July, 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 79 56 68 -4 0 0 0 3 182 -5 T T 0.13 M M 4.6 M M 2 81 58 70 -2 0 0 0 5 184 -17 0 0.00 0.25 M M 7.9 M M 3 91 69 80 8 0 0 0 15 202 1 0.57 0.57 0.37 M M 13.8 M M 4 93 80 87 14 0 0 0 22 224 15 0 0.57 0.49 M M 17.5 M M 5 89 67 78 5 0 0 0 13 237 20 0.01 0.58 0.61 M M 14.1 M M 6 82 62 72 -1 0 0 0 7 244 19 0 0.58 0.73 M M 10.0 M M 7 87 58 73 0 0 0 -1 8 252 18 0 0.58 0.85 M M 7.0 M M 8 88 66 77 4 0 0 -2 12 264 21 0.50 1.08 0.97 M M 11.6 M M 9 77 58 68 -5 0 0 -3 3 267 15 T 1.08 1.09 M M 13.7 M M 10 79 50 65 -9 0 0 -4 0 267 5 0 1.08 1.21 M M 4.7 17 20 11 81 56 69 -5 0 0 -5 4 271 -1 0.06 1.14 1.32 M M 4.3 M M 12 84 58 71 -3 0 0 -6 6 277 -5 0 1.14 1.43 M M 9.4 M M 13 85 69 77 3 0 0 -7 12 289 -3 T 1.14 1.54 M M 12.4 M M 14 92 74 83 9 0 0 -8 18 307 5 0 1.14 1.65 M M 11.3 M M 15 97 74 86 12 0 0 -9 21 328 16 0 1.14 1.76 M M 15.2 33 190 16 83 69 76 2 0 0 -10 11 339 17 0.03 1.17 1.87 M M 8.4 23 200 17 82 61 72 -2 0 0 -11 7 346 14 0 1.17 1.98 M M 8.1 16 30 18 72 67 70 -4 0 0 -11 5 351 10 T 1.17 2.09 M M 8.5 15 40 19 84 68 76 2 0 0 -11 11 362 12 0 1.17 2.20 M M 8.1 18 70 20 72 68 70 -4 0 0 -11 5 367 8 0.32 1.49 2.31 M M 9.4 21 130 21 83 68 76 2 0 0 -11 11 378 10 0 1.49 2.42 M M 3.8 11 210 22 92 63 78 4 0 0 -11 13 391 14 0 1.49 2.53 M M 5.8 20 170 23 93 71 82 8 0 0 -11 17 408 22 0.14 1.63 2.64 M M 6.3 40 270 24 98 72 85 11 0 0 -11 20 428 33 0 1.63 2.75 M M 5.3 15 300 25 99 76 88 14 0 0 -11 23 451 47 0 1.63 2.86 M M 10.6 29 40 26 87 68 78 4 0 0 -11 13 464 51 2.16 3.79 2.97 M M 8.3 28 40 27 87 64 76 2 0 0 -11 11 475 53 0.15 3.94 3.08 M M 8.6 41 210 28 90 67 79 5 0 0 -11 14 489 58 0 3.94 3.19 M M 6.8 20 210 29 98 70 84 10 0 0 -11 19 508 68 0.23 4.17 3.30 M M 5.5 41 300 30 96 71 84 10 0 0 -11 19 527 78 0.38 4.55 3.41 M M 7.7 37 330 31 82 65 74 0 0 0 -11 9 536 78 0 4.55 3.53 M M 11.7 M M Monthly Summary for July ...TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DATA... MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR...JULY 1999 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 76.2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 86.5 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 65.9 HIGHEST DAILY... 99 ON JULY 25TH LOWEST DAILY.... 50 ON JULY 10TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 11 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 0 357 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -11 79 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 0 536 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -11 78 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 4.55 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.02 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 23.16 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY......... 2.16 INCHES ON THE 26TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MEASURABLE PRECIP... 11 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 8 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 3 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 1 ...WIND DATA............ AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 9.0 MPH PEAK GUST .............. 52 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST... 30.33 INCHES ON THE 17TH LOWEST.... 29.56 INCHES ON THE 5TH JULY WAS A WARM AND MUGGY MONTH. THE STATE CLIMATOLOGIST INFORMED US...A NEW ALL TIME RECORD HIGH DEW POINT OF 81 DEGREES WAS ESTABLISHED ON JULY 30TH. ON JULY 20TH A ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE SMALLEST TEMPERATURE RANGE WAS SET. THE RANGE OF 4 DEGREES WAS FROM 68 TO 72. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE EQUALLED ON THE 25TH...TYING THE 99 IN 1941 AND THE 98 ON THE 29TH TYING IN 1933 AND 1975. LRS/MBK ...CORRECTED FINAL COMMENTS...