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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
608 PM CDT TUE OCT 2 2012

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...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   09/07/1976
 LOW               19   09/15/2011
HIGHEST            84   09/03        MM      MM       86  09/10
                                                          09/08
LOWEST             20   09/18        MM      MM       19  09/15
AVG. MAXIMUM     67.0              65.4     1.6     68.1
AVG. MINIMUM     35.9              41.8    -5.9     37.9
MEAN             51.5              53.6    -2.1     53.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     13               4.1     8.9       10
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.36   1961
 MINIMUM         0.20   1897
TOTALS           0.85              2.99   -2.14     1.65
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.10   -0.07     0.05
DAYS >= .01         7              11.9    -4.9        7
DAYS >= .10         4               5.9    -1.9        3
DAYS >= .50         0               1.7    -1.7        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.7    -0.7        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.38   09/19 TO 09/20

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     401               353      48      364
 SINCE 7/1        527               534      -7      472
COOLING TOTAL       4                11      -7       12
 SINCE 1/1        222               192      30      200
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    28/290    DATE  09/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/280    DATE  09/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.30
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           20
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      1

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

$$

.SEPTEMBER 2012 WAS COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS
MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 51.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1
DEGREES COOLER THAN THE NORMAL OF 53.6 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 15TH
COOLEST SEPTEMBER IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 84 DEGREES ON THE 3RD. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 20
DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THREE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED
FOR THE MONTH. A TEMPERATURE OF 20 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE 18TH
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 27 DEGREES SET IN 1918. A TEMPERATURE OF
21 DEGREES WAS REPORTED ON THE 19TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD SET IN
1995. A TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE 27TH TYING THE
RECORD SET IN 2000.

SEPTEMBER 2012 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 0.85 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 2.14 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 2.99 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 6TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER IN
RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 19TH THROUGH THE 20TH WHEN 0.38 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED ON 12 DAYS.
AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 4 DAYS. A TRACE OF SNOW WAS REPORTED
FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 0.1 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.1 INCHES. NO
DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.8 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 19TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 11.3
MPH. THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 19TH WITH A WIND
FROM THE WEST AT 28 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 38 MPH FROM THE WEST WAS
RECORDED ON THE 19TH. THERE WERE 401 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
MONTH WHICH WAS 48 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 353. THIS BROUGHT THE
SEASONAL TOTAL TO 527 WHICH WAS 7 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 534. THERE
WERE 4 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 7 DEGREES BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 11. THE SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS ARE 222
WHICH IS 30 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 192. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.40 INCHES REACHED ON THE 14TH AND THE
LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS 29.49 INCHES REACHED ON THE
19TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE UPPER 50S AND
COOL TO THE LOWER 40S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE
MONTH BEGIN IN THE MID 30S AND FALL TO THE MID 20S ON THE 31ST.
NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR OCTOBER IS 2.08 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR
OCTOBER IS 2.2 INCHES. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR OCTOBER.

$$