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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
903 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2012

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...THE DULUTH MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              97   06/28/1910
 LOW               27   06/10/1972
HIGHEST            88   06/10        MM      MM       83  06/06
                        06/09
LOWEST             37   06/01        MM      MM       42  06/12
                                                          06/09
                                                          06/02
AVG. MAXIMUM     75.8              70.8     5.0     67.1
AVG. MINIMUM     52.7              49.3     3.4     49.0
MEAN             64.2              60.1     4.1     58.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        10.89   1874
 MINIMUM         0.11   1910
TOTALS          10.03              4.23    5.80     3.72
DAILY AVG.       0.33              0.14    0.19     0.12
DAYS >= .01        13              12.6     0.4       11
DAYS >= .10         7               8.2    -1.2        8
DAYS >= .50         4               3.0     1.0        2
DAYS >= 1.00        2               0.9     1.1        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    6.90                            06/19 TO 06/20

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      77               179    -102      204
 SINCE 7/1       7636              9444   -1808     9516
COOLING TOTAL      61                30      31        2
 SINCE 1/1         77                34      43        2
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/140    DATE  06/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    45/140    DATE  06/14

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             15
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          2

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     68

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      3

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

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.JUNE 2012 WAS MUCH WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 64.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.1
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL OF 60.1 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 3RD
WARMEST JUNE IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 88 DEGREES ON THE 9TH AND 10TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS
37 DEGREES ON THE 1ST. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR
THE MONTH.

JUNE 2012 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 10.03 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 5.80 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 4.23 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 3RD WETTEST JUNE IN RECORDED
HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD
OCCURRED FROM THE 19TH TO THE 20TH WHEN 6.90 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED ON 19
DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 13 DAYS. AT
LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
ON 4 DAYS. AT LEAST 1.00 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON 2 DAYS. TWO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. 4.14 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL ON THE 19TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 1.55 INCHES WHICH FELL
IN 1998. 3.11 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 20TH BREAKING THE OLD
RECORD OF 1.77 INCHES WHICH FELL IN 1926.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.4 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 11TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 17.4 MPH.
THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 14TH WITH A WIND FROM
THE SOUTHEAST AT 38 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 45 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST WAS
ALSO RECORDED ON THE 14TH. THERE WERE 77 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR
THE MONTH WHICH WAS 102 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 179. THIS BROUGHT THE
SEASONAL TOTAL TO 7636 WHICH WAS 1808 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 9444.
THERE WERE 61 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 31 ABOVE
NORMAL OF 30. THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS TO
77 WHICH IS 43 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 34. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC
PRESSURE READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.23 INCHES REACHED ON THE 25TH
AND THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS 29.38 INCHES REACHED
ON THE 18TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR JULY...NORMAL HIGHS ARE IN THE MID 70S. NORMAL LOWS
FOR THE MONTH BEGIN IN THE LOWER 50S AND RISE TO THE MID 50S ON THE
31ST. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE IS 4.23 INCHES. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR JULY.

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