Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
611 CXUS53 KDLH 091541 CLSINL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1027 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2019 ................................... ...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 07/22/1923* LOW 23 06/01/1964 HIGHEST 92 06/07 MM MM 88 LOWEST 29 06/02 MM MM 34 MEAN 63.0 63.1 -0.1 64.4 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 18.99 1942 MINIMUM 4.95 1910 TOTALS 11.64 10.43 1.21 9.51 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 T DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 312 346 -34 225 COOLING TOTAL 156 173 -17 196 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/350 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/320 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. * INDICATES RECORD UNDER REVIEW. $$ .THE 2019 SUMMER SEASON SAW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 63.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.1 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 63.1 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 92 DEGREES ON JUNE 7TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 29 DEGREES ON JUNE 2ND. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER. THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 11.64 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 1.21 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 10.43 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON JULY 17TH WHERE 2.21 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 35 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 21 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 4 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 5.5 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON JUNE 4TH AND AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED OF 32 MPH. THE HIGHEST PEAK GUST OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED OF 54 MPH. THERE WERE 312 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 34 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 346. THERE WERE 156 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 17 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 173. THE OUTLOOK FOR FALL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 70S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND BY THE END OF NOVEMBER NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE MID 20S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE UPPER 40S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY LATE NOVEMBER. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL IS 6.45 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE FALL IS 16.0 INCHES. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ WL