August, 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 76 59 68 -5 0 0 -11 3 539 M 0 0 M M M M M M 2 80 56 68 -5 0 0 -11 3 542 67 0 0 0.22 M M 4.5 15 280 3 82 62 72 -1 0 0 -11 7 549 66 T T 0.34 M M 8.2 18 270 4 82 56 69 -4 0 0 -11 4 553 62 0 M 0.46 M M 8.3 24 290 5 85 56 71 -2 0 0 -11 6 559 60 0 M 0.58 M M 7.7 25 280 6 87 63 75 2 0 0 -11 10 569 62 0 M 0.70 M M 8.1 22 210 7 81 63 72 -1 0 0 -11 7 576 61 0.09 0.09 0.82 M M 7.9 28 20 8 76 59 68 -5 0 0 -11 3 579 56 0 0.09 0.94 M M 6.4 14 70 9 73 61 67 -5 0 0 -11 2 581 M 0.76 0.85 M M M M M M 10 82 63 73 1 0 0 -11 8 589 M 0 0.85 M M M 8.3 23 290 11 85 62 74 2 0 0 -11 9 598 54 0 0.85 1.30 M M 6.6 20 170 12 74 59 67 -5 0 0 -11 2 600 49 0.51 1.36 1.42 M M 10.1 23 10 13 74 54 64 -8 1 1 -10 0 598 40 T 0.85 1.54 M M 12.9 30 20 14 75 53 64 -7 1 1 -10 0 598 34 0 0.85 1.66 M M 6.5 18 190 15 78 59 69 -2 0 2 -9 4 604 34 0.04 1.40 1.78 M M 13.7 M M 16 83 67 75 4 0 2 -9 10 614 38 0 1.40 1.90 M M 10.7 M M 17 82 57 70 0 0 2 -10 5 619 37 0 1.40 2.02 M M 7.8 M M 18 73 66 70 0 0 2 -11 5 624 36 0.20 1.60 2.14 M M 9.0 M M 19 75 61 68 -2 0 2 -12 3 627 33 T 1.60 2.26 M M 5.0 13 10 20 77 58 68 -2 0 2 -13 3 630 30 0 1.60 2.38 M M 5.0 14 120 21 71 64 68 -1 0 2 -14 3 633 28 0.24 1.84 2.50 M M 9.1 23 110 22 77 63 70 1 0 2 -15 5 638 28 0.78 2.62 2.62 M M 10.2 22 120 23 78 66 72 3 0 2 -16 7 645 30 T 2.62 2.74 M M 10.3 23 320 24 78 65 72 3 0 2 -17 7 652 32 0 2.62 2.85 M M 7.2 M M 25 82 60 71 3 0 2 -19 6 658 33 0 2.62 2.96 M M 2.7 M M 26 85 61 73 5 0 2 -21 8 666 36 0 2.62 3.07 M M 8.3 21 190 27 91 69 80 12 0 2 -23 15 681 46 0 2.62 3.18 M M 3.6 13 320 28 83 66 75 8 0 2 -25 10 691 52 0 2.62 3.29 M M 6.4 16 30 29 74 62 68 1 0 2 -27 3 694 51 0 2.62 3.40 M M 11.9 22 70 30 72 59 66 -1 0 2 -29 1 695 48 0.02 2.64 3.51 M M 13.7 28 170 31 82 61 72 6 0 2 -31 7 702 52 0 2.64 3.62 M M 13.5 28 M MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR...AUGUST 1999 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 70.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE DAILY MAX....... 79.1 AVERAGE DAILY MIN....... 61.0 HIGHEST DAILY... 91 ON AUGUST 27TH LOWEST DAILY.... 53 ON AUGUST 14TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 1 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING / COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 2 / 166 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -20 / -26 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 2 / 702 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -31 / 52 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 2.64 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... .98 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 25.80 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 5.02 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY.... 0.78 INCHES ON THE 22ND ...NUMBER OF DAYS... MEASURABLE PRECIP... 8 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 5 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 3 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 ...WIND DATA............ AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 8.4 MPH PEAK GUST .............. 36 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST... 30.33 INCHES ON THE 17TH LOWEST.... 29.56 INCHES ON THE 5TH SCHALLER