April, 1999 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 65 51 58 19 7 6208 -956 0 0 0 T M 0.07 0.0 56.5 10.0 M M 2 56 44 50 10 15 6223 -966 0 0 0 T M 0.14 0.0 56.5 7.8 M M 3 52 42 47 7 18 6241 -973 0 0 0 0.37 0.37 0.21 0.0 56.5 11.3 M M 4 55 39 47 6 18 6259 -979 0 0 0 0.06 0.43 0.28 0.0 56.5 9.8 M M 5 47 40 44 3 21 6280 -982 0 0 0 0.91 1.34 0.35 0.0 56.5 13.6 M M 6 56 36 46 4 19 6299 -986 0 0 0 0.13 1.47 0.42 0.0 56.5 12.5 M M 7 71 44 58 15 7 6306-1001 0 0 0 0.08 1.55 0.50 0.0 56.5 11.6 M M 8 60 37 49 6 16 6322-1007 0 0 0 T 1.55 0.58 0.0 56.5 15.7 M M 9 61 44 53 9 12 6334-1016 0 0 0 T 1.55 0.66 0.0 56.5 13.7 M M 10 52 38 45 1 20 6354-1017 0 0 0 0.28 1.83 0.74 0.0 56.5 19.4 M M 11 41 36 39 -5 26 6380-1012 0 0 0 0.41 2.24 0.82 0.0 56.5 9.9 M M 12 58 32 45 0 20 6400-1012 0 0 0 0 2.24 0.90 0.0 56.5 3.6 M M 13 64 41 53 8 12 6412-1020 0 0 0 0 2.24 0.98 0.0 56.5 8.3 M M 14 65 43 54 8 11 6423-1028 0 0 0 0.22 2.46 1.06 0.0 56.5 10.3 M M 15 43 37 40 -6 25 6448-1022 0 0 0 0.55 3.01 1.14 0.0 56.5 17.2 M M 16 50 36 43 -4 22 6470-1018 0 0 0 0.02 3.03 1.22 T 56.5 17.9 M M 17 50 36 43 -4 22 6492-1014 0 0 0 T 3.03 1.30 0.0 56.5 11.4 M M 18 52 33 43 -5 22 6514-1009 0 0 0 0 3.03 1.38 0.0 56.5 5.8 M M 19 59 34 47 -1 18 6532-1008 0 0 0 0.05 3.08 1.46 N/A N/A 7.3 M M 20 49 35 42 -7 23 6555-1001 0 0 0 0.19 3.27 1.54 0.0 56.5 8.0 M M 21 59 46 53 4 12 6567-1005 0 0 0 0.01 3.28 1.62 0.0 N/A 12.8 M M 22 50 42 46 M 19 6586 M M M M 0.14 3.42 M M M M M M 23 61 37 49 -1 16 6602-1000 0 0 0 T 3.42 1.79 T 56.5 12.0 M M 24 63 30 47 -3 18 6620 -997 0 0 0 0 3.42 1.88 0.0 56.5 5.6 M M 25 66 33 50 -1 15 6635 -996 0 0 0 0 3.42 1.97 0.0 56.5 5.8 M M 26 69 46 58 7 7 6642-1003 0 0 0 0 3.42 2.06 0.0 56.5 8.1 M M 27 64 50 57 5 8 6650-1008 0 0 0 0.01 3.43 2.15 0.0 56.5 11.1 M M 28 68 49 59 7 6 6656-1015 0 0 0 0 3.43 2.24 0.0 56.5 12.6 M M 29 69 41 55 3 10 6666-1018 0 0 0 0 3.43 2.33 0.0 56.5 7.4 M M 30 76 37 57 4 8 6674-1022 0 0 0 0 3.43 2.42 0.0 56.5 2.2 M M MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR...APRIL 1999 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 49.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 58.4 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 39.6 HIGHEST DAILY... 76 ON APRIL 30TH LOWEST DAILY.... 30 ON APRIL 24TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 2 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING / COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 473 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -85 / 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 6674 / 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1022 / 0 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 3.43 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 8.36 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.17 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY.... 0.91 INCHES ON THE 5TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MEASURABLE PRECIP... 15 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 9 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 2 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 ...SNOWFALL... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... T TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 56.5 GREATEST DAILY.... T ON THE 23RD AND PREVIOUS DAYS ...WIND DATA............ AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 10.7 MPH PEAK GUST .............. 48 MPH FROM THE EAST ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST... 30.62 INCHES ON THE 30TH LOWEST.... 29.36 INCHES ON THE 18TH