October, 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 66 41 54 -1 11 177 -33 0 577 -105 0 0 0.08 M M 7.5 M M 2 81 51 66 11 0 177 -43 1 578 -104 0 0 0.16 M M 5.2 M M 3 90 60 75 21 0 177 -54 10 588 -94 0 0 0.24 M M 11.0 M M 4 75 50 63 9 2 179 -63 0 588 -94 0 0 0.32 M M 7.2 M M 5 77 47 62 8 3 182 -71 0 588 -94 0 0 0.40 M M 10.8 M M 6 66 46 56 3 9 191 -74 0 588 -94 0.09 0.09 0.48 M M 9.2 M M 7 85 55 70 17 0 191 -86 5 593 -89 0.03 0.12 0.56 M M 10.0 M M 8 74 69 72 20 0 191 -99 7 600 -82 0.01 0.13 0.64 M M 17.9 M M 9 70 39 55 3 10 201 -102 0 600 -82 T 0.13 0.71 M M 13.1 M M 10 70 37 54 2 11 212 -104 0 600 -82 T 0.13 0.78 M M 10.9 M M 11 80 63 72 0 0.13 12 72 63 68 17 0 212 -132 3 610 -72 1.43 1.56 0.92 M M 19.5 M M 13 63 33 48 -2 17 229 -130 0 610 -72 0.09 1.65 0.99 T M 16.9 M M 14 48 33 41 -9 24 253 -121 0 610 -72 0 1.65 M M M 9.1 M M 15 60 35 48 -1 17 270 -120 0 610 -72 T 1.65 1.13 T T 4.1 M M 16 61 36 49 0 16 286 -120 0 610 -72 T 1.65 1.20 0 T 4.4 M M 17 63 40 52 3 13 299 -123 0 610 -72 0 1.65 1.27 0.0 T 10.7 M M 18 67 44 56 8 9 308 -131 0 610 -72 0 1.65 1.34 0.0 T 12.8 M M 19 55 37 46 -2 19 327 -129 0 610 -72 0.01 1.66 1.41 0.0 T 12.8 M M 20 50 31 41 -6 24 351 -123 0 610 -72 0 1.66 1.48 0.0 T 9.1 M M 21 40 33 37 -10 28 379 -113 0 610 -72 0 1.66 1.55 0.0 T 11.5 M M 22 44 24 34 -12 31 410 -101 0 610 -72 0 1.66 1.62 0.0 T 5.2 M M 23 49 37 43 -3 22 432 -98 0 610 -72 T 1.66 1.69 0.0 T 9.7 M M 24 44 35 40 -5 25 457 -93 0 610 -72 T 1.66 1.76 0 T 13.7 M M 25 39 28 34 -11 31 488 -82 0 610 -72 0 1.66 1.83 0 T 12.2 M M 26 38 23 31 -13 34 522 -69 0 610 -72 0 1.66 1.89 0 T 10.5 M M 27 41 13 27 -17 38 560 -52 0 610 -72 0 1.66 1.95 0 T 7.1 M M 28 49 28 39 -4 26 586 -48 0 610 -72 0 1.66 2.01 0 T 6.3 M M 29 52 28 40 -3 25 611 -45 0 610 -72 0 1.66 2.07 0 T 6.7 M M 30 53 37 45 3 20 631 -48 0 610 -72 0.02 1.68 2.13 0 T 6.5 M M 31 61 32 47 5 18 649 -53 0 610 -72 0.36 2.04 2.19 0 T 7.5 M M Monthly Summary for October ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 50.2 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.4 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 1 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX..... 60.7 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 8 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN..... 39.6 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 90 ON OCT 3 LOWEST DAILY.... 13 ON OCT 27 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 483 33 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -19 +33 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 649 610 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -53 -72 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 2.04 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.15 BELOW 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 2 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR......33.45 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 7.76 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 1 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 1.44 INCHES ON OCT 12-13 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... TRACE TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... TRACE GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... TRACE ON OCT 13 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.50 INCHES ON OCT 16 LOWEST....29.19 INCHES ON OCT 12 REMARKS...OCTOBER 1997 TURNED INTO A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF HIGHS AND LOWS AND JUST ABOUT EVERY KIND OF RECORD THAT COULD BE BROKEN WAS INDEED BROKEN. OCTOBER ENDED WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE NEARLY A DEGREE AND A HALF (+1.4) ABOVE NORMAL AT 50.2 DEGREES AND THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION CAME IN JUST BELOW NORMAL (-0.15 INCHES) AT 2.04 INCHES. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RECORDS SET FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER... RECORD HIGHS.... OCT 3.... 90 PREVIOUS RECORD 86 SET IN 1976 **THIS ALSO TIED FOR THE RECORD EXTREME HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WITH THE 90 DEGREES FOR OCT 10 SET IN 1928. OCT 7.... 85 PREVIOUS RECORD 84 SET IN 1980 RECORD LOW.... OCT 27... 13 PREVIOUS RECORD 16 SET IN 1976 RECORD PRECIPITATION.... OCT 12... 1.43 INCHES PREVIOUS RECORD 0.97 INCHES SET IN 1898 RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURES.... OCT 8.... 69 PREVIOUS RECORD 62 SET IN 1973 **THIS ALSO SET A NEW RECORD EXTREME WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD EXTREME WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS 68 DEGREES SET ON OCT 4 1922. OCT 11... 63 PREVIOUS RECORD 62 SET IN 1930 OCT 12... 63 PREVIOUS RECORD 62 SET IN 1995