October, 1998 Preliminary Local Climatological Data St. Cloud, 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 58 33 46 -6 19 166 -164 0 516 101 0 0 0.09 M M M M M 2 51 31 41 -11 24 190 -153 0 516 101 0 * 0.18 M M M M M 3 59 40 50 -1 15 205 -152 0 516 101 0 0 0.26 M M M M M 4 55 42 49 -2 16 221 -150 0 516 101 0.11 0.11 0.34 M M M M M 5 59 49 54 3 11 232 -153 0 516 101 0.33 0.44 0.42 M M M M M 6 54 42 48 -2 17 249 -151 0 516 101 0.13 0.57 0.50 M M M M M 7 59 32 46 -4 19 268 -147 0 516 101 0 0.57 0.58 M M M M M 8 62 28 45 -5 20 288 -142 0 516 101 0 0.57 0.66 M M M M M 9 71 45 58 9 7 295 -151 0 516 101 0 0.57 0.74 M M M M M 10 71 44 58 9 7 302 -155 0 516 101 0 0.57 0.82 M M M M M 11 66 46 56 8 9 316 -163 0 516 101 0.20 0.77 0.90 M M M M M 12 49 36 43 -5 22 338 -158 0 516 101 0 0.77 0.98 M M M M M 13 49 30 40 -8 25 363 -150 0 516 101 0 0.77 1.05 M M M M M 14 52 30 41 -6 24 387 -144 0 516 101 0.03 0.80 1.12 M M M M M 15 56 47 52 5 13 400 -149 0 516 101 0.04 0.84 1.19 M M M M M 16 65 57 61 15 4 404 -164 0 516 101 0.62 1.46 1.26 M M M M M 17 65 39 52 6 13 417 -170 0 516 101 0.07 1.53 1.33 M M M M M 18 54 39 47 2 18 435 -172 0 516 101 0.07 1.60 1.40 M M M M M 19 55 31 43 -2 22 457 -170 0 516 101 0 1.60 1.47 M M M M M 20 54 25 40 -4 25 482 -166 0 516 101 0 1.60 1.54 M M M M M 21 55 29 42 -2 23 505 -164 0 516 101 T 1.60 1.61 M M M M M 22 67 28 48 5 17 522 -169 0 516 101 0 1.60 1.67 M M M M M 23 70 37 54 11 11 533 -180 0 516 101 0 1.60 1.73 M M M M M 24 69 42 0 25 67 49 58 16 7 549 -210 0 516 101 0 1.60 1.85 M M M M M 26 63 50 57 16 8 557 -226 0 516 101 0.02 1.62 1.91 M M M M M 27 70 43 57 16 8 565 -242 0 516 101 0.11 1.73 1.97 M M M M M 28 64 32 48 8 17 582 -250 0 516 101 0 1.73 2.03 M M M M M 29 53 46 50 10 15 597 -260 0 516 101 0.16 1.89 2.09 M M M M M 30 51 42 47 8 18 615 -268 0 516 101 0 1.89 2.15 M M M M M 31 50 33 42 3 23 638 -271 0 516 101 0 1.89 2.21 M M M M M SUBJECT: Another mild fall month Saint Cloud October 1998 weather summary October in Saint Cloud was warm, like September, but not quite as warm as September. The average temperature of 49.1 degrees was more than 3 degrees above normal. It was the warmest October since 1994 and only the second time in the past 25 years that the average temperature exceeded 49 degrees. Actually, the average high temperature was the same as October of 1997. However, the low temperature was about 3 degrees warmer. This reflects the more consistent warmth of October 1998. October 1997 had more extremely warm days (4 days with a high greater than 80 degrees) but that was negated by some extremely cold readings at the end of the month (3 mornings with lows below 20). October 1998 was a more consistenly mild month. The rainfall for the month was about three tenths of an inch below normal, with the bulk of it falling during a slow-moving storm system during the 14th-18th, when 0.86 inch fell. Higher rainfall totals were seen further to the south and east. The warmth of this air was made apparent by the fact that the temperature steadily rose from the 30's into the 60's despite no sun during the period. SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 1998 OCT 1998 NORMAL TEMPERATURE Average high temperature ( F) 59.5 57.4 Average low temperature ( F) 38.6 34.4 Average temperature ( F) 49.1 45.9 Warmest high for this month ( F) 71 on the 10th, 11th Coolest high for this month ( F) 49 on the 12th, 13th Mildest low for this month ( F) 57 on the 16th Coldest low for this month ( F) 25 on the 20th Record temperatures ( F): none PRECIPITATION (in) October 1.89 2.21 Greatest in 24 hours (Oct 1997) 0.62 on the 16th SNOWFALL (in) October 0.0 0.5 ============================================================================= Bob Weisman, Meteorology Professor SUPERVISOR: Shirley (age 6 1/2) Earth Sciences Department PHONE: (320) 255-3247 (V) MS 48 (800) 627-3529 (TTY via Saint Cloud State University Minnesota Relay Service) 720 4th Avenue South FAX: (320) 255-4262 Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498 EMAIL: scsweisman@tigger.stcloudstate.edu ============================================================================= ST CLOUD MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN FOR ST CLOUD FOR...OCTOBER 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 48.9 MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 3.0 ABOVE MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 0 AVERAGE DAILY MAX..... 59.1 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 10 AVERAGE DAILY MIN..... 38.6 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 71 ON OCT 10 LOWEST DAILY.... 25 ON OCT 20 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 491 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 101 BELOW 0 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 638 516 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 271 BELOW 101 ABOVE ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 1.89 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 12 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.32 BELOW 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 7 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR...... 23.51 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 1.82 BELOW 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.69 INCHES ON OCT 16-17 ..SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH....0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON...0.0 ...SEA LEVEL PRESSURE... HIGHEST...30.52 INCHES ON OCT 22 LOWEST....29.57 INCHES ON OCT 17