February, 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 29 18 24 11 41 4530 -399 0 0 0 0.40 0.40 0.02 4.6 29.9 12.2 23 320 2 28 2 15 2 50 4580 -401 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.04 T 29.9 9.7 17 320 3 23 2 13 -1 52 4632 -400 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.06 T 29.9 7.5 17 20 4 24 12 18 4 47 4679 -404 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.08 0 29.9 6.1 M M 5 26 7 17 3 48 4727 -407 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.10 0 29.9 7.8 M M 6 26 8 17 3 48 4775 -410 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.12 0 29.9 7.7 13 320 7 31 7 19 4 46 4821 -414 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.14 0 29.9 4.3 9 190 8 33 12 23 8 42 4863 -422 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.16 0.0 29.9 9.9 21 170 9 32 25 29 14 36 4899 -436 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.18 0.0 29.9 12.4 21 170 10 35 25 30 15 35 4934 -451 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.20 T 29.9 6.8 16 360 11 33 24 29 13 36 4970 -464 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.22 T 29.9 15.4 28 340 12 28 18 23 7 42 5012 -471 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.24 0 29.9 11.2 22 330 13 29 19 24 8 41 5053 -479 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.26 T 29.9 6.3 11 20 14 34 26 30 13 35 5088 -492 0 0 0 0 0.40 0.29 0 29.9 11.9 30 170 15 40 34 37 20 28 5116 -512 0 0 0 T 0.40 0.32 0.0 29.9 14.4 29 190 16 41 34 38 21 27 5143 -533 0 0 0 0.05 0.45 0.35 0.0 29.9 12.5 29 70 17 35 33 34 16 31 5174 -549 0 0 0 0.05 0.50 0.38 0.0 29.9 15.9 26 70 18 37 33 35 17 30 5204 -566 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.41 0 29.9 6.3 15 50 19 38 33 36 18 29 5233 -584 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.44 0 29.9 3.6 8 350 20 38 32 35 16 30 5263 -600 0 0 0 T 0.50 0.47 T 29.9 6.4 11 300 21 38 28 33 14 32 5295 -614 0 0 0 T 0.50 0.50 0 29.9 5.3 11 190 22 43 31 37 17 28 5323 -631 0 0 0 0.01 0.51 0.53 0 29.9 12.7 25 160 23 48 37 43 23 22 5345 -654 0 0 0 0.07 0.58 0.56 0 29.9 13.4 25 210 24 52 31 42 22 23 5368 -676 0 0 0 0 0.58 0.59 0 29.9 8.0 21 320 25 50 38 44 23 21 5389 -699 0 0 0 T 0.58 0.62 0.0 29.9 23.8 49 130 26 48 39 44 23 21 5410 -722 0 0 0 0.35 0.93 0.66 0.0 29.9 13.8 32 140 27 39 28 34 12 31 5441 -734 0 0 0 0.39 1.32 0.70 1.8 31.7 15.4 26 240 28 29 25 27 5 38 5479 -739 0 0 0 0.06 1.38 0.74 0.6 32.3 12.1 22 190 FEB CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ROCHESTER MN ...FEBRUARY 1998 WAS MUCH WARMER AND A LITTLE WETTER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 29.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 12.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND THE WARMEST SINCE 1954. ONLY ONE DAY THIS MONTH AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.38 INCHES...WHICH WAS 0.64 INCH ABOVE NORMAL. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 7.0 INCHES...WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE NORMAL OF 7.9 INCHES. A FEW RECORDS WERE SET THIS PAST FEBRUARY. A RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL WAS SET ON THE 1ST OF THE MONTH WITH 4.6 INCHES...AND A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL WAS SET ON THE 26TH WITH 0.35 INCHES. DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS IN ROCHESTER DATE BACK TO ONLY 1952. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 29.4 OR 12.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 35.2 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 23.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 52 ON DAY 24 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 2 ON DAY 3 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 990 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -351 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5479 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -739 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.38 OR 0.64 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 2.85 OR 1.33 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.54 INCHES ON DAY(S) 26-27 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 7.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 32.3 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 4.6 INCHES ON DAY(S) 1 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 8 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 11 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 3 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 20 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.43 INCHES ON DAY 03 LOWEST 29.31 INCHES ON DAY 27 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.2 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 38 MPH FROM 130 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 49 FROM 130 DEGREES LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... 29.8 DEGREES AVERAGE HIGH... 38.2 DEGREES AVERAGE LOW.... 21.3 DEGREES AVERAGE PRECIPITATION... 1.78 INCHES AVERAGE SNOWFALL........ 9.4 INCHES AVERAGE HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 1091