Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
552 CXUS53 KDLH 301053 CLSBRD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 453 AM CST THU JAN 30 2020 ................................... ...THE BRAINERD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2019 TO 11/30/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1899 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 MM LOW -24 MM HIGHEST 87 09/17 MM MM 89 LOWEST 11/12 MM MM -5 MEAN 45.2 44.6 0.6 41.4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 12.64 7.65 4.99 8.43 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 18.8 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1836 1888 -52 2188 COOLING TOTAL 60 31 29 67 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/320 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 52/320 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 FALL SEASON WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL AT BRAINERD MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS 45.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 44.6 DEGREES...AND TIES FOR THE 43RD WARMEST ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 87 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 17. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS -1 DEGREES ON THE NOVEMBER 12. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS FALL. THE PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH A TOTAL 12.64 INCHES RECORDED. THIS WAS 4.99 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 7.65 INCHES AND THE 2ND WETTEST FALL ON RECORD. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 30 WHEN 2.19 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 35 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 19 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 5 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS FALL...HOWEVER SEPTEMBER WAS THE 4TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH 6.22 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...3.04 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR SEPTEMBER. THE SNOWFALL FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 18.8 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 10.0 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 8.8 INCHES...MAKING THIS THE 8TH SNOWIEST FALL IN STATION HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 30 WHEN 11.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. SNOW WAS RECORDED ON 19 DAYS AND AT LEAST 1 INCH OF SNOW WAS RECORDED ON 3 DAYS. NO MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE FALL...HOWEVER NOVEMBER WAS THE 7TH SNOWIEST IN STATION HISTORY WITH A TOTAL OF 18.1 INCHES RECORDED...WHICH IS 9.7 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER OF 8.4 INCHES. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE FALL WAS 8.8 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 2 WITH A WIND FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 43 MPH. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST ALSO OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 2 WITH A SPEED OF 52 MPH. THERE WERE 1836 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 52 BELOW THE NORMAL VALUE OF 1888. THERE WERE 60 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 29 ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE OF 31. THE OUTLOOK FOR WINTER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE UPPER 20S IN EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO THE LOW 20S BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY HIGHS WARM UP TO THE LOW 30S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE MID TEENS ABOVE ZERO IN EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO NEAR ZERO BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY LOWS WARM UP TO THE LOW TEENS ABOVE ZERO. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WINTER IS 2.25 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER IS 26.2 INCHES. 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. $$ KLH