November, 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 48 34 41 1 24 762 -27 0 399 -73 T T 0.06 0 T 18.4 34 280 2 34 28 31 -9 34 796 -18 0 399 -73 0.01 0.01 0.12 0.1 0.1 18.8 31 320 3 31 29 30 -9 35 831 -9 0 399 -73 T 0.01 0.18 T 0.1 16.6 32 340 4 32 29 31 -8 34 865 -1 0 399 -73 T 0.01 0.24 T 0.1 4.3 13 340 5 36 31 34 -4 31 896 3 0 399 -73 T 0.01 0.30 T 0.1 8.5 18 30 6 39 33 36 -2 29 925 5 0 399 -73 0 0.01 0.36 0 0.1 7.0 17 50 7 41 30 36 -1 29 954 6 0 399 -73 0 0.01 0.42 0 0.1 6.7 16 210 8 41 31 36 -1 29 983 7 0 399 -73 0 0.01 0.48 0 0.1 6.1 14 210 9 38 26 32 -4 33 1016 11 0 399 -73 0.01 0.02 0.54 0 0.1 11.0 23 350 10 30 20 25 -11 40 1056 22 0 399 -73 T 0.02 0.60 0 0.1 10.4 20 320 11 29 15 22 -13 43 1099 35 0 399 -73 T 0.02 0.66 T 0.1 12.1 26 310 12 28 10 19 -16 46 1145 51 0 399 -73 0 0.02 0.72 0.0 0.1 7.6 16 210 13 32 17 25 -9 40 1185 60 0 399 -73 T 0.02 0.78 T 0.1 13.8 25 180 14 34 28 31 -3 34 1219 63 0 399 -73 0.18 0.20 0.84 3.0 3.1 12.8 22 40 15 28 15 22 M 43 1262 M 0 399 -73 T 0.20 M 0.4 3.5 M M M 16 19 5 12 -20 53 1315 94 0 399 -73 T 0.22 0.94 T 3.5 13.8 23 230 17 34 15 25 -7 40 1355 101 0 399 -73 0 0.22 0.99 T 3.5 14.6 25 220 18 27 11 19 -12 46 1401 113 0 399 -73 T 0.22 1.04 T 3.5 12.9 25 300 19 30 18 24 -7 41 1442 120 0 399 -73 0 0.22 1.09 0 3.5 8.1 16 310 20 25 20 23 -7 42 1484 127 0 399 -73 0 0.22 1.14 0 3.5 8.9 17 10 21 32 15 24 -6 41 1525 133 0 399 -73 0 0.22 1.19 0 3.5 10.3 26 180 22 32 13 23 -6 42 1567 139 0 399 -73 T 0.22 1.24 0.4 3.9 18.6 32 280 23 21 4 13 -16 52 1619 155 0 399 -73 T 0.22 1.29 T 3.9 8.7 17 290 24 31 2 17 -11 48 1667 166 0 399 -73 0 0.22 1.34 0 3.9 13.5 28 160 25 43 25 34 7 31 1698 159 0 399 -73 0 0.22 1.39 0 3.9 9.6 22 210 26 38 29 34 7 31 1729 152 0 399 -73 0 0.22 1.44 0 3.9 15.0 28 290 27 45 30 38 12 27 1756 140 0 399 -73 0.01 0.23 1.49 0 3.9 18.0 41 190 28 44 23 34 8 31 1787 132 0 399 -73 0 0.23 1.53 0 3.9 6.6 15 330 29 33 27 30 5 35 1822 127 0 399 -73 0 0.23 1.57 0 3.9 8.2 16 20 30 35 29 32 8 33 1855 119 0 399 -73 0 0.23 1.61 0.0 3.9 9.9 18 50 NOV CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ROCHESTER MN ...NOVEMBER 1997 WAS COLDER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 27.6 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 5.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE DAILY AVERGAGES WERE BELOW NORMAL EXCEPT DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH. NO RECORD HIGHS OR LOWS WERE SET THIS NOVEMBER. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN NOVEMBER WAS 0.23 INCH...WHICH WAS 1.38 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 9TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD IN ROCHESTER. MOST OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FELL IN THE FORM SNOW. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 3.9 INCHES. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 27.6 OR 5.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 33.7 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 21.4 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 48 ON DAY 1 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 2 ON DAY 24 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1117 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 145 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 1855 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 399 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 119 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -73 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.23 OR 1.38 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 29.24 OR 0.61 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.9 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 3.9 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 15 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 0 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 28 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.45 INCHES ON DAY 06 LOWEST 29.38 INCHES ON DAY 02 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.5 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 33 MPH FROM 170 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 41 FROM 190 DEGREES LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... 17.2 AVERAGE HIGH... 25.0 (32 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 21 BY THE 31ST) AVERAGE LOW.... 9.4 (16 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 4 BY THE 31ST) AVERAGE PRECIPITATION... 1.03 AVERAGE SNOWFALL....... 10.9