November, 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 55 38 47 6 18 514 -212 0 758 76 0 0 0.06 M M 9.1 M M 2 46 34 40 -1 25 539 -211 0 758 76 0 0 0.12 M M 13.8 M M 3 42 29 36 -4 29 568 -207 0 758 76 0 0 0.18 M M 11.8 M M 4 38 25 32 -8 33 601 -199 0 758 76 0 0 0.24 M M 5.6 M M 5 34 21 28 -11 37 638 -188 0 758 76 0 0 0.30 M M 6.0 M M 6 32 28 30 -8 35 673 -180 0 758 76 0 0 0.36 M M 4.3 M M 7 36 23 30 -8 35 708 -172 0 758 76 0 0 0.42 0 0 3.3 M M 8 36 31 34 -3 31 739 -169 0 758 76 0.01 0.01 0.48 0.1 0.1 4.0 M M 9 40 33 37 0 28 767 -169 0 758 76 0.44 0.45 0.54 T 0.1 12.6 M M 10 46 34 40 4 25 792 -173 0 758 76 0.72 1.17 0.60 0 0.1 17.6 M M 11 38 28 33 -3 32 824 -170 0 758 76 0 1.17 0.65 0 0.1 15.1 M M 12 35 23 29 -6 36 860 -164 0 758 76 0 1.17 0.70 0 0.1 6.5 M M 13 43 29 36 1 29 889 -165 0 758 76 0 1.17 0.75 0.0 0.1 9.7 M M 14 46 32 39 5 26 915 -170 0 758 76 0 1.17 0.80 0 0.1 13.1 M M 15 39 25 32 -1 33 948 -169 0 758 76 0 1.17 0.85 0 0.1 9.6 M M 16 40 32 36 3 29 977 -172 0 758 76 T 1.17 0.90 0 0.1 8.6 M M 17 40 32 36 4 29 1006 -176 0 758 76 T 1.17 0.95 0 0.1 6.6 M M 18 49 34 42 10 23 1029 -186 0 758 76 0.15 1.32 1.00 0 0.1 16.4 M M 19 34 22 28 -3 37 1066 -183 0 758 76 T 1.32 1.05 T 0.1 15.5 M M 20 30 19 25 -6 40 1106 -177 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.10 0.0 0.1 7.9 M M 21 48 19 34 4 31 1137 -181 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.15 0 0.1 11.9 M M 22 59 35 47 17 18 1155 -198 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.20 0 0.1 9.0 M M 23 52 29 41 12 24 1179 -210 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.25 0 0.1 10.9 M M 24 52 24 38 9 27 1206 -219 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.30 0.0 0.1 11.1 M M 25 53 31 42 14 23 1229 -233 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.35 0.0 0.1 10.0 M M 26 58 28 43 16 22 1251 -249 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.39 0 0.1 4.1 M M 27 64 29 47 20 18 1269 -269 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.43 0 0.1 3.9 M M 28 56 28 42 14 23 1292 M 0 758 76 0 1.32 M 0 0.1 M M M 29 62 50 56 30 9 1301 -315 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.51 0 0.1 8.3 M M 30 50 31 41 16 24 1325 -331 0 758 76 0 1.32 1.55 0 0.1 12.3 M M Monthly Summary for November FOR THE TWIN CITIES FOR...NOVEMBER 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 37.2 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 4.0 ABOVE MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MAX..... 45.1 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 23 AVERAGE DAILY MIN..... 29.2 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 64 ON NOV 27 LOWEST DAILY.... 19 ON NOV 20 AND 21 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 829 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 125 BELOW 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 1325 758 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 331 BELOW 76 ABOVE ...PRECIPITATION DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.32 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -0.2 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 3 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR..... 32.95 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 5.70 ABOVE 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.72 INCHES ON NOV 9-10 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 0.1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 0.1 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...MISSING LOWEST....MISSING THE MOST NOTABLE EVENTS OF THE MONTH WERE THE 3 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH. THE FIRST WAS 59 DEGREES ON THE 22ND... BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 50 SET IN 1980. THE SECOND RECORD HIGH ON THE 27TH WAS 64 DEGREES EXCEEDING THE PREVIOUS OF 61 SET IN 1909. THE LAST RECORD HIGH TO GO WAS ON THE 29TH WITH 62 DEGREES BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 53 SET IN 1890. THIS WAS THE LONGEST STANDING OF THE THREE RECORDS BROKEN. DME