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CXUS53 KDLH 091541
CLSBRD


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

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1899 TO 2019

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             106   07/10/1936
 LOW               21   06/15/1917
HIGHEST            93   06/07        MM      MM       93
LOWEST             38   06/13        MM      MM       46
MEAN             68.4              67.5     0.9     68.6

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        20.21   1953
 MINIMUM         4.94   1950
TOTALS          12.17             11.24    0.93    11.05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
SINCE 7/1           T

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      89               145     -56       68
COOLING TOTAL     415               370      45      415
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/250
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/260

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 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AT BRAINERD MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 68.4 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 67.5 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 93 DEGREES ON JUNE 7TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 38 DEGREES ON JUNE 13TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL
OF 12.17 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS
WAS 0.93 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 11.24 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON JULY 14TH WHERE 2.38 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 34 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 18 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 11 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 3 DAYS. NO
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 6.2 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH AND 27TH A SPEED OF 30 MPH
OUT OF THE WEST. THE HIGHEST PEAK GUST OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH WITH
A SPEED OF 41 MPH.

THERE WERE 89 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 56 BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 145. THERE WERE 415 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER
WHICH WAS 45 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 370.

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 LOW 50S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL TO
THE MID TEENS BY LATE NOVEMBER. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL IS
7.65 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE FALL IS 8.8 INCHES. THE LATEST
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED
TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

$$

WL