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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1027 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2019

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...THE ASHLAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2019

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             107   07/23/1934
 LOW               23   06/04/1945
HIGHEST            90   07/15        MM      MM       95
LOWEST             32   06/13        MM      MM       38
MEAN             63.9              64.0    -0.1     65.0

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     301               304      -3      231
COOLING TOTAL     227               210      17      257
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    26/170
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/170

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 SUMMER SEASON SAW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT ASHLAND WI...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 63.9 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 0.1 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 64.0 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 90 DEGREES ON JULY 15TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 32 DEGREES ON JUNE 13TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL
OF 8.98 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS
WAS 2.68 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 11.66 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON JULY 4TH WHERE 2.16 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 32 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 21 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 4 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 1 DAY. NO
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 6.4 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON JUNE 14TH AND AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED OF
26 MPH. THE HIGHEST PEAK GUST OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED
OF 38 MPH.

THERE WERE 301 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 3 BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 304. THERE WERE 227 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER
WHICH WAS 17 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 210.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FALL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 70S IN EARLY
SEPTEMBER AND BY THE END OF NOVEMBER NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE LOW
30S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE UPPER 40S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL
TO THE MID TEENS BY LATE NOVEMBER. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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WL