January, 1998 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 42 19 31 19 34 3124 -147 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0 8.2 18.3 37 180 2 45 30 38 26 27 3151 M M M M 0 0 M 0 8.2 M M M 3 41 18 30 18 35 3186 -191 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 0 8.2 17.3 30 350 4 30 20 25 13 40 3226 -204 0 0 0 0.38 0.38 0.12 T 8.2 12.0 22 80 5 32 29 31 19 34 3260 M M M M T 0.38 M 0 8.2 M M M 6 32 27 30 19 35 3295 -242 0 0 0 T 0.38 0.18 T 8.2 7.8 14 340 7 29 26 28 17 37 3332 -259 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.21 0 8.2 M 18 40 8 29 23 26 15 39 3371 -274 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.24 0 8.2 11.4 18 20 9 25 -3 11 0 54 3425 -274 0 0 0 T 0.38 0.27 0.1 8.3 15.8 34 290 10 5 -3 1 -10 64 3489 -264 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.30 0 8.3 17.5 30 290 11 14 -3 6 -5 59 3548 -259 0 0 0 0 0.38 0.33 0 8.3 4.2 20 310 12 14 -9 3 -8 62 3610 -251 0 0 0 0.05 0.43 0.36 1.2 9.5 11.5 23 310 13 6 -13 -4 -15 69 3679 -236 0 0 0 T 0.43 0.39 0 9.5 7.5 17 300 14 12 -2 5 -6 60 3739 -230 0 0 0 0.15 0.58 0.42 2.7 12.2 9.8 25 120 15 21 -3 9 -2 56 3795 -228 0 0 0 T 0.58 0.45 T 12.2 7.5 26 140 16 22 20 21 10 44 3839 -238 0 0 0 0.25 0.83 0.48 4.1 16.3 10.5 24 170 17 21 5 13 2 52 3891 -240 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.50 T 16.3 10.0 17 290 18 21 6 14 3 51 3942 -243 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.52 0 16.3 8.2 15 290 19 16 2 9 -2 56 3998 -241 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.54 T 16.3 6.5 13 280 20 22 14 18 7 47 4045 -248 0 0 0 0.13 0.96 0.56 2.3 18.6 11.6 26 100 21 25 18 22 11 43 4088 -259 0 0 0 0.18 1.14 0.58 3.0 21.6 15.7 26 70 22 28 22 25 14 40 4128 -273 0 0 0 0.12 1.26 0.60 1.8 23.4 8.2 15 100 23 24 21 23 12 42 4170 -285 0 0 0 0.04 1.30 0.62 0.5 23.9 5.2 14 10 24 23 15 19 7 46 4216 -292 0 0 0 T 1.30 0.64 T 23.9 6.4 14 170 25 26 18 22 10 43 4259 -302 0 0 0 0.10 1.40 0.66 1.4 25.3 11.8 23 170 26 28 23 26 14 39 4298 -316 0 0 0 T 1.40 0.68 T 25.3 7.0 14 70 27 30 21 26 14 39 4337 -330 0 0 0 0 1.40 0.70 0 25.3 9.2 18 200 28 32 26 29 17 36 4373 -347 0 0 0 0.07 1.47 0.72 T 25.3 8.9 22 340 29 30 18 24 12 41 4414 -359 0 0 0 T 1.47 0.74 T 25.3 8.1 22 350 30 28 17 23 10 42 4456 -369 0 0 0 T 1.47 0.76 T 25.3 5.5 11 180 31 36 28 32 19 33 4489 -388 0 0 0 0 1.47 0.78 0 25.3 13.0 25 190 JAN CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ROCHESTER MN TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 19.7 OR 8.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 25.5 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 13.9 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 45 ON DAY 2 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -13 ON DAY 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1399 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -260 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 4489 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -388 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.47 OR 0.69 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 1.47 OR 0.69 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.38 INCHES ON DAY(S) 4 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 17.1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 25.3 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 27 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 2 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 31 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 7 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.50 INCHES ON DAY 13 LOWEST 29.60 INCHES ON DAY 02 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 34 MPH FROM 200 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 41 FROM 210 DEGREES REMARKS...