Winter Planning MeetingJan 27, 2011
State Climatology Office DNR- Division of Ecological and Water
Resources
High Water on Red River at Fargo: April 1881(Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society)
Caledonia: 51.68
Marshall: 21.85
80% 1 in 595% 1 in 2099% 1 in 50
Frost Depths under SodW eek of January 24, 2011
Data provided by:
Corps of EngineersNational W eather ServiceU of M Experim ent S tation
(11)
(7)
(21)
(13)
(30 )
(37)
(20)(14)
(16)
(20)
(8)
values are in inches
(21)
(21)
(12)
(26)
(28 )
(3)
3 1
6
1 7
0
91 0
1 4
6
1 6
7
1 1
6
76
81 5
8
6
(va lues in parenthesis represent frost depths for the w eek o f Jan 25, 2010)
(8)
1 2
1 2
Snow D epthJan 20, 2011
D N R EcoW at - S tate C lim ato logy O ffice, 01-20-2011
inches0124812151824303648
Snow D epth R ankingJan 20, 2011
D N R EcoW at - S tate C lim ato logy O ffice, 01-20-2011
0 low est-100 h ighest015204060809599
Current snow depth and Ranking Maps
Snow depth map for January 27
http://climate.umn.edu/doc/snowmap/snowmap_110127.htm
(Or Google: Minnesota Snow Depth)
Shoveling out power poles near WillmarMarch 17, 1965(Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society)
0.25
0.50
0.75
1.00
1.25
inches
N orm al P recip ita tionFebruary
State C lim atology O ffice - D N R W atersJuly 2003
0.50
0.75
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
2.25
inches
Norm al P recip itationM arch
State C lim ato logy O ffice - DN R W atersJu ly 2003
Any Questions?
View of St. Paul: April 13, 1965 (Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society)