August, 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 84 58 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 2 82 61 M M M M M M M M 0.57 M M M M M M M 3 68 61 65 -8 0 0 -11 0 429 -54 1.54 2.11 0.34 M M 11.5 M M 4 75 64 70 -3 0 0 -11 5 434 -57 0.01 2.12 0.46 M M 10.0 M M 5 77 67 72 -1 0 0 -11 7 441 -58 0.02 2.14 0.58 M M 9.5 M M 6 82 66 74 1 0 0 -11 9 450 -57 T 2.14 0.70 M M 12.7 M M 7 77 63 70 -3 0 0 -11 5 455 -60 0.55 2.69 0.82 M M 5.8 M M 8 80 61 71 -2 0 0 -11 6 461 -62 0 2.69 0.94 M M 5.5 M M 9 85 66 76 4 0 0 -11 11 472 -58 0.17 2.86 1.06 M M 5.1 M M 10 85 58 72 M M 0 M 7 479 M 0 2.86 M M M M M M 11 82 64 73 1 0 0 -11 8 487 -57 0 2.86 1.30 M M 6.0 M M 12 80 63 72 M M M M 7 495 M 0 2.86 M M M M M M 13 80 63 72 0 0 0 -11 7 501 -57 0 2.86 1.54 M M 5.7 M M 14 87 64 76 5 0 0 -11 11 512 -52 0 2.86 1.66 M M 9.6 M M 15 77 60 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 16 87 62 M M M M M M M M 0.32 M M M M M M M 17 77 65 71 1 0 0 -12 6 532 -50 0.01 3.19 2.02 M M 9.6 M M 18 74 60 67 -3 0 0 -13 2 534 -54 0 3.19 2.14 M M 11.3 M M 19 89 69 79 9 0 0 -14 14 548 -46 0.74 3.93 2.26 M M 14.2 M M 20 88 64 76 6 0 0 -15 11 559 -41 0.01 3.94 2.38 M M 4.9 M M 21 83 61 72 3 0 0 -16 7 566 -39 0 3.94 2.50 M M 5.0 M M 22 79 67 73 4 0 0 -17 8 574 -36 1.88 5.82 2.62 M M 9.0 M M 23 86 67 77 8 0 0 -18 12 586 -29 T 5.82 2.74 M M M M M 24 81 62 72 3 0 0 -18 7 594 -31 0.01 5.83 2.96 M M 5.2 M M 25 81 58 70 2 0 0 -21 5 598 -27 0 5.83 2.96 M M 6.0 M M 26 83 60 72 4 0 0 -23 7 605 -25 0 5.83 3.07 M M 6.8 M M 27 75 64 70 2 0 0 -25 5 610 -25 0.16 5.99 3.18 M M 6.9 M M 28 85 65 75 8 0 0 -27 10 620 -19 0 5.99 3.29 M M 6.8 M M 29 81 58 70 3 0 0 -29 5 625 -18 0 5.99 3.40 M M 6.2 M M 30 80 52 66 -1 0 0 -31 1 626 -21 0 5.99 3.51 M M 3.1 M M 31 77 56 67 1 0 0 -33 2 628 -22 0 5.99 3.62 M M 4.4 M M Monthly Summary for August ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 71.6 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.1 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MAX..... 80.9 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MIN..... 62.2 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 89 ON AUG 19 LOWEST DAILY.... 52 ON AUG 30 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 0 212 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 22 BELOW 20 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 0 628 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 33 BELOW 22 BELOW ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 5.99 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 13 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.37 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 8 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR......28.10 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 7.32 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 2 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 2.11 INCHES ON THE 2-3 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 00.0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.30 INCHES ON AUG 1 LOWEST....29.67 INCHES ON AUG 23 SCHALLER