November, 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 45 34 40 -1 25 674 -52 0 610 -72 0.03 0.03 0.06 T T 12.5 M M 2 34 30 32 -9 33 707 -43 0 610 -72 0.08 0.11 0.12 1.0 1.0 14.7 M M 3 34 31 33 -7 32 739 -36 0 610 -72 0.01 0.12 0.18 0.1 1.1 12.6 M M 4 34 31 33 -7 32 771 -29 0 610 -72 T 0.12 0.24 T 1.1 4.2 14 10 5 38 33 36 -3 29 800 -26 0 610 -72 T 0.12 0.30 T 1.1 7.6 15 30 6 43 36 40 2 25 825 -28 0 610 -72 0 0.12 0.36 0 1.1 6.0 M M 7 44 36 40 2 25 850 -30 0 610 -72 0 0.12 0.42 0.0 1.1 10.2 M M 8 43 32 38 1 27 877 -31 0 610 -72 T 0.12 0.48 0.0 1.1 7.2 M M 9 39 29 34 -3 31 908 -28 0 610 -72 T 0.12 0.54 T 1.1 11.1 M M 10 32 22 27 -9 38 946 -19 0 610 -72 T 0.12 0.60 T 1.1 8.6 M M 11 28 18 23 -13 42 988 -6 0 610 -72 0.04 0.16 0.65 0.5 1.6 10.5 M M 12 28 12 20 -15 45 1033 9 0 610 -72 T 0.16 0.70 T 1.6 8.1 M M 13 32 24 28 -7 37 1070 16 0 610 -72 0.30 0.46 0.75 4.0 5.6 11.2 M M 14 35 28 32 -2 33 1103 18 0 610 -72 0.08 0.54 0.80 1.0 6.6 13.2 M M 15 28 18 23 M 42 M M 0 610 -72 0.02 0.56 M 0.3 6.9 M M M 16 22 3 13 -20 52 1197 48 0 610 -72 0 0.56 0.90 0 6.9 8.9 M M 17 32 7 20 -12 45 1242 60 0 610 -72 0 0.56 0.95 0 6.9 4.8 M M 18 26 13 20 -12 45 1287 72 0 610 -72 T 0.56 1.00 T 6.9 8.0 M M 19 26 20 23 -8 42 1329 80 0 610 -72 T 0.56 1.05 T 6.9 7.2 M M 20 29 23 26 -5 39 1368 85 0 610 -72 T 0.56 1.10 0 6.9 6.2 M M 21 32 18 25 -5 40 1408 90 0 610 -72 0.09 0.65 1.15 1.2 8.1 9.0 M M 22 33 14 24 -6 41 1449 96 0 610 -72 0.04 0.69 1.20 0.5 8.6 10.6 M M 23 23 0 12 -17 53 1502 113 0 610 -72 T 0.69 1.25 T 8.6 7.5 M M 24 32 -4 14 -15 51 1553 128 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.30 0.0 8.6 7.8 M M 25 40 26 33 5 32 1585 123 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.35 0.0 8.6 4.5 M M 26 40 27 34 7 31 1616 116 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.39 0 8.6 8.9 M M 27 45 29 37 10 28 1644 106 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.43 0.0 8.6 11.6 M M 28 47 20 34 8 31 1675 98 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.47 0 8.6 2.6 M M 29 32 20 26 0 39 1714 98 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.51 0 8.6 2.2 M M 30 35 21 28 3 37 1751 95 0 610 -72 0 0.69 1.55 0 8.6 7.7 M M Monthly Summary for November ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 28.0 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 14 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -5.2 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX..... 34.3 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 26 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN..... 21.7 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 1 HIGHEST DAILY... 47 ON NOV 28 LOWEST DAILY.... -4 ON NOV 24 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1102 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 148 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 1751 610 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 95 -72 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.69 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 6 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.85 BELOW 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 1 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR......34.14 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 6.90 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.38 INCHES ON NOV 13-14 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 8.6 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 8.6 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 5.0 INCHES ON NOV 13-14 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.47 INCHES ON NOV 6 LOWEST....29.38 INCHES ON NOV 2 REMARKS...IN CONTRAST WITH OCTOBER WHEN NUMEROUS TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN THE TWIN CITIES...NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN NOVEMBER. FOR THE MOST PART...NOVEMBER WAS A TRANQUIL MONTH WITH ONLY 0.69 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURES AVERAGED MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR MOST OF THE MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS ONLY FOR THE LAST WEEK. SNOWFALL OF 8.6 INCHES WAS 2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...DESPITE MUCH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. MILLER