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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1237 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012


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...THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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         33    409 PM  56    1932  32      1       22
  MINIMUM         19    118 AM -29    1962  13      6       -6
  AVERAGE         26                        22      4        8

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.48          1.81 1951   0.03   0.45     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    0.73                      0.59   0.14     0.88
  SINCE DEC 1      1.70                      2.06  -0.36     4.41
  SINCE JAN 1      1.30                      1.24   0.06     1.85

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        3.1          12.0  1951   0.3    2.8      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    5.8                       7.1   -1.3     10.9
  SINCE DEC 1     18.1                      25.5   -7.4     47.6
  SINCE JUL 1     22.0                      35.1  -13.1     51.2
  SNOW DEPTH       2

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       39                        43     -4       57
  MONTH TO DATE 1132                      1343   -211     1416
  SINCE DEC 1   3740                      4521   -781     4786
  SINCE JUL 1   5339                      6446  -1107     6474

 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    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    28   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (60)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.0


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LT FREEZING RAIN
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92          1000 AM
 LOWEST     68           500 AM
 AVERAGE    80

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THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        55      2000
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   13       -17      1996


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   603 PM CST
MARCH  1 2012.........SUNRISE   654 AM CST   SUNSET   604 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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