345 CDUS43 KMPX 290637 CLIEAU CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN MN 1237 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ................................... ...THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 34 132 PM 59 1896 34 0 23 MINIMUM 22 1239 AM -24 1962 15 7 5 AVERAGE 28 24 4 14 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.89R 0.69 1948 0.04 0.85 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.14 0.81 0.33 1.06 SINCE DEC 1 2.90 2.70 0.20 3.69 SINCE JAN 1 1.70 1.70 0.00 1.86 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 3.2 7.5 1948 0.2 3.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.6 7.3 -1.7 14.3 SINCE DEC 1 20.3 30.0 -9.7 58.8 SINCE JUL 1 21.5 36.3 -14.8 61.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 41 -4 51 MONTH TO DATE 1077 1276 -199 1323 SINCE DEC 1 3692 4275 -583 4543 SINCE JUL 1 5200 6021 -821 6147 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FREEZING RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 400 PM LOWEST 56 1100 AM AVERAGE 74 .......................................................... THE EAU CLAIRE WI CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 63 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 15 -11 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2012......SUNRISE 644 AM CST SUNSET 553 PM CST MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 643 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ...NOTE TO THE DAILY CLIMATE PRODUCT USER... THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH IS A CALENDAR-DAY MEASUREMENT PROVIDED BY WQOW IN EAU CLAIRE. AN ADDITIONAL MIDNIGHT PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE COOP OBSERVER LOCATED 3 MILES SW OF EAU CLAIRE. $$