January, 1998 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 43 19 31 18 34 2958 -210 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 11.9 8.0 22 230 2 45 27 36 24 29 2987 M M M M 0 0 M 0 11.9 M M M 3 34 13 24 12 41 3028 -246 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 0.0 11.9 14.6 M M 4 29 12 21 9 44 3072 -255 0 0 0 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.9 12.8 9.0 M M 5 33 24 29 17 36 3108 M M M M 0.01 0.16 M 0.1 12.9 M M M 6 33 26 30 18 35 3143 -290 0 0 0 0.01 0.17 0.20 0.1 13.0 6.6 M M 7 32 25 29 17 36 3179 -307 0 0 0 T 0.17 0.23 T 13.0 7.0 M M 8 36 24 30 18 35 3214 -325 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.26 0.0 13.0 9.5 M M 9 23 -5 12 0 53 3267 -325 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.29 T 13.1 13.5 M M 10 2 -5 -2 -13 67 3334 -312 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.32 0 13.1 15.2 M M 11 8 -4 2 -9 63 3397 -303 0 0 0 0.08 0.26 0.35 1.1 14.2 3.0 M M 12 8 -11 -2 -13 67 3464 -290 0 0 0 0.29 0.55 0.38 3.8 18.0 9.5 M M 13 3 -23 -10 -21 75 3539 -269 0 0 0 0.08 0.63 0.41 1.0 19.0 5.7 M M 14 14 -7 4 -7 61 3600 -262 0 0 0 0.20 0.83 0.44 2.9 21.9 8.1 M M 15 23 -12 6 -5 59 3659 -257 0 0 0 0.03 0.88 0.47 0.4 22.3 6.4 M M 16 23 22 23 12 42 3701 -269 0 0 0 0.11 0.99 0.50 1.5 23.8 9.0 M M 17 23 9 16 5 49 3750 -274 0 0 0 T 0.99 0.53 T 23.8 8.1 M M 18 22 13 18 7 47 3797 -281 0 0 0 T 0.99 0.56 T 23.8 5.0 M M 19 24 3 14 3 51 3848 -284 0 0 0 0.04 1.03 0.59 0.5 24.3 4.3 M M 20 22 -1 11 0 54 3902 -284 M M M 0.03 1.06 0.62 0.4 24.7 9.2 M M 21 27 20 24 12 41 3943 -296 0 0 0 0.10 1.16 0.65 1.3 26.0 13.1 M M 22 29 24 27 15 38 3981 -311 0 0 0 0.13 1.29 0.68 1.7 27.7 8.8 M M 23 28 21 25 13 40 4021 -324 0 0 0 0.05 1.34 0.71 0.6 28.3 5.8 M M 24 27 14 21 9 44 4065 -333 0 0 0 T 1.34 0.74 T 28.3 4.8 M M 25 27 21 24 12 41 4106 -345 0 0 0 0.30 1.64 0.77 4.0 32.3 10.9 M M 26 27 24 26 14 39 4145 -359 0 0 0 T 1.64 0.80 T 32.3 6.5 M M 27 30 25 28 16 37 4182 -375 0 0 0 0 1.64 0.83 0 32.3 6.5 M M 28 34 20 27 14 38 4220 -389 0 0 0 T 1.64 0.86 T 32.3 4.4 M M 29 26 9 18 5 47 4267 -394 0 0 0 T 1.64 0.89 T 32.3 4.6 M M 30 29 21 25 12 40 4307 -406 0 0 0 T 1.64 0.92 T 32.3 7.8 M M 31 40 24 32 19 33 4340 -425 0 0 0 0 1.64 0.95 0 32.3 10.0 M M TWIN CITIES MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR...JANUARY 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 19.1 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 23 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 7.3 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX..... 26.0 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 31 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN..... 12.1 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 8 HIGHEST DAILY... 45 ON JAN 2 LOWEST DAILY....-23 ON JAN 13 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 1416 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -233 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 4340 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -425 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.64 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 16 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.69 ABOVE 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 7 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 1.64 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.69 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.30 INCHES ON JAN 25 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 20.4 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 32.3 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 4.0 INCHES ON JAN 25 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.52 INCHES ON JAN 13 LOWEST....29.56 INCHES ON JAN 2 ...REMARKS... JANUARY 98 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. BUT NEITHER THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIP MADE IT INTO THE...TOP TEN...EXTREME CATAGORY. IT WAS THE 8TH SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD.