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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1027 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2019

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...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2019

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             103   07/22/1923*
 LOW               23   06/01/1964
HIGHEST            92   06/07        MM      MM       88
LOWEST             29   06/02        MM      MM       34
MEAN             63.0              63.1    -0.1     64.4

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.99   1942
 MINIMUM         4.95   1910
TOTALS          11.64             10.43    1.21     9.51

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
SINCE 7/1           T

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     312               346     -34      225
COOLING TOTAL     156               173     -17      196
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/350
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/320

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.
*  INDICATES RECORD UNDER REVIEW.

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.THE 2019 SUMMER SEASON SAW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 63.0 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 0.1 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 63.1 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 92 DEGREES ON JUNE 7TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 29 DEGREES ON JUNE 2ND. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL
OF 11.64 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS
WAS 1.21 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 10.43 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON JULY 17TH WHERE 2.21 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 35 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 21 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 4 DAYS. NO
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 5.5 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON JUNE 4TH AND AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED OF
32 MPH. THE HIGHEST PEAK GUST OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED
OF 54 MPH.

THERE WERE 312 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 34 BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 346. THERE WERE 156 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER
WHICH WAS 17 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 173.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FALL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 70S IN EARLY
SEPTEMBER AND BY THE END OF NOVEMBER NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE MID
20S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE UPPER 40S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL
TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY LATE NOVEMBER. NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL IS 6.45 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE
FALL IS 16.0 INCHES. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK
INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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