The National Weather Service is forecasting a break in the high dew point temperatures over the next few days after the muggy day today. So far this summer as of 4pm August 29, there have been 319 hours of dew point temperatures of 70 degrees or higher recorded at the Twin Cities International Airport. The record is 512 hours in 2002. What really stands out are the counts of extremely muggy dew point temperatures. So far this summer as of 4pm August 29, there have been 103 hours of dew point temperatures of 75 degrees or higher. This breaks the old record of 78 hours that was set back on 2001.
Twin Cities International Airport Greatest Number of hours with dew point temperature of 70 degrees F (1945-2011) Rank Year Hours ---------------------- 1. 2002 512 2. 1983 392 3. 1995 387 4. 2001 357 5. 1955 345 1981-2010 average = 182 so far in 2011 319 (through 4pm August 29) Twin Cities International Airport Greatest Number of hours with dew point temperature of 75 degrees F (1945-2011) Rank Year Hours -------------------- 1. 2011 103 (as of 4pm August 29) 2. 2001 78 3. 1999 64 4. 1987 60 5. 1995 56 1981-2010 average = 18
Last modified: November 9, 2015
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