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YEAR: 1890 |
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PARAMETER |
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Average Monthly Temperature (F) |
10.8 |
19.9 |
22.4 |
47.9 |
51.4 |
69.2 |
71.0 |
63.9 |
57.0 |
44.0 |
32.6 |
22.2 |
42.7 |
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Average Daily Maximum (F) |
21.8 |
30.5 |
32.0 |
59.9 |
62.7 |
78.2 |
81.8 |
74.9 |
68.4 |
50.6 |
40.7 |
30.2 |
52.6 |
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Average Daily Minimum (F) |
-.2 |
9.3 |
12.7 |
35.8 |
40.1 |
60.1 |
60.2 |
52.9 |
45.5 |
37.4 |
24.5 |
14.3 |
32.7 |
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Extreme Monthly Maximum (F) |
45 |
49 |
50 |
83 |
86 |
94 |
98 |
94 |
84 |
63 |
61 |
54 |
98 |
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Extreme Monthly Minimum (F) |
-22 |
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-20 |
17 |
27 |
49 |
46 |
39 |
30 |
19 |
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-22 |
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Average Monthly Temp FIXED TIME |
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Total Monthly Precipitation (In) |
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1.85 |
4.00 |
7.76 |
1.61 |
2.38 |
3.32 |
3.12 |
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Greatest Daily Precipitation (In) |
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0.78 |
0.80 |
1.37 |
0.41 |
0.80 |
0.62 |
1.62 |
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1.62 |
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Monthly Mean Cloudiness |
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Total Monthly Snowfall (In) |
4.6 |
2.2 |
7.2 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
7.2 |
2.5 |
24.8 |
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ANNUAL CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY |
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FT. SNELLING MN |
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YEAR: 1890 |
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REMARKS --- |
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Unless otherwise noted, all 1890 data are from observations taken at the Ft. Snelling post hospital station. |
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Average monthly maximum, average monthly minimum and average monthly temperatures are from self-registering |
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maximum-minimum thermometers. So far as can be determined these instruments were read and re-set |
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during the early evening hours. SO FAR AS CAN BE DETERMINED, NO FIXED TIME (0700, 1400 AND 2100 HOURS) |
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OBSERVATIONS WERE TAKEN AT THE FT. SNELLING STATION DURING 1890. |
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May precipitation record incomplete: does not include water content of snow which fell on 4 May 1890. |
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2.85 inches of precipitation recorded on 27 March was assumed to be unmelted snowfall, not meltwater value. |
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Extreme maxima and extreme minima are readings from the station's self-registering thermometers. |
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NONE OF THE FOREGOING AVERAGE TEMPERATURE VALUES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO THE STANDARD |
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NWS 2400 - 2400 HOUR OBSERVATION DAY. |
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SO FAR AS CAN BE DETERMINED, NO SKY COVER RECORDS WERE KEPT AT THE FT. SNELLING STATION |
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AT ANY TIME DURING 1890. Lowest 1890 temperature (-22 F) recorded on 16 and 22 January. Highest temperature |
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(98 F) was recorded on 30 July. Greatest daily precipitation (1.62 inches) was recorded on 13 October. |
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Daily minima include -15 F on 1 March, -20 F on 5 March, 27 F on 16 and 18 May, 46 F on 4 July, 39 F on 22 August, |
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32 F on 13 September. Daily maxima included 38 F on 4 May, 54 F on 23 August and 54 F on 22 December. |
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