February, 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 34 15 25 12 40 5170 353 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 54.7 4.1 13 290 2 31 11 21 7 44 5214 346 0 0 0 0 0 0.06 0 54.7 6.9 M M 3 29 6 18 4 47 5261 342 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 0 54.7 6.0 M M 4 28 22 25 11 40 5301 331 0 0 0 0 0 0.12 0 54.7 14.3 M M 5 29 20 25 10 40 5341 321 0 0 0 T T 0.14 T 54.7 8.9 18 280 6 29 21 25 10 40 5381 311 0 0 0 0 T 0.16 0 54.7 9.7 M M 7 29 17 0 0 8 23 3 0 0 9 25 4 0 0 10 24 17 21 5 44 5569 301 0 0 0 T T 0.28 0.1 54.8 6.4 16 10 11 17 6 12 -4 53 5622 305 0 0 0 0.07 0.07 0.31 1.1 55.9 6.0 15 300 12 14 -1 7 -10 58 5680 315 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.34 0.0 55.9 6.8 21 340 13 20 -1 12 -5 53 5733 320 0 0 0 0.05 0.12 0.37 0.5 56.4 11.9 M M 14 23 7 15 -3 50 5783 323 0 0 0 T 0.12 0.40 T 56.4 13.0 28 320 15 19 -6 7 -11 58 5841 334 0 0 0 0.03 0.15 0.43 0.5 56.9 6.2 16 10 16 17 2 10 -8 55 5896 342 0 0 0 0.01 0.16 0.46 0.1 57.0 9.7 M M 17 40 17 29 10 36 5932 332 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.49 0 57.0 11.1 M M 18 42 29 36 17 29 5961 315 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.52 0 57.0 9.4 M M 19 29 14 22 3 43 6004 312 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.55 0 57.0 10.2 M M 20 41 23 32 12 33 6037 300 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.58 0 57.0 11.7 M M 21 33 22 28 8 37 6074 292 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.61 T 57.0 14.6 M M 22 28 11 20 -1 45 6119 293 0 0 0 0.08 0.24 0.64 1.5 58.5 6.3 M M 23 18 2 10 -11 55 6174 304 0 0 0 0 0.24 0.68 0.0 58.5 9.6 M M 24 14 -4 5 -16 60 6234 320 0 0 0 T 0.24 0.72 T 58.5 6.6 M M 25 39 1 20 -2 45 6279 322 0 0 0 0 0.24 0.76 0.0 58.5 15.6 M M 26 33 26 30 8 35 6314 314 0 0 0 T 0.24 0.80 T 58.5 10.9 M M 27 30 22 26 7 39 6973 288 0 0 0 0 0.24 0.84 0 58.5 M M M 28 35 27 31 8 34 6385 301 0 0 0 0.06 0.30 0.88 0.2 58.7 13.5 M M Monthly Summary for February ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 19.9 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 20 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +2.0 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX.... 27.7 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 28 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN.... 12.1 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 3 HIGHEST DAILY... 42 ON FEB 18 LOWEST DAILY.... -6 ON FEB 15 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1255 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -64 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 6380 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +296 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.30 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 6 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.58 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 0 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 2.01 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...+0.18 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.08 INCHES ON FEB 22 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 4.0 INCHES TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 58.7 INCHES GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 1.5 ON FEB 22 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.77 INCHES ON FEB 24 LOWEST....29.62 INCHES ON FEB 18 REMARKS...FEBRUARY 1997 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE NO DAILY RECORD EXTREMES SET. LAST MONTH WAS THE FIRST DRIER THAN NORMAL MONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER. ...CORRECTION TO REMARKS...