August, 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 77 56 67 M M M M 2 306 M 0 0 M M M M M M 2 77 55 66 M M M M 1 308 M 0.07 0.07 M M M M M M 3 70 62 66 -5 0 3 -13 1 309 -37 0.15 0.22 0.39 M M 12.1 25 120 4 69 60 65 -5 0 3 -13 0 309 -42 0.37 0.59 0.52 M M 10.7 20 50 5 67 62 65 -5 0 3 -13 0 309 -47 0.47 1.06 0.65 M M 13.3 23 30 6 70 62 66 -4 0 3 -13 1 310 -51 0.17 1.23 0.78 M M 11.0 22 40 7 77 62 70 0 0 3 -13 5 315 -51 0.95 2.18 0.91 M M 5.6 17 210 8 77 61 69 -1 0 3 -13 4 319 -52 0 2.18 1.04 M M 6.8 16 230 9 83 63 73 3 0 3 -13 8 327 -49 0 2.18 1.17 M M 8.9 23 260 10 79 60 70 M M M M 5 332 M 0 2.18 M M M M M M 11 78 60 69 0 0 3 -14 4 336 -50 0 2.18 1.43 M M 6.3 17 90 12 74 57 66 -3 0 3 -15 1 337 -54 0 2.18 1.56 M M 6.4 15 130 13 78 57 68 -1 0 3 -16 3 340 -56 0 2.18 1.69 M M 4.2 10 220 14 82 61 67 M M M M 2 306 M 0.01 M M M M M M M 15 76 55 67 M M M M 2 306 M 0 M M M M M M M 16 82 57 67 M M M M 2 306 M 0.01 M M M M M M M 17 83 66 75 7 0 3 -20 10 363 -52 0.72 2.92 2.20 M M 9.3 26 50 18 70 64 67 -1 0 3 -21 2 365 -54 0 2.92 2.32 M M 10.3 23 130 19 82 65 74 6 0 3 -22 9 374 -49 0 2.92 2.44 M M 12.8 25 150 20 83 67 75 7 0 3 -23 10 384 -43 0.62 3.54 2.56 M M 8.1 30 330 21 80 66 73 6 0 3 -25 8 392 -39 T 3.54 2.68 M M 4.9 11 100 22 83 64 74 7 0 3 -27 9 401 -34 0 3.54 2.80 M M 11.1 28 190 23 85 67 76 9 0 3 -29 11 412 -27 T 3.54 2.92 M M 8.0 17 240 24 78 62 70 3 0 3 -31 5 417 -26 0.18 3.72 3.04 M M 6.8 32 170 25 78 59 69 3 0 3 -33 4 421 -25 0 3.72 3.16 M M 8.4 21 330 26 79 55 67 1 0 3 -35 2 423 -26 0 3.72 3.28 M M 6.0 14 190 27 72 60 66 0 0 3 -37 1 424 -28 0.75 4.47 3.40 M M 9.0 36 150 28 81 65 73 7 0 3 -39 8 432 -23 0 4.47 3.52 M M 6.9 21 330 29 80 60 70 5 0 3 -41 5 437 -20 0 4.47 3.64 M M 8.1 20 320 30 76 55 66 1 0 3 -43 1 438 -21 0 4.47 3.76 M M 4.5 14 360 31 76 52 64 0 1 4 -45 0 438 -23 0 4.47 3.88 M M 4.5 11 270 Monthly Summary for August TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 69.0 OR 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 77.5 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 60.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 85 ON DAY 23 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 52 ON DAY 31 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 133 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -32 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 4 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 438 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -45 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -23 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 4.47 OR 0.59 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 24.95 OR 3.72 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.95 INCHES ON DAY(S) 7 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __ ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 17 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 4 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 8.2 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 30 MPH FROM 130 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 36 FROM 150 DEGREES REMARKS...SEE THE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT(S) FOR MORE CLIMATE INFORMATION FROM AUGUST 1998.