April, 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 48 34 41 2 24 6300 -864 0 0 0 0.13 0.13 0.07 T 45.0 8.1 M M 2 43 36 40 0 25 6325 -864 0 0 0 T 0.13 0.14 0 45.0 M M M 3 56 38 47 7 18 6343 -871 0 0 0 0 0.13 0.21 0.0 45.0 11.6 M M 4 56 32 44 3 21 6364 -874 0 0 0 0 0.13 0.28 0 45.0 4.6 M M 5 59 34 47 6 18 6382 -880 0 0 0 0 0.13 0.35 0 45.0 10.2 M M 6 65 46 56 14 9 6391 -894 0 0 0 0.54 0.67 0.42 0 45.0 11.6 M M 7 52 41 47 4 18 6409 -898 0 0 0 0.16 0.83 0.50 0 45.0 14.2 M M 8 53 40 47 4 18 6427 -902 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.58 0 45.0 17.3 M M 9 58 36 47 3 18 6445 -905 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.66 0 45.0 12.7 M M 10 61 28 45 1 20 6465 -906 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.74 0 45.0 5.1 M M 11 70 42 56 12 9 6474 -918 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.82 0.0 45.0 12 M M 12 73 57 65 20 0 6474 -938 0 0 0 0.09 0.92 0.90 0.0 45.0 23.4 M M 13 62 50 56 11 9 6483 -949 0 0 0 0 0.92 0.98 0 45.0 12.9 M M 14 61 42 52 6 13 6496 -955 0 0 0 0 0.92 1.06 0 45.0 11.2 M M 15 49 38 44 -2 21 6517 -953 0 0 0 0 0.92 1.14 0 45.0 16.1 M M 16 53 34 44 -3 21 6538 -950 0 0 0 0 0.92 1.22 0 45.0 15.4 M M 17 61 33 47 0 18 6556 -950 0 0 0 0 0.92 1.30 0.0 45.0 8.5 M M 18 57 43 50 2 15 6571 -952 0 0 0 0.07 0.99 1.38 0 45.0 6.8 M M 19 58 42 51 3 14 6585 -955 0 0 0 0.48 1.47 1.46 0 45.0 8.2 M M 20 62 43 53 4 12 6597 -959 0 0 0 T 1.47 1.54 0 45.0 9.0 M M 21 65 38 52 3 13 6610 -962 0 0 0 0 1.47 1.62 0 45.0 5.5 M M 22 69 34 52 2 13 6623 -964 0 0 0 0 1.47 1.70 0 45.0 3.4 M M 23 73 37 55 5 10 6633 -969 0 0 0 0 1.47 1.79 0 45.0 5.0 M M 24 77 42 60 10 5 6638 -979 0 0 0 0 1.47 1.88 0.0 45.0 7.4 M M 25 71 50 61 10 4 6642 -989 0 0 0 0.07 1.54 1.97 0.0 45.0 14.8 M M 26 66 48 57 6 8 6650 -995 0 0 0 0.02 1.56 2.06 0.0 45.0 15.0 M M 27 62 40 51 -1 14 6664 -994 0 0 0 0 1.56 2.15 0 45.0 9.0 M M 28 66 32 49 -3 16 6680 -991 0 0 0 0 1.56 2.24 0 45.0 4.3 M M 29 70 33 52 0 13 6693 -991 0 0 0 0 1.56 2.33 0 45.0 2.7 M M 30 73 39 56 3 9 6702 -994 0 0 0 0 1.56 2.42 0 45.0 1.9 M M Monthly Summary for April ...CORRECTED... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 50.6 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 4.2 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MAX..... 61.6 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 3 AVERAGE DAILY MIN..... 39.5 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 77 ON APRIL 24 LOWEST DAILY.... 28 ON APRIL 10 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 426 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -132 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 6702 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1316 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.56 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.86 BELOW 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 4 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 8.56 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.37 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.70 INCHES ON APRIL 6-7 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... TRACE TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 45.0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.45 INCHES ON APRIL 27 LOWEST....29.27 INCHES ON APRIL 1 REMARKS............ NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN THIS MONTH. DME/BMA