2020年2月 and 2019 - 2020年冬季 St. 云天气摘要

冬末雪潮? 不是这个冬天(到目前为止)

2020年2月 and 2019 - 2020年冬季 Saint 云, MN, 天气 Summary

Note: This is a summary of meteorological winter, which is defined as the three coldest months of the year (1 December through 29 2月ruary). Astronomical winter ends on the 春分这个节目将会播出 今年3月19日. That's the day when we get back to 12 hours of daylight. 也, note that the cold season can be used to refer to the part of the year when Minnesota can get snow (typically Oct-Apr, but can be longer) or the heating season (July 1-June 30). No, the groundhog doesn't work in Minnesota.

二月低降水

Saint 云 was having a much snowier than average cold season through the month of January. 1月底，37.5 inch seasonal snowfall was 10.比平均值高0英寸. 然而, snow and overall precipitation suddenly stopped in 2月ruary. 只有1.8英寸的积雪和0.16英寸 of total precipitation fell during 2月ruary. The precipitation drought covered nearly all of northern and much of central Minnesota with half of the area seeing less than 0.10英寸.

That slowed the seasonal snowfall to 39.3英寸，还是5英寸.比平均值高1英寸.

Drier 2月ruary Aided Potential Spring Flooding Situation, but Future 天气 Holds the Key

The snow slowdown is a big contrast to the past two winters, each of which had more than 46 inches of snow during the 2月ruary through April period. 然而, sharp reduction in snowpack across the southern half of Minnesota 有多少 缓解了威胁 春季融雪洪水. The Red River Valley still has a better than 50-50 chance for major spring flooding due to the current snowpack and the saturated ground from the wet growing season. 圣. Croix Valley and Upper Mississippi Valley 威胁仍然很高.

The snow pack dropped to less than an inch in St. 3月9日的云. So, there were 102 consecutive days with at least an inch of snow cover in St. 云(自11月27日起). 在一般的冬季， St. 云有连续86天 with at least an inch of snow cover.

Sunnier 2月ruary, Which Kept Thawing Gradual

The drier weather allowed sunshine to return to St. 云. 28 of the 29 2月ruary days had at least some sunshine with 17 days having clear sky. That's in contrast to 16 completely cloudy January days.

The clear skies allowed some colder low temperatures. 19 of the 29 low temperatures were colder than 10 degrees with 7个零度或更低的低点. The cold lows made sure that the milder weather late in the month produced only a slow melting of the snow cover. 只有14 days in January had a low colder than 10 degrees.

2月ruary Coldest Month of Winter, Only Below Average Month

The colder conditions made 2月ruary the coldest month of the winter season with an average temperature of 15.5度，1.比平均温度低5度.

Meteorological winter covers the months of December, January, and 2月ruary. 今年冬天平均气温为1.比正常温度高5度. 降水量为0.8 inch above average with the Dec-2月 snowfall 2.比平均值高0英寸.

有些早冷和雪，但是

Overall, this cold season has been notable for its snowfall and some cold outbreaks. St. 云 had its 5th earliest measurable snowfall on October 11. There was a record cold high of 16 degrees on November 11 and an early season sub-zero low on November 10. 然而, overall extremes have been modest. 只有 28 days with a low of zero or colder, 没有一天 零下20度或更低. The coldest temperature this winter has been -19, set on December 11. 有 2 days that remained below zero all day.

The main aspect that this winter has been above average is in the snowfall. 季节性降雪量达39度.3英寸，还是5英寸.比平均值高1英寸.

2020年2月统计数据

Winter (Dec 1-2月 29) 2019-2020 Statistics