January, 1997 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 31 18 25 12 40 3478 310 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 40.5 6.6 21 170 2 38 31 35 23 30 3508 287 0 0 0 0 0 0.06 0.0 40.5 3.5 16 170 3 36 32 34 22 31 3539 265 0 0 0 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.0 40.5 7.5 18 60 4 36 19 0.57 0.66 M 0.5 M M M M 5 19 4 12 0 53 3629 249 0 0 0 0.17 0.83 0.17 3.1 44.1 16.6 30 320 6 10 -1 5 6 60 M M M M M 0 0.83 M M M M M M 7 16 -14 1 -11 64 3754 268 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.23 T 44.1 6.2 16 120 8 28 16 22 10 43 3797 258 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.26 T 44.1 7.6 18 210 9 27 13 20 8 45 3842 250 0 0 0 0.14 0.97 0.29 1.5 45.6 7.5 23 310 10 13 -4 5 -6 60 3902 256 0 0 0 0.03 1.00 0.32 0.3 45.9 14.3 28 300 11 -2 -10 -6 -17 71 3973 273 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.35 0 45.9 13.2 25 330 12 2 -9 -4 -15 69 4042 288 0 0 0 T 1.00 0.38 T 44.6 8.8 20 310 13 7 -8 -1 -12 66 4108 300 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.41 0 45.7 7.1 15 310 14 15 -14 1 -10 64 4172 310 0 0 0 0.05 1.05 0.44 0.9 46.6 5.9 14 170 15 20 2 11 0 54 4226 310 0 0 0 0.08 1.13 0.47 1.1 47.7 15.3 M M 16 2 -8 -3 -14 68 4294 324 0 0 0 0 1.13 0.50 0.0 47.7 15.9 M M 17 0 -15 -8 -19 73 4367 343 0 0 0 0 1.13 0.53 0 47.7 9.6 24 280 18 14 -13 1 -10 64 4431 353 0 0 0 0.03 1.16 0.56 0.5 48.2 6.4 M M 19 31 14 23 12 42 4473 341 0 0 0 0.01 1.17 0.59 0.1 48.3 6.8 18 260 20 32 6 19 8 46 4519 333 0 0 0 0 1.17 0.62 0 48.3 5.0 18 110 21 37 26 32 20 33 4552 313 0 0 0 0.06 1.23 0.65 0 48.3 11.8 33 110 22 35 10 23 11 42 4594 302 0 0 0 0.16 1.39 0.68 2.3 50.6 14.3 28 280 23 22 3 13 1 52 4646 301 0 0 0 0.13 1.52 0.71 1.4 52.0 11.5 26 130 24 23 4 14 2 51 4697 299 0 0 0 0.06 1.58 0.74 0.8 52.8 11.9 25 310 25 4 -14 -5 -17 70 4767 316 0 0 0 0.01 1.59 0.77 0.2 53.0 12.2 28 310 26 4 -13 -5 -17 70 4837 333 0 0 0 0.07 1.66 0.80 0.8 53.8 6.6 16 70 27 3 -13 -5 -18 70 4907 350 0 0 0 0.04 1.70 0.83 0.9 54.7 10.9 28 320 28 4 -18 -7 -20 72 4979 370 0 0 0 0 1.70 0.86 0.0 54.7 5.4 17 60 29 9 -4 3 -10 62 5041 380 0 0 0 T 1.70 0.89 T 54.7 7.6 20 90 30 25 0 13 0 52 5093 380 0 0 0 0.01 1.71 0.92 0.0 54.7 8.1 20 180 31 40 16 28 15 37 5130 365 0 0 0 T 1.71 0.95 0 54.7 10.2 M M Monthly Summary for January ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 10.3 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 25 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1.5 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX.... 18.8 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 31 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN.... 1.7 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 9 HIGHEST DAILY... 40 ON JAN 31 LOWEST DAILY....-18 ON JAN 28 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1692 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 43 ABOVE 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 5130 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 365 ABOVE 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.71 MEASURABLE PRECIP...17 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.76 ABOVE 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 5 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 1.71 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.76 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.57 INCHES ON JAN 4 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 14.2 INCHES TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 54.7 INCHES GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 3.1 ON JAN 5 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.69 INCHES ON JAN 13 LOWEST....29.30 INCHES ON JAN 4 REMARKS...JANUARY WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS A COLD MONTH...EVEN THOUGH NO NEW RECORDS WERE SET. JANUARY CONTINUED THE WETTER AND SNOWIER TREND FROM DECEMBER WHICH BEGAN IN OCTOBER. THE MONTHLY PRCIPITATIONN WAS 1.71 OF WHICH OVER A HALF INCH FELL IN RAIN ON THE 4TH. SNOWFALL WAS FAIRLY EVENLY SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE MONTH WITH ONLY ONE TO 3 DAYS BETWEEN PRECIPITATION EVENTS. THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TO THE END OF JANUARY OF 54.7 SURPASSED THE NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 49.8 SCHALLER