TOWER 2S, MINNESOTA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 14.5 21.9 34.9 50.6 65.0 73.1 78.1 74.8 64.0 52.6 34.7 19.2 48.6
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 27.2 33.8 42.9 63.2 75.8 80.9 83.3 79.9 68.4 65.9 43.2 27.3 53.8
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1973 1987 1977 1988 1988 1983 1978 1963 1981 1987 1987
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 4.8 15.0 26.7 43.0 57.1 65.7 72.7 68.2 54.9 47.0 27.6 8.8 45.3
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1989 1965 1966 1974 1969 1962 1977 1965 1980 1985 1983 1972
Mean Temperature (F) 1.7 7.8 21.7 37.4 50.4 58.9 64.0 61.3 52.0 41.6 25.3 7.9 35.8
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 13.6 23.1 31.5 44.9 59.5 64.0 68.7 66.6 56.8 53.8 32.8 18.6 41.1
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1973 1987 1977 1988 1970 1983 1963 1963 1981 1987 1987
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) -10.4 -1.3 12.1 30.4 44.2 51.5 59.9 53.6 45.9 33.6 16.1 -4.6 33.1
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1989 1965 1975 1979 1985 1962 1977 1974 1976 1985 1983 1979
Mean Min. Temperature (F) -11.2 -6.3 8.5 24.1 35.7 44.7 50.0 47.8 39.9 30.6 15.8 -3.4 23.0
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 0.4 12.3 20.1 28.7 43.1 51.3 55.5 53.5 46.0 41.7 24.1 9.8 28.3
Year Highest Occurred 1987 1987 1973 1986 1977 1963 1963 1969 1963 1963 1962 1987 1987
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -25.6 -17.5 -2.5 17.4 30.2 36.0 45.1 38.9 32.8 20.1 4.6 -18.0 19.0
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1989 1965 1975 1983 1985 1985 1977 1976 1976 1985 1983 1976
Mean Precipitation (in.) 1.00 0.78 1.27 2.16 3.30 4.57 3.96 4.04 3.94 2.86 1.35 0.94 30.17
Highest Precipitation (in.) 3.67 2.81 3.52 5.23 5.63 8.56 7.32 12.26 7.97 8.11 4.33 2.57 41.37
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1979 1966 1981 1974 1968 1987 1988 1965 1971 1965 1968 1977
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.05 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.39 1.13 0.60 0.48 0.76 0.53 0.30 0.14 19.75
Year Lowest Occurred 1981 1988 1983 1988 1980 1961 1989 1976 1966 1962 1987 1989 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 1962. 1602. 1342. 828. 460. 211. 97. 162. 390. 725. 1191. 1770. 10740.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 7. 28. 66. 47. 0. 0. 0. 0. 148.

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