May, 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 57 31 44 -7 21 8378 452 0 0 0 0 0 0.10 0 84.6 8.9 24 340 2 48 42 45 -7 20 8398 459 0 0 0 0.42 0.42 0.20 0 84.6 12.4 26 70 3 57 40 49 -3 16 8414 462 0 0 0 0.01 0.43 0.30 0 84.6 17.8 38 340 4 67 34 51 -2 14 8428 464 0 0 0 0 0.43 0.40 0 84.6 11.9 28 240 5 68 43 56 3 9 8437 461 0 0 0 0.02 0.45 0.50 0.0 84.6 23.8 55 310 7 54 46 50 -4 15 8465 466 0 0 0 0.79 1.24 0.72 0.0 84.6 15.7 47 160 8 57 41 49 -5 16 8481 471 0 0 0 T 1.24 0.83 0.0 84.6 23.2 43 290 12 57 30 44 -11 21 8540 486 0 0 -4 0 1.24 1.27 0 84.6 17.2 33 300 13 52 26 39 -17 26 8566 502 0 0 -5 0.01 1.25 1.38 0 84.6 7.1 32 250 14 49 32 41 -15 24 8590 516 0 0 -6 0.08 1.33 1.49 0 84.6 14.9 38 310 15 51 31 41 -15 24 8614 530 0 0 -7 T 1.33 1.60 0.1 84.7 13.8 36 340 16 81 32 57 0 8 8622 529 0 0 -8 T 1.33 1.71 0 84.7 16.2 46 220 18 74 51 63 5 2 8630 520 0 0 -10 0.48 1.81 1.93 0 84.7 13.1 37 270 19 55 38 47 -11 18 8648 530 0 0 -11 T 1.81 2.04 0 84.7 18.2 37 330 20 58 34 46 -12 19 8667 541 0 0 -12 0 1.81 2.15 0 84.7 11.5 29 340 21 63 38 51 -7 14 8681 547 0 0 -13 0 1.81 2.26 0 84.7 5.1 14 250 22 73 43 58 -1 7 8688 547 0 0 -14 0 1.81 2.37 M M 11.9 29 150 23 71 50 61 2 4 8692 544 0 0 -15 0.02 1.83 2.48 M M 11.6 30 190 24 57 52 55 -5 10 8702 548 0 0 -16 0.69 2.52 2.59 M M 13.7 29 100 26 62 43 53 -7 12 8726 560 0 0 -18 0 2.52 2.81 M M 16.3 32 110 27 63 39 51 -10 14 8740 568 0 0 -20 0 2.52 2.92 M M 13.2 30 90 28 56 48 52 -9 13 8753 575 0 0 -22 0.44 2.96 3.04 M M 8.9 21 80 29 54 50 52 -9 13 8766 582 0 0 -24 0.11 3.07 3.16 M M 7.5 15 280 30 69 46 58 -4 7 8773 584 0 0 -26 0 3.07 3.28 M M 7.9 17 10 31 79 50 65 3 0 8773 579 0 0 -28 0 3.07 3.40 M M 7.0 15 30 MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ROCHESTER MN TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 51.3 OR 5.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 62.3 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 40.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 81 ON DAY 16 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 26 ON DAY 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 416 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 134 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -28 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 8773 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 579 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -28 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.07 OR 0.33 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 9.57 OR 0.14 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.80 INCHES ON DAY(S) 7-8 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 84.7 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __ ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 11 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 6 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.40 INCHES ON DAY 21 LOWEST 29.52 INCHES ON DAY 18 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 13.5 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 47 MPH FROM 310 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 55 FROM 310 DEGREES