Historical Climate Data

Precipitation Summary
Station: 215435 MINNEAPOLIS WSFO AP, MN

1971-2000 NCDC Normals

 

Element JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANN
Precip (in) 1.04 0.79 1.86 2.31 3.24 4.34 4.04 4.05 2.69 2.11 1.94 1.00 29.41

Precipitation Extremes
Period of Record: 1891-2001

Month High (in) Year Low (in) Year 1-Day
Max (in)		 Date
JAN 3.63 1967 0.05 1892 1.21 01-24-1967
FEB 3.25 1922 0.03 1894 1.90 02-24-1930
MAR 4.75 1965 0.09 1910 1.62 03-01-1965
APR 7.00 2001 0.16 1987 2.22 04-27-1975
MAY 10.33 1906 0.21 1934 3.16 05-21-1906
JUN 9.82 1990 0.22 1988 2.91 06-07-1984
JUL 17.90 1987 0.11 1936 9.15 07-23-1987
AUG 9.31 1977 0.20 1925 7.28 08-30-1977
SEP 7.77 1903 0.41 1940 4.96 09-12-1903
OCT 6.42 1911 0.01 1952 2.75 10-19-1934
NOV 5.29 1991 0.02 1939 2.52 11-11-1940
DEC 4.27 1982 0.00 1943 1.50 12-14-1891
 
Annual 40.15 1911 11.54 1910 9.15 07-23-1987
Winter 6.24 1967 0.69 1958 1.90 02-24-1930
Spring 16.13 1965 2.12 1910 3.16 05-21-1906
Summer 23.52 1987 1.73 1894 9.15 07-23-1987
Fall 13.50 1911 1.71 1952 4.96 09-12-1903

Precipitation Threshold Climatology
Derived from 1971-2000 Averages


*Annual/seasonal totals may differ from the sum of the monthly totals due to rounding.

Month # Days
Total ≥ 0.01"		 # Days
Total ≥ 0.10"		 # Days
Total ≥ 0.50"		 # Days
Total ≥ 1.00"
JAN 9.9 3.6 0.3 0.0
FEB 7.4 2.7 0.3 0.0
MAR 10.2 5.1 0.8 0.1
APR 11.3 5.5 1.4 0.3
MAY 10.9 7.2 2.2 0.5
JUN 11.1 7.5 3.0 1.2
JUL 10.4 6.2 2.4 1.0
AUG 10.4 6.5 2.6 1.0
SEP 9.8 5.6 1.7 0.6
OCT 8.4 4.4 1.3 0.4
NOV 9.1 4.5 1.1 0.3
DEC 9.6 2.9 0.2 0.1
 
Annual 118.6 61.8 17.1 5.6
Winter 27.0 9.3 0.8 0.2
Spring 32.4 17.8 4.3 1.0
Summer 31.9 20.2 8.0 3.2
Fall 27.3 14.5 4.0 1.3