August, 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 85 66 76 2 0 27 16 11 397 -70 T T 0.11 M M 8.6 M M 2 91 63 77 4 0 27 16 12 409 -66 0.36 0.36 0.22 M M 8.0 M M 3 85 64 75 2 0 27 16 10 419 -64 0 0.36 0.34 M M 6.9 M M 4 80 62 71 -2 0 27 16 6 425 -66 T 0.36 0.46 M M 8.8 M M 5 77 56 67 -6 0 27 16 2 427 -72 0.35 0.71 0.58 M M 6.7 M M 6 79 61 70 -3 0 27 16 5 432 -75 0 0.71 0.70 M M 3.4 M M 7 82 59 71 -2 0 27 16 6 438 -77 0 0.71 0.82 M M 7.6 M M 8 82 67 75 2 0 27 16 10 448 -75 0 0.71 0.94 M M 14.6 M M 9 83 64 74 2 0 27 16 9 457 -73 0.06 0.77 1.06 M M 9.8 M M 10 68 55 62 -10 3 30 19 0 457 -80 0 0.77 1.18 M M 8.1 M M 11 73 55 64 -8 1 31 20 0 457 -87 0 0.77 1.30 M M 7.5 M M 12 74 62 68 -4 0 31 20 3 460 -91 0.01 0.78 1.42 M M 4.9 M M 13 72 48 60 -12 5 36 25 0 460 -98 0 0.78 1.54 M M 6.5 M M 14 71 56 64 -7 1 37 26 0 460 -104 0.67 1.45 1.66 M M 7.9 M M 15 85 61 73 2 0 37 26 8 468 -102 0.04 1.49 1.78 M M 8.8 M M 16 81 61 71 0 0 37 26 6 474 -102 0.01 1.50 1.90 M M 8.1 M M 17 63 56 60 -10 5 42 30 0 474 -108 T 1.50 2.02 M M 9.9 M M 18 68 58 63 -7 2 44 31 0 474 -114 0 1.50 2.14 M M 6.6 M M 19 61 58 60 -10 5 49 35 0 474 -120 3.19 4.69 2.26 M M 9.4 M M 20 71 57 64 -6 1 50 35 0 474 -126 0.01 4.70 2.38 M M 8.7 M M 21 74 55 64 -5 1 51 35 0 474 -131 0 4.70 2.50 M M 5.9 M M 22 74 52 63 -6 2 53 36 0 474 -136 0 4.70 2.62 M M 4.5 M M 23 84 60 72 3 0 53 35 7 481 -134 0.05 4.75 2.74 M M 9.1 M M 24 77 62 70 1 0 53 34 5 486 -134 0 4.75 2.85 M M 6.5 M M 25 78 60 69 1 0 53 32 4 490 -135 0 4.75 2.96 M M 10.0 M M 26 83 66 75 7 0 53 30 10 500 -130 T 4.75 3.07 M M 4.3 M M 27 85 65 75 7 0 53 28 10 510 -125 0 4.75 3.18 M M 5.2 M M 28 79 60 70 3 0 53 26 5 515 -124 T 4.75 3.29 M M 8.4 M M 29 76 62 69 2 0 53 24 4 519 -124 0.02 4.77 3.40 M M 11.9 M M 30 82 65 74 7 0 53 22 9 528 -119 1.24 6.01 3.51 M M 6.9 M M 31 84 61 73 7 0 53 20 8 536 -114 0 6.01 3.62 M M 4.2 M M Monthly Summary for August ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 68.8 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1.7 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 1 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX..... 77.7 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN..... 59.8 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 91 ON AUG 2 LOWEST DAILY.... 48 ON AUG 13 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 26 150 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +4 -42 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 53 536 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +20 -114 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 6.01 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 12 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.39 ABOVE 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 5 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR......28.21 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 7.43 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 2 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 3.20 INCHES ON AUG 19-20 REMARKS...AUGUST 1997 WAS ONCE AGAIN WETTER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL... A TREND THAT BEGAN IN LATE JUNE AND JULY. ANOTHER 1997 DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS BROKEN LAST MONTH. THE 3.19 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL ON AUG 19 OBLITERATED THE OLD RECORD OF JUST 0.96 INCHES WHICH HAD STOOD SINCE AUG 19 1904. ONE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE AND TWO RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE ALSO TIED OR BROKEN IN AUGUST 1997. --FIRST...THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES ON AUG 13 TIED A RECORD LOW WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SET AUG 13 1924. --THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES ON AUG 17 BROKE THE RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 66 DEGREES... SET AUG 17 1975. --JUST TWO DAYS LATER...ON AUG 19...A RECORD COLD HIGH WAS TIED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 61 DEGREES. THE ORIGINAL RECORD WAS SET AUG 19 1985.