2013年10月 Saint Cloud 天气 Summary

Saint Cloud 2013年10月 天气 Summary  

在积累了6之后.41 inch shortfall in rain between July 1 and September 30, St. Cloud and the rest of Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin badly needed some rainfall. 10月份, 他们明白了. Much of the state received more than 5 inches of rain with the Saint Cloud Regional Airport picking up 4.34 inches of rain, more than one and three-quarter inches above the 2.平均49英寸. 仍然, that rainfall fell just short of the 圣保罗10月雨量最多. 云记录排名第13位. 第十名是4.52英寸. Among recent years, 2005 (9th place, 4.81 inches) and 2009 (3rd place, 6.02英寸)则更多.

4.34 inches in October was more than the three-month rainfall of July through September (4.15英寸). 总的来说，圣. Cloud Municipal Airport is still more than four and a half inches behind on rainfall since July 1 (8.实际是49英寸，13英寸.平均5英寸). 仍然, this was enough rain to drop the ease the dry spell designation from central Stearns County northward to the abnormally dry category on the 美国干旱监测 for October 29. All of the severe drought classification in Minnesota was eliminated by the October rainfall (see 美国干旱监测 animation page). 的 latest summary of the summer-fall dry spell from the 明尼苏达州 Climatology Office shows that rainfall deficits vary across Stearns County from about three inches near Albany, Holdingford, 和圣. Wendell to over six inches towards Fair Haven, Annandale, and Clearwater.

Note that this was still a short-term dry period since the April through October (growing season) rainfall was 22.13 inches, close to the average of 22.39英寸. That high total was the result of a wet April and May.

15 of the 31 October days had measurable precipitation. That's one less than the October record of 16 days, set in 1959 and 2009. St. Cloud did set a record for October days with at least a quarter inch of rain. 的re were 8 this month (average: 2.5天)，在圣. 云记录. 的 old October record was 7 days in 1968 and 1970. 的re were three days with half an inch of rain, including back-to-back days on October 14 and 15. In fact, between 10月11日 and 20, only two days didn't have measurable rainfall. 2.82 inches during those 10 days was more than the average for the entire month.

In this very wet October, it became cold enough to produce at least some snowflakes on 6 days. 0.8 inch accumulated on 10月20日, beating the October average of 0.7英寸.

According to a study by University of Minnesota Professor Emeritus Donald Baker, the fall after the end of the growing season is the most effective time of year for rain to recharge soil moisture. About half of the rainfall goes into ground water because of the low use by plants. Also, cooler weather than during the summer keeps loss by evaporation low.

Temperature-wise, October in St. Cloud was near the average, but in an annoying way. 平均St. 云温为44.9°F, 0.比正常温度低8°F. 的 average high temperature of 53.3°F was three full degrees cooler than normal, mainly caused by the combination of cloudy days and a few chilly air masses. 的 low temperatures ended up being 2.比平均温度高2°F, but people are more annoyed by chilly, cloudy days than heartened by mild nights.

圣. Cloud didn't come until October 13, more than two and a half weeks later than the average of September 26, and the first hard freeze waited until October 25, three weeks later than the average of October 4, and among the 10% latest on record.. 的 frost free period for the growing season was 152 days, two weeks more than the 137 day average. However, April and May were damp, so it was difficult to get crops planted on time..

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