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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1243 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012


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...THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR
                                                  NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         20    134 AM  42    1926  21     -1       10
  MINIMUM          7    829 PM -30    1979   3      4       -6
  AVERAGE         14                        12      2        2

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             0.43 1914   0.03  -0.03     0.01
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.05  -0.05     0.01
  SINCE DEC 1      0.40                      0.87  -0.47     2.57
  SINCE JAN 1      T                         0.05  -0.05     0.01

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             6.0  1937   0.3   -0.3       T
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.6   -0.6      0.1
  SINCE DEC 1      2.8                      11.1   -8.3     21.1
  SINCE JUL 1      6.7                      20.7  -14.0     24.7
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       51                        53     -2       63
  MONTH TO DATE   91                       106    -15      124
  SINCE DEC 1   1319                      1628   -309     1724
  SINCE JUL 1   2918                      3553   -635     3412

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    26   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    35   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    11.9


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    76           800 AM
 LOWEST     54           100 PM
 AVERAGE    65

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THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        43      1984
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    3       -31      1911


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  3 2012.......SUNRISE   757 AM CST   SUNSET   445 PM CST
JANUARY  4 2012.......SUNRISE   756 AM CST   SUNSET   446 PM CST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.






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...NOTE TO THE DAILY CLIMATE PRODUCT USER...
THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT IS PROVIDED BY THE MINNESOTA
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN ST CLOUD.

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