February, 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 29 24 27 14 38 4378 -439 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 32.3 9.7 M M 2 28 14 25 11 40 4418 -450 0 0 0 T T 0.06 T 32.3 8.7 M M 3 28 7 20 6 45 4463 -456 0 0 0 T T 0.09 T 32.3 3.5 M M 4 23 6 15 1 50 4513 -457 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.12 0.1 32.4 2.6 M M 5 28 6 17 2 48 4561 -459 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.14 0 32.4 3.2 M M 6 31 7 19 4 46 4607 -463 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.16 0.0 32.4 1.8 M M 7 36 7 22 7 43 4650 -470 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.19 0.0 32.4 2.2 M M 8 38 15 27 12 38 4688 -482 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.22 0.0 32.4 6.6 M M 9 36 26 31 15 34 4722 -497 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.25 0.0 32.4 8.8 M M 10 35 31 33 17 32 4754 -514 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.28 0.0 32.4 5.9 M M 11 34 26 30 14 35 4789 -528 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.31 0.0 32.4 11.1 M M 12 33 12 23 6 42 4831 -534 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.34 0.0 32.4 4.6 M M 13 30 25 28 11 37 4868 -545 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.37 T 32.4 6.5 M M 14 35 28 32 14 33 4901 -559 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.40 0 32.4 10.0 M M 15 41 35 38 20 27 4928 -579 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.43 0 32.4 7.6 M M 16 45 36 41 23 24 4952 -602 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.46 0 32.4 9.5 M M 17 43 36 40 21 25 4977 -623 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.49 0 32.4 13.5 M M 18 39 36 38 19 27 5004 -642 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.52 0 32.4 6.9 M M 19 41 33 37 18 28 5032 -660 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.55 0 32.4 5.5 M M 20 46 33 40 20 25 5057 -680 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.58 T 32.4 4.9 M M 21 39 30 35 15 30 5087 -695 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.61 0.0 32.4 5.6 M M 22 46 33 40 19 25 5112 -714 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.64 0.0 32.4 11.8 M M 23 49 38 44 23 21 5133 -737 0 0 0 0.11 0.12 0.68 0.0 32.4 8.9 M M 24 54 31 43 22 22 5155 -759 0 0 0 0 0.12 0.72 0.0 32.4 5.9 M M 25 52 38 45 23 20 5175 -782 0 0 0 0.08 0.20 0.76 0.0 32.4 18.4 M M 26 50 41 46 24 19 5194 -806 0 0 0 0.06 0.26 0.80 0 32.4 13.5 M M 27 41 31 36 13 29 5223 -819 0 0 0 0.46 0.72 0.84 T 32.4 10.1 M M 28 32 29 31 8 34 5257 -827 M M M 0.08 0.80 0.88 1.0 33.4 9.3 M M Monthly Summary for February ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 31.9 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 14.0 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 38.0 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 18 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 25.8 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 54 ON FEB 24 LOWEST DAILY.... 6 ON FEB 4 AND 5 **CORRECTED** ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 917 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -402 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 5257 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -827 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.80 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.08 BELOW 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 2 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 2.44 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.61 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.52 INCHES FEB 26-27 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 33.4 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 1.0 INCH ON FEB 28 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.44 INCHES ON FEB 3 LOWEST....29.29 INCHES ON FEB 27 ...REMARKS... FEBRUARY 1998 CONTINUED THE TREND OF MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE WINTER MONTHS. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 31.9 DEGREES WAS THE SECOND WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...SECOND ONLY TO THE 32.0 AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN FEBRUARY OF 1931. ALTHOUGH TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL...THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES KEPT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WHICH FELL IN THE FORM OF RAIN. THE 1.1 INCHES OF SNOW WE RECEIVED PLACES FEBRUARY 1998 AS THE 4TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. MILLER