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Tenth Annual MPR Midday Minnesota State Fair Weather Quiz
 2006 Edition (Aug 24, 2006)

 Test you knowledge of weather and climate in the following two categories:
1. This year's weather headlines, (questions 1-10)
2. Minnesota weather history, (questions 11-20)

  1. What sigificant climate record was established at Duluth in July of 2006?

    2. First ever July frost
    Hottest month on record
    Record monthly rainfall of 12 inches


  2. What was the most significant feature of January 2006 weather in the Twin Cities?

    3. Total absence of snowfall
    Warmest January since 1846
    Exceptionally strong winds


  3. Rochester reported a new weather record on Memorial Day (May 29th) this year. What was it?

    4. a record rainfall of 4.50 inches
    a record low of 28 degrees F
    a record high of 95 degrees


  4. What was the coldest temperature measured in Minnesota last winter (2005-2006)?

    5. -51 degrees F
    -44 degrees F
    -36 degrees F


  5. There have been less than 20 tornadoes reported in Minnesota so far in 2006. How many were reported in 2005?

    6. 28
    68
    48


  6. True or False....government investigators reported that FEMA paid up to 438 dollars per day in lodging expenses for some of those displaced by storm damages of Hurricane Katrina last year?

    7. True
    False


  7. Baffin Island located in the Arctic Region of Canada reported their highest ever February temperature this past winter. What was it?

    8. 34 degrees F
    44 degrees F
    54 degrees F


  8. True or False ... in March of this year a tornado picked up a young man in Missouri and carried him over 1,300 feet before depositing him, bruised and cut, but alive in an open field.

    9. True
    False


  9. On July 31 this year the Twin Cities reported a daytime high of 101 degrees F. How many years had it been since such a temperature was observed?

    10. 11
    18
    25


  10. What was the approximate total snowfall in the Twin Cities last winter?

    11. 15 inches
    45 inches
    65 inches


  11. True or False: More than 100 Twin Cities daily weather records (high/low temperatures, rainfall, snowfall, etc.) set in the last decade of the 19th century (1891-1900) still stand today?

    12. True
    False


  12. Which two western Minnesota communities are the only ones in the state to hold statewide maximum and minimum daily temperature records?

    13. Wheaton and Crookston
    Ada and Beardsley
    Hallock and Hawley


  13. What is the Jevon's Effect?

    14. the hypnotic experience of viewing complex weather maps
    the effect of atmospheric humidity on violin strings
    the disturbance in airflow around a rain gauge


  14. On average, how many hail loss claims are filed in Minnesota each year?

    15. fewer than 25
    approximately 50
    more than 100


  15. Gunflint Trail has the longest snow cover season of any climate station in Minnesota. What is the average duration of snow cover there?

    16. 110-120 days
    140-150 days
    170-180 days


  16. Which of these Minnesota communities has never recorded a minimum temperature of -50 degrees F or colder?

    17. St. Cloud
    Two Harbors
    Grand Rapids


  17. Out of more than 1,400 documented Minnesota tornadoes (1820-2005) how many have been classified as F5 (261 mph or greater wind speed)?

    18. 32
    15
    7


  18. Which of these Minnesota communities has the lowest probability for a white Christmas, defined as snow cover on Christmas Day?

    19. Albert Lea
    Springfield
    Winona


  19. What is the lowest relative humidity ever measured in the month of October in Minnesota?

    20. 6 percent
    26 percent
    46 percent


  20. Yes or No...Has the Twin Cities ever recorded a below zero temperature on Easter Sunday?

    21. Yes
    No


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