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CXUS53 KDLH 301054 RRB
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
454 AM CST THU JAN 30 2020

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             100   MM
 LOW              -16   MM
HIGHEST            83   09/19        MM      MM       87
LOWEST              2   11/12        MM      MM        7
MEAN             43.3              44.2    -0.9     41.8

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1984              1915      69     2138
COOLING TOTAL      26                23       3       48
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/050
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/030

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 COOLER THAN NORMAL AT ASHLAND WI...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 43.3 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREE BELOW THE NORMAL OF 44.2 DEGREES...MAKING
THIS THE 27TH COLDEST FALL IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 83 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 19. THE
LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 2 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 12. NO
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS FALL.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE FALL WAS 8.2 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 30 WITH A SPEED OF 31 MPH OUT
OF THE NORTHEAST. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON
NOVEMBER 27 WITH A SPEED OF 47.2 MPH.

THERE WERE 1984 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 69
ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 1915. THERE WERE 26 COOLING DEGREE DAYS
FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 5 ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 21.

THE OUTLOOK FOR WINTER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 30S IN
EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO THE LOW 20S BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END
OF FEBRUARY HIGHS WARM BACK UP TO THE LOW 30S. NORMAL LOWS START
IN THE MID TEENS ABOVE ZERO IN EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY
LOWS WARM UP TO THE LOW TEENS ABOVE ZERO. 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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KLH