Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
607 CXUS53 KDLH 030930 CLSBRD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 419 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2019 ................................... ...THE BRAINERD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019... 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 ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 05/31/1934 LOW -35 03/11/1948 HIGHEST 90 05/31 MM MM 94 LOWEST -24 03/04 MM MM -4 MEAN 39.4 42.9 -3.5 40.7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.61 2012 MINIMUM 2.58 1980 TOTALS 7.90 7.24 0.66 4.68 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 71.9 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2300 2055 245 2291 COOLING TOTAL 10 21 -11 87 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/350 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/340 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 ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT BRAINERD MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 39.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.5 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 42.9 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 90 DEGREES ON MAY 31ST. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS -24 DEGREES ON MARCH 4TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. THE SPRING OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 7.90 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 0.66 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 7.24 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON MARCH 13TH WHEN 1.10 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 33 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 19 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 1 DAY. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. THE SPRING OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR SNOWFALL WITH A TOTAL OF 18.7 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE SEASON. THIS IS 4.5 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 14.2 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON MARCH 9TH AND APRIL 11TH WHERE 7.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. NO MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING. HOWEVER...APRIL WAS THE 5TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD WITH A TOTAL OF 9.4 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SPRING WAS 7.9 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON MARCH 14TH WITH A SPEED OF 33 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON MARCH 14TH WITH A SPEED OF 43 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST. THERE WERE 2300 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 245 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2055. THERE WERE 10 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 11 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 21. THE OUTLOOK FOR SUMMER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW TO MID 70S IN EARLY JUNE AND PEAK TO THE LOW 80S DURING JULY. BY THE END OF AUGUST NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE MID 70S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE LOW 50S AND WARM TO THE UPPER 50S BY EARLY JULY. BY THE END OF AUGUST NORMAL LOWS COOL TO THE LOW TO MID 50S. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER IS 11.24 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