February, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Rochester, 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 32 22 27 14 38 5296 367 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 51.1 8 17 210 2 30 17 24 11 41 5337 356 0 0 0 0 0 0.04 0 51.1 10.2 21 320 3 30 12 21 7 44 5381 349 0 0 0 0 0 0.06 0 51.1 8.6 18 70 4 27 22 25 11 40 5421 338 0 0 0 0.56 0.56 0.08 7.2 58.3 17.4 29 350 5 27 20 24 10 41 5462 328 0 0 0 T 0.56 0.10 T 58.3 14.9 25 350 6 21 16 19 5 46 5508 323 0 0 0 T 0.56 0.12 T 58.3 11.0 20 300 7 26 18 0 0 8 22 2 0 0 9 20 -9 0 0 10 23 17 20 5 45 5708 323 0 0 0 0.02 0.58 0.20 0.3 58.8 8.6 17 280 11 17 3 10 -6 55 5763 329 0 0 0 0.10 0.68 0.22 1.9 60.7 8.2 22 280 12 11 -12 -1 -17 66 5829 346 0 0 0 0.01 0.69 0.24 0.1 60.8 7.8 22 320 13 18 -9 5 -11 60 5889 357 0 0 0 0 0.69 0.26 0 60.8 15.0 26 190 14 22 5 14 -3 51 5940 360 0 0 0 T 0.69 0.29 T 60.8 17.1 31 320 15 15 -6 5 -12 60 6000 372 0 0 0 0.03 0.72 0.32 0.5 61.3 8.7 18 190 16 16 2 9 -8 56 6056 380 0 0 0 T 0.72 0.35 T 61.3 10.5 30 170 17 40 16 28 10 37 6093 370 0 0 0 0 0.72 0.38 0 61.3 21.6 36 190 18 40 30 35 17 30 6123 353 0 0 0 0 0.72 0.41 0 61.3 17.3 36 310 19 30 17 24 6 41 6164 347 0 0 0 0 0.72 0.44 0 61.3 15.4 38 310 20 36 25 31 12 34 6198 335 0 0 0 0.07 0.79 0.47 0 61.3 17.2 34 190 21 35 25 30 11 35 6233 324 0 0 0 T 0.79 0.50 T 61.3 18.0 30 350 22 29 11 20 0 45 6278 324 0 0 0 0.07 0.86 0.53 1.2 62.5 12.8 26 340 23 24 4 14 -6 51 6329 330 0 0 0 T 0.86 0.56 T 62.5 15.4 30 310 24 12 0 6 -14 M M M 0 0 0 T 0.86 0.59 T 62.5 9.2 15 330 25 34 1 18 -3 47 6435 347 0 0 0 0 0.86 0.62 0 62.5 21.0 M M 26 33 24 29 8 36 6471 339 0 0 0 0 0.86 0.66 0.0 62.5 13.2 30 220 27 30 24 27 5 38 6509 334 0 0 0 0.02 0.88 0.70 0.4 62.9 8.5 22 200 28 34 24 29 7 36 6545 327 0 0 0 0.04 0.92 0.74 T 62.9 16.3 29 150 FEB CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ROCHESTER MN TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 18.9 OR 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 26.2 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 11.5 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 40 ON DAY 17 & 18 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -12 ON DAY 12 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1287 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -54 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 6545 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 327 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.92 OR 0.18 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 2.55 OR 1.03 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.56 ON DAY 4 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 11.8 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 62.9 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 7.2 INCHES ON DAY 4 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 21 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 2 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 28 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 5 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.75 INCHES ON DAY 24 LOWEST 29.63 INCHES ON DAY 27 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.9 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 34 MPH FROM 310 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 38 FROM 310 DEGREES SEE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR MORE FEBRUARY CLIMATE INFORMATION.