February, 1999 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 33 30 32 19 33 4364 -565 0 0 0 T T 0.02 0.0 36.7 12.6 22 130 2 34 21 28 15 37 4401 -580 0 0 0 T T 0.04 T 36.7 18.2 30 320 3 36 17 27 13 38 4439 -593 0 0 0 T T 0.06 T 36.7 21.0 45 300 4 17 3 10 -4 55 4494 -589 0 0 0 0.0 T 0.08 0.0 36.7 16.5 46 310 5 36 17 27 13 38 4532 -602 0 0 0 0 T 0.10 0.0 36.7 17.7 38 160 6 28 15 22 8 43 4575 -610 0 0 0 0 T 0.12 0.0 36.7 9.3 20 310 7 34 18 26 11 39 4614 -621 0 0 0 0 T 0.14 0.0 36.7 M M M 8 40 33 37 22 28 4642 -643 0 0 0 T T 0.16 0.0 36.7 17.7 36 190 9 37 29 33 18 32 4674 -661 0 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.0 36.7 11.7 25 290 10 45 34 40 25 25 4699 -686 0 0 0 T T 0.20 0.0 36.7 M M M 11 47 17 32 16 33 4732 -702 0 0 0 0.81 0.81 0.22 3.1 39.8 20.0 39 300 12 18 11 15 -1 50 4782 -701 0 0 0 0.02 0.83 0.24 0.4 40.2 22.5 39 290 13 26 9 18 2 47 4829 -703 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.26 0.0 40.2 11.8 22 180 14 38 25 32 15 33 4862 -718 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.29 0 40.2 14.8 26 190 15 44 32 38 21 27 4889 -739 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.32 0 40.2 14.9 25 260 16 32 20 26 9 39 4928 -748 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.35 T 40.2 18.6 26 320 17 22 14 18 M 47 4975 M 0 0 0 0 0.83 M 0.0 40.2 M M M 18 26 17 22 4 43 5018 -752 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.41 T 40.2 7.8 17 60 19 27 12 20 2 45 5063 M M M M 0 0.83 0.44 0.0 40.2 M M M 20 30 14 22 3 43 5106 M M M M 0 0.83 0.47 0.0 40.2 M M M 21 31 12 22 3 43 5149 -760 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.50 0 40.2 M M M 22 30 15 23 3 42 5191 -763 0 0 0 0 0.83 0.53 0.0 40.2 M M M 23 32 20 26 6 39 5230 -769 0 0 0 T 0.83 0.56 T 40.2 M 17 200 24 30 24 27 7 38 5268 M M M M 0.17 1.00 0.59 1.9 42.1 M M M 25 39 18 29 8 36 5304 M M M M 0 1.00 0.62 0.0 42.1 M M M 26 37 27 32 11 33 5337 M M M M 0 1.00 0.66 0.0 42.1 M M M 27 37 31 34 12 31 5368 M M M M 0 1.00 0.74 T 42.1 M M M Monthly Summary for February TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 26.2 OR 9.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 32.1 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 20.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 47 ON DAY 11 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 3 ON DAY 4 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1069 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -272 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5400 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -818 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.00 OR 0.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 3.07 OR 1.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION 0.81 INCHES ON DAY(S) 11 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 5.4 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 42.1 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 3.1 INCHES ON DAY 11 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 13 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 2 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 26 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ HIGHEST 30.62 INCHES ON DAY 21 LOWEST 29.31 INCHES ON DAY 03 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 14.4 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 39 MPH FROM 310 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 46 FROM 310 DEGREES REMARKS...SEE LATEST PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR MORE CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE PAST MONTH. CORRECTED MONTHLY AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION END...