Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
608 CXUS53 KDLH 030930 CLSDLH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 419 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2019 ................................... ...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/30/1939 LOW -29 03/02/1989 HIGHEST 82 05/29 MM MM 92 LOWEST -19 03/04 MM MM 2 MEAN 38.1 39.0 -0.9 38.8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 15.77 1894 MINIMUM 1.95 1900 TOTALS 7.25 7.15 0.10 4.04 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 106.8 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2452 2399 53 2414 COOLING TOTAL 0 4 -4 44 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/080 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/070 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ .THE 2019 SPRING SEASON WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT DULUTH MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 38.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 39.0 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 82 DEGREES ON MAY 29TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS -19 DEGREES ON MARCH 4TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. THE SPRING OF 2019 WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 7.25 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 0.10 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 7.15 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH WHEN 0.90 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 39 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 18 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 5 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. SPRING 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR SNOWFALL WITH A TOTAL OF 26.5 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 6.0 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 20.5 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH WHERE 8.3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. ONE MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS BROKEN THIS SPRING. MAY WAS SNOWIEST IN STATION HISTORY WITH A TOTAL OF 13.3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 8.1 INCHES IN MAY OF 1954. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SPRING WAS 10.4 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON APRIL 11TH WITH A SPEED OF 45 MPH OUT OF THE EAST. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON APRIL 11TH WITH A SPEED OF 58 MPH OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST. THERE WERE 2452 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 53 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2399. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 4 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 4. THE OUTLOOK FOR SUMMER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 60S IN EARLY JUNE AND WARM TO THE UPPER 70S BY MID JULY. BY THE END OF AUGUST NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE LOW 70S. NORMAL LOWS START THE MID 40S AND WARM TO THE MID 50S BY EARLY JULY. BY THE END OF AUGUST NORMAL LOWS COOL TO THE LOW 50S. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER IS 11.78 INCHES. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO CLEAR INDICATION FOR ABOVE OR BELOW PRECIPITATION AND ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. $$ WL