000 CXUS53 KMPX 021033 CLMMSP CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 420 AM CST WED DEC 02 2015 ................................... ...THE TWIN CITIES MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2015 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEARS VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ MONTHLY REPORT NOVEMBER 2015 MSP AIRPORT TEMPS ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK AVERAGE MAX 49.0 41.2 7.8 WARMER 4 WARM AVERAGE MIN 33.7 26.2 7.5 WARMER 5 WARM MONTH MEAN 41.3 33.7 7.6 WARMER 4 WARM DAILY MAX 71 NOV-03-2015 DAILY MIN 14 NOV-28-2015 HDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 703 939 -236 WARMER 4 WARM TOTAL SEASON 1175 1619 -444 WARMER 3 WARM CDD ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK TOTAL MONTH 0 0 0 NORMAL N/A TOTAL ANNUAL 809 753 56 WARMER 47 WARM PRECIP ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 4.52 1.77 2.75 WETTER 6 WET ANNUAL TOTAL 33.82 29.45 4.37 WETTER 19 WET DAILY MAX 1.73 NOV-11-2015 SNOW ACTUAL AVG DEPART RANK MONTH TOTAL 5.1 9.3 -4.2 DRIER 22 DRY SEASON TOTAL 5.1 9.9 -4.8 DRIER 78 DRY DAILY MAX 3.8 NOV-30-2015 MAX DEPTH 3 NOV-30-2015 NOVEMBER EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME NOVEMBER EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK NOVEMBER MAX 54.9 2001 13.7 WARMEST 1 WARM NOVEMBER MAX 29.8 1896 -11.4 COLDEST 1 COLD NOVEMBER MIN 37.8 2001 11.6 WARMEST 1 WARM NOVEMBER MIN 13.8 1880 -12.4 COLDEST 1 COLD NOVEMBER MEAN 46.4 2001 12.7 WARMEST 1 WARM NOVEMBER MEAN 22.2 1880 -11.5 COLDEST 1 COLD NOVEMBER HDD 552 2001 -387 WARMEST 1 WARM NOVEMBER HDD 1276 1880 337 COLDEST 1 COLD NOVEMBER CDD 0 NONE RECORDED WARMEST 1 WARM NOVEMBER CDD 0 NONE RECORDED COLDEST 1 COLD NOVEMBER PCP 5.29 1991 3.52 WETTEST 1 WET NOVEMBER PCP 0.02 1939 -1.75 DRIEST 1 DRY NOVEMBER SNOW 46.9 1991 37.6 SNOWIEST 1 WET NOVEMBER SNOW T 2009 -9.3 DRIEST 1 DRY WIND MPH ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART MONTH AVERAGE 10.2 12.4 -2.2 DAILY PEAK GUST 48 MPH NORTHWEST NOV-19-2015 DAILY FASTEST 2-MINUTE 33 MPH WEST NOV-19-2015 SUNSHINE MINUTES MINUTES HOURS HOURS PERCENT PERCENT 1 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS NOVEMBER 0 -69 0.0 -1.2 0 -17 3-MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS SON 0 -254 0.0 -4.2 0 -61 11 MONTH MIN-GAIN MIN-LOSS HOUR-GAIN HOUR-LOSS PCT-GAIN PCT-LOSS JAN-NOV 408 -394 6.8 -6.6 99 -95 WEATHER ACTUAL TYPE NCDC COUNT 1=FOG/MIST 14 2=FOG DENSE 1.0 1 3=THUNDER 0.5 4 4=IP/SLEET 0 5=HAIL 0 6=FRZ RAIN 1 7=BLWG DUST 0 8=HAZE/SMK 7 9=BLWG SNW 0 TEMP NCDC COUNT MAXIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <=32 6.3 4 7 -3 WARMER >=50 16 8 8.2 WARMER >=60 7 2 5.1 WARMER >=70 2 0 1.7 WARMER >=80 0 0 0 NORMAL >=90 0.0 0 0 0 NORMAL TEMP NCDC COUNT MINIMUM NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART <= 32 21.4 13 22 -9 WARMER <= 20 5 8 -3 WARMER <= 10 0 2 -2 WARMER <= 0 0.5 0 1 -1 WARMER <= -10 0 0 0 WARMER >= 50 1 0 1 WARMER PRECIP NCDC COUNT DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 2 6 -4 DRIER >= 0.01 8.7 8 9 -1 DRIER >= 0.10 4.2 7 4 3 WETTER >= 0.25 5 2 3 WETTER >= 0.50 1.1 3 1 2 WETTER >= 1.00 0.3 2 0 2 WETTER SNOW NCDC COUNT DAYS WITH A NORMAL ACTUAL AVERAGE DEPART T (ONLY) 2 5 -3 DRIER >= 0.1 5.2 2 5 -3 DRIER >= 1.0 2.7 2 2 0 DRIER >= 1.5 1 2 -1 DRIER >= 2.0 1 1 0 DRIER >= 3.0 1 1 0 SNOWIER NEW DAILY EXTREME MAX TEMP 0 COLD MAX 0 MIN TEMP 0 WARM MIN 2 PRECIP 1 SNOW 0 NEW DAILY RECORD EXTREME LISTING PREVIOUS TYPE NEW/TIE /AMOUNT /DATE YEAR SET/TIE OLD YEAR WARM LOW NEW-> 52 NOV-04-2015 OLD-> 51 1895 2008 PRECIP NEW-> 1.21 NOV-17-2015 OLD-> 0.80 1886 WARM LOW TIED-> 49 NOV-17-2015 TIES-> 49 1952 3 MONTH LISTING WITH NORMALS...DEPARTURES AND RANKINGS 3-MONTH DATA SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER-NOVEMBER (SON) SON 2015 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK SON-15 MAX 62.2 57.0 5.2 WARMER 4 WARM SON-15 MIN 45.4 39.4 6.0 WARMER 2 WARM SON-15 MEAN 53.8 48.2 5.6 WARMER 2 WARM SON-15 HDD 1160 1600 -440 WARMER 3 WARM SON-15 CDD 160 72 88 WARMER 8 WARM SON-15 PRECIP 11.78 7.28 4.50 WETTER 9 WET SON-15 SNOW 5.1 9.9 -4.8 DRIER 78 DRY 3-MONTH EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREME SON EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK SEP-OCT-NOV MAX 63.9 1963 6.9 WARMEST 1 WARM SEP-OCT-NOV MAX 47.9 1873 -9.1 COLDEST 1 COLD SEP-OCT-NOV MIN 46.0 1931 6.6 WARMEST 1 WARM SEP-OCT-NOV MIN 31.2 1873 -8.2 COLDEST 1 COLD SEP-OCT-NOV MEAN 54.5 1931 6.3 WARMEST 1 WARM SEP-OCT-NOV MEAN 39.6 1873 -8.6 COLDEST 1 COLD SEP-OCT-NOV HDD 1135 1931 -465 WARMEST 1 WARM SEP-OCT-NOV HDD 2309 1873 709 COLDEST 1 COLD SEP-OCT-NOV CDD 204 1908 132 WARMEST 1 WARM SEP-OCT-NOV CDD 5 1924 -67 COLDEST 1 COLD SEP-OCT-NOV PRECIP 15.75 1881 8.47 WETTEST 1 WET SEP-OCT-NOV PRECIP 1.36 2011 -5.92 DRIEST 1 DRY SEP-OCT-NOV SNOW 55.1 1991 45.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET SEP-OCT-NOV SNOW T 1963 -9.9 DRIEST 1 DRY 11 MONTH DATA ACCUM JAN-NOV 2015 ACTUAL NORMAL DEPART RANK JAN-NOV-15 MAX 58.7 57.7 1.0 WARMER 20 WARM JAN-NOV-15 MIN 41.2 39.4 1.8 WARMER 12 WARM JAN-NOV-15 MEAN 50.0 48.6 1.4 WARMER 12 WARM JAN-NOV-15 HDD-ANN 5657 6176 -519 WARMER 11 WARM JUL-NOV-15 HDD-SEA 1175 1619 -444 WARMER 3 WARM JAN-NOV-15 CDD 809 753 56 WARMER 47 WARM JAN-NOV-15 PRECIP 33.82 29.45 4.37 WETTER 19 WET JAN-NOV-15 SNOW-ANN 22.5 42.6 -20.1 DRIER 22 DRY JUL-NOV-15 SNOW-SEA 5.1 9.9 -4.8 DRIER 78 DRY ANNUAL EXTREMES WARMEST/COLDEST/WETTEST ON RECORD FOR COMPARISON EXTREMES JAN-NOV EXTREME YEAR DEPART RANK JAN-NOV MAX 62.6 2012 4.9 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-NOV MAX 49.7 1875 -8.0 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-NOV MIN 43.9 2012 4.5 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-NOV MIN 29.9 1875 -9.5 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-NOV MEAN 53.3 2012 4.7 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-NOV MEAN 39.8 1875 -8.8 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-NOV HDD-ANN 4934 2012 -1242 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-NOV HDD-ANN 8730 1875 2554 COLDEST 1 COLD JUL-NOV HDD-SEA 1168 1931 -451 WARMEST 1 WARM JUL-NOV HDD-SEA 2335 1873 716 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-NOV CDD 1178 1936 425 WARMEST 1 WARM JAN-NOV CDD 313 1904 -440 COLDEST 1 COLD JAN-NOV PRECIP 38.71 1965 9.26 WETTEST 1 WET JAN-NOV PRECIP 12.73 1910 -16.72 DRIEST 1 DRY JAN-NOV SNOW-ANN 82.0 1991 39.4 SNOWIEST 1 WET JAN-NOV SNOW-ANN 9.0 1931 -33.6 DRIEST 1 DRY JUL-NOV SNOW-SEA 55.1 1991 45.2 SNOWIEST 1 WET JUL-NOV SNOW-SEA T 1963 -9.9 DRIEST 1 DRY CARLYON