July, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Minneapolis/St. Paul, 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 87 66 77 5 0 0 0 12 176 -11 2.85 2.85 0.13 M M 10.3 M M 2 72 59 66 -6 0 0 0 1 177 -17 0.10 2.95 0.25 M M 16.8 M M 3 64 53 59 -13 6 6 6 0 177 -24 0.11 3.06 0.37 M M 12.7 M M 4 73 52 63 -10 2 8 8 0 177 -32 0.07 3.13 0.49 M M 8.2 M M 5 76 51 64 -9 1 9 9 0 177 -40 0.02 3.15 0.61 M M 8.8 M M 6 69 51 60 -13 5 14 14 0 177 -48 0 3.15 0.73 M M 6.7 M M 7 68 49 59 -14 6 20 19 0 177 -57 0.61 3.76 0.85 M M 9.2 M M 8 65 57 61 -12 4 24 22 0 177 -66 0 3.76 0.97 M M 7.7 M M 9 74 50 62 -11 3 27 24 0 177 -75 0 3.76 1.09 M M 7.2 M M 10 79 57 68 -6 0 27 23 3 180 -82 0 3.76 1.21 M M 11.2 M M 11 86 65 76 2 0 27 22 11 191 -81 0.26 4.02 1.32 M M 11.2 M M 12 88 71 80 6 0 27 21 15 206 -76 0.02 4.04 1.43 M M 13.1 M M 13 89 69 79 5 0 27 20 14 220 -72 0.49 4.53 1.54 M M 6.3 M M 14 80 66 73 -1 0 27 19 8 228 -74 0 4.53 1.65 M M 10.4 M M 15 90 65 78 4 0 27 18 13 241 -71 0 4.53 1.76 M M 7.9 M M 16 93 72 83 9 0 27 17 18 259 -63 T 4.53 1.87 M M M M M 17 88 67 78 4 0 27 16 13 272 -60 3.71 8.24 1.98 M M M M M 18 86 72 79 5 0 27 16 14 286 -55 T 8.24 2.09 M M 6.8 M M 19 74 67 71 -3 0 27 16 6 292 -58 0.42 8.66 2.20 M M 10.9 M M 20 85 67 76 2 0 27 16 11 303 -56 0.30 8.96 2.31 M M 5.0 M M 21 79 67 73 -1 0 27 16 8 311 -57 0.34 9.30 2.42 M M 8.7 M M 22 67 62 65 -9 0 27 16 0 311 -66 2.6911.99 2.53 M M 10.8 M M 23 78 64 71 -3 0 27 16 6 317 -69 0.0112.00 2.64 M M 8.3 M M 24 79 68 74 0 0 27 16 9 326 -69 0.0212.02 2.75 M M 7.6 M M 25 87 70 79 5 0 27 16 14 340 -64 0.4612.48 2.86 M M 6.8 M M 26 88 74 81 7 0 27 16 16 356 -57 012.48 2.97 M M 3.8 M M 27 86 73 80 6 0 27 16 15 371 -51 012.48 3.08 M M 5.8 M M 28 79 63 71 -3 0 27 16 6 377 -54 012.48 3.19 M M 8.6 M M 29 77 59 68 -6 0 27 16 3 380 -60 012.48 3.30 M M 4.0 M M 30 77 59 68 -6 0 27 16 3 383 -66 012.48 3.41 M M 4.1 M M 31 79 57 68 -6 0 27 16 3 386 -72 0.1212.60 3.53 M M 8.9 M M Monthly Summary for July ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...NUMBER OF DAYS... AVERAGE MONTHLY......... 71.0 *COR MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -2.6 MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE... 2 AVERAGE MONTHLY MAX.... 79.4 MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW... 0 AVERAGE MONTHLY MIN.... 62.6 MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW... 0 HIGHEST DAILY... 93 ON JUNE 16 LOWEST DAILY.... 49 ON JUNE 7 ...DEGREE DAYS... HEATING COOLING MONTHLY TOTAL........... 27 221 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +16 -57 SEASONAL TOTAL.......... 27 358 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +16 -297 ...PRECIPITATON DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 12.60 MEASURABLE PRECIP... 18 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...+9.07 0.10 INCH OR MORE... 13 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR......22.20 0.50 INCH OR MORE... 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...+5.04 1.00 INCH OR MORE... 3 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 3.71 INCHES ON JUNE 17 ...SNOW... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..... 0.00 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON.... 0.00 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.00 REMARKS...THE MONTH OF JULY 97 HAD OVER 12 AND-A-HALF INCHES OF RAIN //12.60//. THIS MAKES IT THE SECOND WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WITH NEW...DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS...LAST MONTH. THE FIRST OCCURRED ON JULY 1 WITH 2.85 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE DAY. THE OLD DAILY RECORD WAS 2.46 INCHES JULY 1 1898. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS ON JULY 17 WITH 3.71 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE OLD DAILY RECORD WAS 1.24 INCHES JULY 17 1953. THE THIRD AND FINAL OCCURRENCE WAS ON JULY 22 WITH 2.69 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE DAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 1.57 JULY 22 1972. A RECORD...COLD HIGH...TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS TIED ON JUL 8 THE ORIGINAL RECORD IS WAS SET JUL 8 1985. CARLYON