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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1245 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013

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...THE DULUTH MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 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              58   02/26/1895
 LOW              -39   02/02/1996
HIGHEST            38   02/13        MM      MM       43  02/04
LOWEST            -22   02/01        MM      MM       -7  02/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     23.3              24.0    -0.7     31.2
AVG. MINIMUM      5.9               6.1    -0.2     16.2
MEAN             14.6              15.1    -0.5     23.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     22              20.7     1.3       15
DAYS MIN <= 32     28              27.2     0.8       29
DAYS MIN <= 0      11              10.1     0.9        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.24   1922
 MINIMUM         0.10   1896
                        1877
TOTALS           1.16              0.81    0.35     1.41
DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.03    0.01     0.05
DAYS >= .01         9               8.5     0.5        9
DAYS >= .10         3               2.6     0.4        3
DAYS >= .50         0               0.2    -0.2        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.41                            02/10 TO 02/11


SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 MAXIMUM         33.9  1939
 MINIMUM          1.0  1896
TOTALS           19.1              12.4     6.7     19.7
SINCE 7/1        52.8              65.6   -12.8     36.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     12                15      -3        2
DAYS >= 1.0         5               3.8     1.2        5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        16   02/23                          6  02/29
                                                          02/28
                                                          02/27
 24 HR TOTAL      5.9   02/10 TO 02/10

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1405              1399       6     1190
 SINCE 7/1       6508              6867    -359     5775
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/330    DATE  02/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/340    DATE  02/19

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                0     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          5     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               22     SLEET                      0
FOG                      17     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                     10

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

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.FEBRUARY 2013 WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 14.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.5
DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL OF 15.1 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 90TH
COLDEST FEBRUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 38 DEGREES ON THE 13TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 22
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 1ST. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE
BROKEN FOR THE MONTH.

FEBRUARY 2013 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.16 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.35 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 0.81 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 38TH WETTEST FEBRUARY IN RECORDED
HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD
OCCURRED ON THE 10TH TO THE 11TH WHEN 0.41 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED ON 23
DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 9 DAYS. AT
LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 3 DAYS. 19.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS
RECORDED FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 6.7 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 12.4
INCHES MAKING THIS THE 20TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. ONE DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON
THE 6TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1985 OF 2.5 INCHES.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 9.3 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 19TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 20.0 MPH.
THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 19TH WITH A WIND FROM
THE NORTHWEST AT 33 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 44 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
WAS RECORDED ON THE 19TH. THERE WERE 1405 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
MONTH WHICH WAS 6 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1399. THIS BROUGHT THE
SEASONAL TOTAL TO 6508 WHICH WAS 359 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6867. THERE
WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE
SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS REMAIN AT 0 WHICH IS NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.55 INCHES
REACHED ON THE 21ST AND THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS
29.37 INCHES REACHED ON THE 11TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH...NORMAL HIGHS BEGIN IN THE UPPER 20S AND WARM TO
THE LOWER 40S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH
BEGIN AT 11 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO AND RISE TO LOWER 20S AT THE END OF
THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH IS 1.49 INCHES. NORMAL
SNOWFALL FOR MARCH IS 13.2 INCHES. COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR MARCH.

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