Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
000 CXUS53 KDLH 030930 CLSINL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 419 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2019 ................................... ...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 05/21/1964 LOW -38 03/01/1962 HIGHEST 79 05/29 MM MM 88 LOWEST -26 03/07 MM MM -4 MEAN 35.6 38.2 -2.6 37.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.56 1985 MINIMUM 1.31 1917 TOTALS 4.98 5.34 -0.36 4.41 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 73.1 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2687 2474 213 2579 COOLING TOTAL 0 9 -9 35 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/340 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/340 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. $$ .THE 2019 SPRING SEASON WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 35.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 38.2 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 79 DEGREES ON MAY 29TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS -26 DEGREES ON MARCH 7TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. THE SPRING OF 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 4.98 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 0.36 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 5.34 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON MAY 24TH WHEN 0.91 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 30 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 14 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 2 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. THE SPRING OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR SNOWFALL WITH A TOTAL OF 16.3 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 2.1 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 14.2 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON APRIL 12TH WHERE 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. NO MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. HOWEVER, MAY WAS THE 9TH SNOWIEST IN STATION HISTORY. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SPRING WAS 7.4 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON MARCH 14TH WITH A SPEED OF 30 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON MAR 14TH WITH A SPEED OF 40 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST. THERE WERE 2687 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 213 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2474. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 9 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 9. THE OUTLOOK FOR SUMMER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 70S IN EARLY JUNE AND PEAK TO THE UPPER 70S DURING JULY. BY THE END OF AUGUST NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE LOW 70S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE MID 40S AND WARM TO THE LOW 50S BY LATE JUNE. BY THE END OF AUGUST NORMAL LOWS COOL TO THE UPPER 40S. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER IS 10.43 INCHES. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO CLEAR INDICATION FOR ABOVE OR BELOW PRECIPITATION AND ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. $$ WL