October, 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 56 33 45 -9 20 123 -122 0 527 55 0 0 0.10 M M 6.5 18 280 2 52 37 45 -9 20 143 -113 0 527 55 0.26 0.26 0.19 M M 6.5 20 110 3 49 43 46 -7 19 162 -106 0 527 55 0.29 0.55 0.28 M M 11.3 22 80 4 55 47 51 -2 14 176 -104 0 527 55 0.50 1.05 0.37 M M 19.9 40 130 5 62 51 57 4 8 184 -108 0 527 55 0.18 1.23 0.46 M M 13.8 32 100 6 54 47 51 -1 14 198 -107 0 527 55 0.01 1.24 0.55 M M 10.0 21 250 7 51 38 45 -7 20 218 -100 0 527 55 0.01 1.25 0.64 M M 7.6 22 310 8 59 32 46 -5 19 237 -95 0 527 55 0 1.25 0.72 M M 5.3 11 180 9 66 39 53 2 12 249 -97 0 527 55 0 1.25 0.80 M M 11.7 25 200 10 69 44 57 6 8 257 -103 0 527 55 0 1.25 0.88 M M 9.2 18 160 11 66 41 54 4 11 268 -107 0 527 55 T 1.25 0.96 M M 10.9 29 130 12 52 36 44 -6 21 289 -101 0 527 55 0 1.25 1.04 M M 10.9 24 280 13 50 31 41 -8 24 313 -93 0 527 55 0 1.25 1.12 M M 9.2 21 330 14 52 30 41 -8 24 337 -85 0 527 55 0.51 1.76 1.20 M M 9.0 28 140 15 61 45 53 4 12 349 -89 0 527 55 0.29 2.05 1.27 M M 15.2 34 130 16 66 56 61 13 4 353 -102 0 527 55 0.63 2.68 1.34 M M 12.5 28 160 17 66 40 53 5 12 365 -107 0 527 55 0.21 2.89 1.41 M M 17.2 33 200 18 51 38 45 -2 20 385 -105 0 527 55 0 2.89 1.48 M M 13.0 32 290 19 56 36 46 -1 19 404 -104 0 527 55 0 2.89 1.55 M M 11.4 29 260 20 57 31 44 -2 21 425 -102 0 527 55 0 2.89 1.62 M M 10.0 23 270 21 52 32 42 -4 23 448 -98 0 527 55 0 2.89 1.69 M M 8.2 18 20 22 61 29 45 0 20 468 -98 0 527 55 0 2.89 1.76 M M 10.2 18 240 23 66 42 54 9 11 479 -107 0 527 55 0 2.89 1.83 M M 12.6 26 220 24 68 42 0 25 66 48 57 13 8 497 -131 0 527 55 T 2.89 1.96 M M 8.9 18 170 26 73 45 59 15 6 503 -146 0 527 55 T 2.89 2.02 M M 7.2 15 180 27 61 51 56 13 9 512 -159 0 527 55 1.61 4.50 2.08 M M 10.9 25 310 28 63 43 53 10 12 524 -169 0 527 55 0 4.50 2.14 M M 8.8 25 120 29 54 46 50 8 15 539 -177 0 527 55 0.21 4.71 2.20 0.0 0.0 15.0 30 130 30 54 43 49 8 16 555 -185 0 527 55 T 4.71 2.26 0.0 0.0 13.3 25 320 31 46 42 44 3 21 576 -188 0 527 55 0 4.71 2.32 0.0 0.0 8.7 17 10 Monthly Summary for October ...OCTOBER 1998 WAS A LITTLE WARMER BUT MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 49.5 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 73 DEGREES AND THE LOWEST WAS 29. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 51 DEGREES WAS TIED ON THE 27TH DAY. NO OTHER TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER WAS 4.71 INCHES...WHICH WAS 2.39 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 4TH WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. HOWEVER...NO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET. ALSO...NO SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED THIS OCTOBER. TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 49.5 OR 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 58.5 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 40.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 73 ON DAY 26 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 29 ON DAY 22 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 473 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -57 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 576 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 527 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -188 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +55 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 4.71 OR 2.39 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 30.70 OR 3.68 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.61 INCHES ON DAY(S) 27 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0.0 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 0.0 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 10 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 4 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 6 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.58 INCHES ON DAY 22 LOWEST 29.54 INCHES ON DAY 17 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.9 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 32 MPH FROM 120 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 40 MPH FROM 130 DEGREES LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER... AVERAGE TEMPERATURE... 32.6 AVERAGE HIGH... 40.9 (50 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 32 ON THE 30TH) AVERAGE LOW.... 24.4 (31 ON THE 1ST DROPPING TO 17 ON THE 30TH) AVERAGE PRECIPITATION... 1.61 AVERAGE SNOWFALL........ 5.7 SWC