MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL AP, MINNESOTA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(215435) MINNEAPLOIS WSFO AP
From Year=1891 To Year=2012
Precipitation Total Snowfall
Mean High Year Low Year 1 Day Max. >=
0.01 in.
>=
0.10 in.
>=
0.50 in.
>=
1.00 in.
Mean High Year
in. in. - in. - in. dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
# Days # Days # Days # Days in. in. -
January 0.85 3.63 1967 0.05 1892 1.21 24/1967 9 3 0 0 11.2 46.4 1982
February 0.85 3.25 1922 0.03 1894 1.90 24/1930 7 3 0 0 8.4 26.5 1962
March 1.64 4.75 1965 0.09 1910 1.62 01/1965 9 4 1 0 11.2 46.1 1965
April 2.25 7.00 2001 0.16 1987 2.58 06/2006 10 6 1 0 2.7 21.8 1983
May 3.47 10.92 1942 0.21 1934 3.59 29/1942 12 7 2 1 0.1 2.4 1954
June 4.24 9.82 1990 0.22 1988 2.95 21/2002 12 7 3 1 0.0 0.0 1949
July 3.60 17.90 1987 0.11 1936 9.15 23/1987 10 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
August 3.54 9.32 2007 0.20 1946 7.28 30/1977 9 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
September 2.88 7.77 1903 0.30 2012 4.96 12/1903 9 6 2 1 0.0 0.4 1985
October 2.08 6.42 1911 0.01 1952 4.61 04/2005 8 4 1 0 0.5 8.2 1991
November 1.46 5.29 1991 0.02 1939 2.52 11/1940 8 4 1 0 7.0 46.9 1991
December 0.96 4.27 1982 0.00 1943 1.50 14/1891 9 3 0 0 10.4 33.6 2010
Annual 27.81 40.15 1911 11.54 1910 9.15 19870723 112 57 17 5 51.5 101.5 1983
Winter 2.66 6.24 1967 0.69 1958 1.90 19300224 25 8 1 0 30.0 71.7 1967
Spring 7.36 16.13 1965 2.12 1910 3.59 19420529 31 17 4 1 14.0 48.1 1965
Summer 11.38 23.52 1987 1.73 1894 9.15 19870723 31 19 8 3 0.0 0.0 1949
Fall 6.42 13.50 1911 1.36 2011 4.96 19030912 25 13 4 1 7.5 55.1 1991
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov.


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