Precipitation and Temperature Summary for February 2009 Temperature Precipitation High Low Month Dept. Month Dept. Ave for Total for Month Month Crookston 44 -22 9.8 -1.4 1.16 .62 Moorhead 39 -19 11.6 -2.5 1.00 .41 Warroad 40 -29 7.4 -1.0 1.47 .92 Dalton 42 -20 12.6 -1.2 .65 .07 Grand Rapids 42 -21 15.4 1.4 .99 .38 Intl. Falls 40 -31 8.0 -2.9 1.15 .51 Itasca 44 -24 11.4 1.1 1.11 .48 Duluth 40 -18 15.2 .4 1.08 .25 Grand Marais 40 -9 17.9 -.6 1.25 .69 Hibbing 41 -26 12.8 .1 .53 -.07 Alexandria 39 -16 13.7 -1.6 .91 .24 Browns Valley 45 -18 13.8 -3.3 1.28 .61 Canby 48 -12 17.0 -3.5 .99 .24 Fergus Falls 40 -28 11.0 -2.4 .94 .36 Montevideo 45 -14 16.2 -.5 .61 -.30 Morris 42 -18 12.2 -3.2 .95 .26 Becker 46 -14 16.9 -.2 .97 .28 Collegeville 41 -15 18.4 -.0 1.09 .36 Hutchinson 45 -10 19.8 2.5 1.15 .62 Melrose 43 -18 14.8 -.0 .81 .16 Olivia 43 -12 17.5 .9 1.17 .72 St. Cloud 43 -20 16.3 .2 .80 .21 Staples 45 -20 13.2 -.3 .96 .35 Willmar 43 -11 16.6 .4 1.01 .39 Aitkin 46 -21 14.6 .3 1.51 .83 Forest Lake 49 -14 19.4 2.5 .74 -.06 Hinckley 44 -22 15.0 .5 .67 -.11 MSP Airport 47 -5 20.8 .7 .93 .14 St. Paul - UofM 46 -8 22.6 1.0 .73 -.05 Lamberton 52 -11 19.2 .5 .63 .10 Marshall 51 -11 19.0 .4 .99 .41 Pipestone 53 -16 18.8 .8 .49 -.02 Redwood Falls 47 -10 20.2 .4 1.19 .58 Sioux Falls 57 -6 23.6 2.7 .37 -.14 Worthington 53 -9 20.2 2.2 1.02 .41 Faribault 49 -13 19.4 1.9 1.48 .76 Mankato 47 -10 21.5 2.1 1.12 .50 Waseca 46 -8 20.2 2.3 1.22 .27 Winnebago 49 -9 21.1 2.4 1.35 .66 La Crosse 51 -10 22.8 .2 .86 -.13 Preston 50 -16 21.2 2.0 .96 .10 Red Wing 49 -14 20.4 1.9 .68 .04 Rochester 47 -7 20.7 2.3 .71 -.04 Rosemount 46 -9 19.1 2.0 1.15 .29 Winona 51 -13 23.0 3.1 .91 .07 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 9.6 -1.6 1.21 .65 2 (North Central) 11.9 -.4 .98 .36 3 (NorthEast) 15.3 -.0 .95 .29 4 (West Central) 14.0 -2.4 .95 .24 5 (Central) 16.7 .4 1.00 .39 6 (East Central) 18.5 1.0 .92 .15 7 (SouthWest) 20.2 1.2 .78 .22 8 (South Central) 20.6 2.2 1.29 .55 9 (SouthEast) 21.2 1.9 .88 .06 Statewide Average 16.4 .2 .99 .32 Some of the departures from normal are derived through estimates. Data in this summary are courtesy of National Weather Service Offices and Cooperators, and the Unversity of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. This summary is prepared by the Minnesota Extension Service Agricultural Meteorologist and the Department of Natural Resources State Climatology Office. Phone: (612) 625-4724 URL://climate.umn.edu