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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN
1233 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012


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...THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19 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         28    313 AM  50    1923  23      5       37
  MINIMUM         16    826 AM -41    1983   6     10       19
  AVERAGE         22                        14      8       28

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.40 1902   0.03  -0.03     0.00
  MONTH TO DATE    1.43                      0.52   0.91     0.09
  SINCE DEC 1      1.43                      0.52   0.91     0.09
  SINCE JAN 1     24.94                     27.43  -2.49    27.76

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.0  1968   0.3   -0.3      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE   13.4                       5.8    7.6       T
  SINCE DEC 1     13.4                       5.8    7.6       T
  SINCE JUL 1     16.6                      15.0    1.6      3.9
  SNOW DEPTH       5

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       43                        50     -7       37
  MONTH TO DATE  774                       900   -126      781
  SINCE DEC 1    774                       900   -126      781
  SINCE JUL 1   2596                      2825   -229     2380

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1    739                       465    274      634
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    12   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (300)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (290)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.3


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           600 AM
 LOWEST     68           800 PM
 AVERAGE    80

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THE ST CLOUD MN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        47      1956
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    5       -35      1983


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
DECEMBER 20 2012......SUNRISE   753 AM CST   SUNSET   435 PM CST
DECEMBER 21 2012......SUNRISE   754 AM CST   SUNSET   436 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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