. 13 0. 23 wetter 51 wet
daily max 0. 46 dec - 14 - 2008
record precip 2
snw actual average depart
month total 23. 0 8. 6 14. 4 snowier 4 wet
season total 24. 3 18. 3 6. 0 snowier 15 wet
daily max 6. 1 dec - 30 - 2008
max depth 13 dec - 31 - 2008
record snw 0
monthly extremes for comparison
extreme december extreme year depart rank
warmest max 37. 8 1939 14. 6 warmest 1 w
coldest max 9. 1 1983 -14. 1 coldest 1 c
warmest min 21. 1 1931 15. 6 warmest 1 w
coldest min -9. 9 1983 -15. 4 coldest 1 c
warmest mean 28. 6 1913 14. 2 warmest 1 w
coldest mean -0. 4 1983 -14. 8 coldest 1 c
warmest hdd 1123 1913 -431 warmest 1 w
coldest hdd 2026 1983 472 coldest 1 c
warmest cdd n/a n/a n/a warmest n/a
coldest cdd n/a n/a n/a coldest n/a
wettest precip 2. 04 1969 1. 35 snowiest 1 w
driest precip t 1913 -0. 69 driest 1 d
snowiest snw 25. 5 1927 16. 9 wetter 1 w
driest snw t 1940 -8. 6 drier 1 d
wind mph actual normal depart
month average 9. 3 9. 1 0. 2
daily gust 45 nw dec - 30 - 2008
daily 1 - minute 37 nw dec - 29 - 2008
sunshine monthly percent total total percent
sunshine minutes annual annual hours possible
gained 9 2 417 7. 0 98
lost -22 -5 -426 -7. 1 -100
weather
type count
1=fog/mist 18
2=fog dense 4
3=thunder 0
4=ip/sleet 0
5=hail 0
6=frz rain 1
7=blwg dust 0
8=haze/smk 22
9=blwg snw 0
temp count number of days
maximum actual average depart
<=32 25 22 3 cooler
>=50 0 0 0 normal
>=60 0 0 0 normal
>=70 0 0 0 normal
>=80 0 0 0 normal
>=90 0 0 0 normal
temp count number of days
minimum actual average depart
<= 32 31 31 0 normal
<= 20 30 25 5 cooler
<= 10 27 17 10 cooler
<= 0 19 9 10 cooler
<= -10 12 4 8 cooler
>= 50 0 0 0 normal
precip count number of days
actual average depart
t (only) 12 7 5 wetter
>= 0. 01 9 8 1 wetter
>= 0. 10 4 2 2 wetter
>= 0. 25 3 1 2 wetter
>= 0. 50 0 0 0 normal
>= 1. 00 0 0 0 normal
snw count number of days
actual average depart
t (only) 9 5 4 snowier
>= 0. 1 11 8 3 snowier
>= 1. 0 7 3 4 snowier
>= 1. 5 5 2 3 snowier
>= 2. 0 4 1 3 snowier
>= 3. 0 4 1 3 snowier
new daily records listing previous
type new/tie /amount /date year set/tie old year
precip new-> 0. 46 dec - 14 - 2008 old-> 0. 25 1927
snow new-> 4. 2 dec - 14 - 2008 old-> 3. 7 2005
cold max tie-> -5 dec - 15 - 2008 ties-> -5 1916 1956
min new-> -24 dec - 16 - 2008 old-> -21 1953 1963
precip new-> 0. 34 dec - 20 - 2008 old-> 0. 28 1990
snow new-> 4. 5 dec - 20 - 2008 old-> 2. 8 1990
3 - month data october november december (ond)
ond 2008 actual normal depart rank
ond - 08 max 39. 3 38. 9 0. 4 warmer near norm
ond - 08 min 19. 1 20. 1 -1. 0 cooler 26 cold
ond - 08 mean 29. 2 29. 5 -0. 3 cooler 33 cold
ond - 08 hdd 3280 3235 45 cooler 32 cold
ond - 08 cdd 2 1 1 warmer 31 warm
ond - 08 precip 5. 11 4. 47 0. 64 wetter 30 wet
ond - 08 snw 24. 3 18. 3 6. 0 snowier 15 wet
3 - month extremes for comparison
extreme ond extreme year depart rank
warmest max 47. 3 1939 8. 4 warmest 1 w
coldest max 33. 4 1985 -5. 5 coldest 1 c
warmest min 30. 0 1931 9. 9 warmest 1 w
coldest min 11. 6 1976 -8. 5 coldest 1 c
warmest mean 38. 1 1931 8. 6 warmest 1 w
coldest mean 23. 1 1985 -6. 4 coldest 1 c
warmest hdd 2460 1931 -775 warmest 1 w
coldest hdd 3848 1985 613 coldest 1 c
warmest cdd 31 1922 30 warmest 1 w
coldest cdd 0 2004 -1 coldest 1 c
wettest precip 9. 41 1899 4. 94 wettest 1 w
driest precip 0. 67 1952 -3. 80 driest 1 d
snowiest snw 40. 5 1927 22. 2 snowiest 1 w
driest snw 1. 4 1940 -16. 9 driest 1 d
annual data year to date
jan - dec 2008 actual normal depart rank
jan - dec - 08 max 51. 6 52. 5 -0. 9 cooler 23 cold
jan - dec - 08 min 30. 0 31. 0 -1. 0 cooler 17 cold
jan - dec - 08 mean 40. 8 41. 7 -0. 9 cooler 20 cold
jan - dec - 08 hdd - ann 9133 8815 318 cooler 26 cold
jul - dec - 08 hdd - sea 3486 3556 -70 warmer near norm
jan - dec - 08 cdd 392 0 -1530 cooler 27 cold
jan - dec - 08 precip 27. 36 27. 13 0. 23 wetter 51 wet
jan - dec - 08 snw - ann 62. 1 47. 6 14. 5 snowier 13 wet
jul - dec - 08 snw - sea 24. 3 18. 3 6. 0 snowier 15 wet
annual extremes for comparison
jan - dec extreme year depart rank
jan - dec max 58. 0 1987 5. 5 warmest 1 w
jan - dec max 48. 9 1897 -3. 6 coldest 1 c
jan - dec min 37. 9 1931 6. 9 warmest 1 w
jan - dec min 26. 9 1950 -4. 1 coldest 1 c
jan - dec mean 47. 9 1931 6. 2 warmest 1 w
jan - dec mean 38. 3 1950 -3. 4 coldest 1 c
jan - dec hdd(ann) 7022 1931 -1793 warmest 1 w
jan - dec hdd(ann) 9947 1950 1132 coldest 1 c
jul - dec hdd(sea) 2607 1931 -949 warmest 1 w
jul - dec hdd(sea) 4232 1985 676 coldest 1 c
jan - dec cdd 926 0 908 warmest 1 w
jan - dec cdd 192 0 192 coldest 1 c
jan - dec precip 41. 01 1897 13. 88 wettest 1 w
jan - dec precip 14. 64 1910 -12. 49 driest 1 d
jan - dec snw(ann) 84. 6 1936 37. 0 wettest 1 w
jan - dec snw(ann) 9. 2 1912 -38. 4 driest 1 d
jul - dec snw(sea) 40. 5 1927 22. 2 snowiest 1 w
jul - dec snw(sea) 1. 4 1940 -16. 9 driest 1 d
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