April, 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 62 50 56 18 9 6399 M M M M 0 0 0.08 0.0 48.8 M M M 2 56 42 49 11 16 6415 M M M M 0.08 0.08 0.16 0.0 48.8 M M M 3 59 43 51 12 14 6429 M M M M 1.19 1.27 0.24 0.0 48.8 M M M 4 53 39 46 6 19 6448 M M M M 0.02 1.29 0.32 0.0 48.8 M M M 5 44 38 41 1 24 6472 M M M M 1.02 2.31 0.40 0.0 48.8 M M M 6 53 36 45 4 20 6492 M M M M 0.19 2.50 0.48 0.0 48.8 M M M 7 67 37 52 11 13 6505 M M M M 0 2.50 0.56 0.0 48.8 M M M 8 53 39 46 4 19 6524 M M M M 1.05 3.55 0.64 0.0 48.8 M M M 9 55 38 47 5 18 6542 M M M M 0.49 4.04 0.73 0.0 48.8 M M M 10 46 36 41 -2 24 6566 M M M M 0.18 4.22 0.82 0.0 48.8 M M M 11 41 36 39 -4 26 6592 M M M M 0.14 4.36 0.91 0.0 48.8 M M M 12 54 32 43 0 22 6614 M M M M 0 4.36 1.00 0.0 48.8 M M M 13 60 36 48 4 17 6631 M M M M 0 4.36 1.09 0.0 48.8 M M M 14 61 38 50 6 15 6646 M M M M 0 4.36 1.18 0.0 48.8 M M M 15 45 36 41 -4 24 6670 M M M M 0.18 4.54 1.27 0.0 48.8 M M M 16 49 35 42 -3 23 6693 M M M M T 4.54 1.36 T 48.8 M M M 17 49 32 41 -5 24 6717 M M M M T 4.54 1.45 0.0 48.8 M M M 18 48 34 41 -5 24 6741 M M M M T 4.54 1.54 0.0 48.8 M M M 19 53 36 45 -2 20 6761 M M M M 0.10 4.64 1.63 0.0 48.8 M M M 20 50 36 43 -4 22 6783 M M M M 0.09 4.73 1.73 0.0 48.8 M M M 21 56 42 49 2 16 6799 M M M M 0.07 4.80 1.83 0.0 48.8 M M M 22 47 35 41 M 24 6823 M M M M 1.50 6.30 M M M M M M 23 55 34 45 -3 20 6843 M M M M 0.09 6.39 2.03 T 48.8 M M M 24 60 35 48 -1 17 6860 M M M M 0 6.39 2.13 0.0 48.8 M M M 25 62 34 48 -1 17 6877 M M M M 0 6.39 2.23 0.0 48.8 M M M 26 66 42 54 4 11 6888 M M M M 0 6.39 2.33 0.0 48.8 M M M 27 57 46 52 2 13 6901 M M M M 0.08 6.47 2.43 0.0 48.8 M M M 28 64 41 53 3 12 6913 M M M M 0 6.47 2.53 0.0 48.8 M M M 29 66 36 51 0 14 6927 M M M M 0 6.47 2.63 0.0 48.8 M M M 30 71 46 59 8 6 6933 M M M M 0 6.47 2.73 0.0 48.8 M M M Monthly Summary for April ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE....46.7 OR 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE.......55.4 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE.......38.0 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 71 DEGREES ON THE 30TH LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 32 DEGREES ON THE 17TH AND PREVIOUS DAYS HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 543 MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -60 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 6933 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC). 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -979 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 0 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... ..LIQUID.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 6.47 OR 3.74 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 10.35 OR 4.32 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.50 INCHES ON THE 22ND ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... T GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS T ON THE 23RD AND PREVIOUS DAYS ...NUMBER OF DAYS... WITH 0.01 INCHES OR MORE.. 16 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 WITH 0.10 INCHES OR MORE.. 10 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER... 0 WITH 0.50 INCHES OR MORE.. 4 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER... 2 WITH 1.00 INCH OR MORE.... 4 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER... 0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA... HIGHEST 30.49 INCHES ON THE 24TH LOWEST 29.43 INCHES ON THE 6TH ...WIND DATA... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 12.7 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 37 MPH FROM THE EAST THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 44 MPH FROM THE EAST