It was a temperature sandwich. The first three days of December
were cold, then temps rebounded nicely. Around mid-month we hit 50 or
warmer on three consecutive days! We ended the month with another cold snap. Our warmest temperature in the Twin Cities was
51 degrees, on December 13 and 15. The coldest reading was 7 below zero on December
30 and 31. The average temperature for
the month of December was 4.6 degrees above normal in the Twin Cities. Our
official snowfall total at MSP airport was 5.6 inches.
2014 has ended, and
the Minnesota State Climatology Office has a nice feature about the top weather
events of the year. Check it out at 2014 Weather Top 5
Looking ahead, the January
temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center of the National Weather Service
shows a slight tendency for below normal temperatures over Minnesota and western Wisconsin:
The outlook doesn’t mean that every day is expected to be cooler
than normal…it is the average temp for the entire month that shows a slight
cooler-than-normal tendency. In case you’re wondering, our average high in the
Twin Cities doesn’t move much during January…it is 24 degrees on January 1st and
25 degrees on January 31st.
