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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
750 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

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...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              93   04/27/1952
 LOW              -14   04/03/1954
HIGHEST            67   04/27        MM      MM       65  04/30
LOWEST                  04/03        MM      MM       18  04/17
                                                          04/16
                                                          04/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     41.1              51.5   -10.4     52.0
AVG. MINIMUM     21.3              27.1    -5.8     27.7
MEAN             31.2              39.3    -8.1     39.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      4               1.5     2.5        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     26              21.8     4.2       22
DAYS MIN <= 0       1               0.2     0.8        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.53   1925
 MINIMUM         0.08   1987
TOTALS           1.87              1.53    0.34     1.64
DAILY AVG.       0.06              0.05    0.01     0.05
DAYS >= .01        12               8.7     3.3       13
DAYS >= .10         6               4.1     1.9        6
DAYS >= .50         0               0.8    -0.8        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.45   04/11 TO 04/12

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 MAXIMUM         36.3   1925
 MINIMUM          0.0   2010
TOTALS           13.6               6.4     7.2      6.4
SINCE 7/1        98.6              70.8    27.8     64.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     17                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         5               1.7     3.3        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        22   04/01                          4  04/16
 24 HR TOTAL      4.6   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1007               772     235      747
 SINCE 7/1      10076              9638     438     7922
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1        4
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/230    DATE  04/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/220    DATE  04/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     66

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                2     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW               12     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      5

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

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.APRIL 2013 WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS
MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 31.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.1
DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL OF 39.3 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 3RD
COLDEST APRIL IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 67 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 1
DEGREE BELOW ZERO ON THE 3RD. ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET
FOR THE MONTH. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 4 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE
20TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 18 DEGREES SET IN 1966.

APRIL 2013 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.87 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.34 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 1.53 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 29TH WETTEST APRIL IN RECORDED
HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD
OCCURRED ON THE 11TH THROUGH THE 12TH WHEN 0.45 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT
LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED ON 16 DAYS. AT LEAST
0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 12 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 6 DAYS. 13.6 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED
FOR THE MONTH. THIS IS 7.2 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 6.4 INCHES
MAKING THIS THE 8TH SNOWIEST APRIL IN STATION HISTORY. ONE
PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ONE DAILY SNOWFALL
RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. 0.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON THE 18TH
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.6 INCHES SET IN 1953.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.5 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 19TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 14.6 MPH.
THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 30TH WITH A WIND FROM
THE SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST
WAS RECORDED ON THE 30TH. THERE WERE 1007 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR
THE MONTH WHICH WAS 235 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 772. THIS BROUGHT THE
SEASONAL TOTAL TO 10076 WHICH WAS 438 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 9638.
THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS ONE DEGREE
BELOW NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS ARE 0 WHICH IS
ONE DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR
THE MONTH WAS 30.44 INCHES REACHED ON THE 17TH AND THE LOWEST
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS 29.25 INCHES REACHED ON THE 30TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY...NORMAL HIGHS START AT 60 DEGREES AND WARM TO THE
UPPER 60S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH BEGIN
IN THE LOWER 30S AND RISE TO THE MID 40S AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MAY IS 2.86 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR MAY
IS 0.2 INCHES. COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR MAY.

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