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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
453 AM CST THU JAN 30 2020

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2019 TO 11/30/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   09/07/1976
 LOW              -29   11/29/1875
HIGHEST            83   09/19        MM      MM       81
LOWEST             -2   11/12        MM      MM       -7
MEAN             43.5              42.5     1.0     41.1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        12.48   2019
 MINIMUM         3.21   2011
TOTALS          12.48              9.05    3.43     9.85

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
SINCE 7/1        28.6

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1953              2063    -110     2204
COOLING TOTAL      20                15       5       49
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/070
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    60/070

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.

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.THE 2019 FALL SEASON WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH
ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS 43.5 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 42.5 DEGREES...AND
TIES FOR 58TH WARMEST FALL SEASON ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 83 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 19. THE
LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS -2 DEGREES ON THE NOVEMBER
12. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS FALL.

THE FALL OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL
OF 12.48 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 3.43 INCHES
ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 9.05 INCHES...AND IS THE 6TH WETTEST
SEASON ON RECORD. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24
HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 9 WHEN 1.37 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 46 DAYS.
AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 26 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL
ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 4 DAYS. NO MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS FALL.

THE FALL OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR SNOWFALL WITH A TOTAL OF
28.6 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 12.5 INCHES ABOVE
THE NORMAL OF 16.1 INCHES...AND THE 10TH SNOWIEST FALL ON RECORD.
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON
NOVEMBER 30 WHEN 14.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. SNOW WAS
RECORDED ON 37 DAYS AND 1 INCH OR MORE WAS MEASURED ON 3 DAYS. NO
MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE FALL.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE FALL WAS 10.6 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 21 WITH A WIND FROM THE EAST
AT 41 MPH. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OF 60 MPH ALSO OCCURRED ON
OCTOBER 21.

THERE WERE 1953 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 111
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2064. THERE WERE 20 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR
THE FALL WHICH WAS 6 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 14.

THE OUTLOOK FOR WINTER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE UPPER 20S IN
EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO THE UPPER TEENS ABOVE ZERO BY MID
JANUARY. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY HIGHS WARM BACK UP TO THE UPPER
20S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE MID TEENS ABOVE ZERO IN EARLY
DECEMBER AND COOL TO NEAR ZERO BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END OF
FEBRUARY LOWS WARM UP TO THE LOW TEENS ABOVE ZERO. NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE WINTER IS 2.98 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR
THE WINTER IS 49.5 INCHES. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK
FOR THE WINTER SEASON INDICATES THERE IS NO STRONG SIGNAL FOR
EITHER ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A TREND FOR MORE
PRECIPITATION THAN AVERAGE.

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