Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN
000 CXUS53 KDLH 301054 CLSINL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 454 AM CST THU JAN 30 2020 ................................... ...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2019 TO 11/30/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 09/07/1906 LOW -32 11/28/1985 HIGHEST 84 09/16 MM MM 87 LOWEST -13 11/12 MM MM -7 MEAN 40.2 40.1 0.1 37.3 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.39 2019 MINIMUM 3.64 2011 TOTALS 12.39 6.45 5.94 7.94 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 10.4 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2252 2280 -28 2509 COOLING TOTAL 23 11 12 11 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 26/030 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/290 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 THAN NORMAL WITH RECORD HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AND ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS 40.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.1 DEGREE ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 40.1 DEGREES...AND THE 53RD WARMEST FALL ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS 84 DEGREES ON SEPTEMBER 16. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL WAS -13 DEGREES ON NOVEMBER 12. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS FALL. THE PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS 12.39 INCHES...THE RECORD HIGHEST FALL SEASON PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS. THIS WAS 5.94 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 6.45 INCHES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 12 WHEN 1.48 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 41 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 26 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 10 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 2 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THIS FALL. OCTOBER 2019 WAS THE 2ND WETTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH 4.90 INCHES...WHICH IS 2.82 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 2.08 INCHES. THE SNOWFALL FOR THE FALL OF 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 10.4 INCHES RECORDED FOR THE SEASON...WHICH MADE THE FALL OF 2019 THE 39TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS WAS 5.6 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 16.0 INCHES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 20 WHEN 3.7 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. SNOW WAS RECORDED ON 34 DAYS AND AT LEAST 1.0 INCH OF SNOW FELL ON 4 DAYS. NO MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE FALL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE FALL WAS 7.2 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OF 26 MPH OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 29 AND OCTOBER 21. THE WIND WAS FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON SEPTEMBER 29 AND FROM THE NORTHEAST ON OCTOBER 21. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 25 WITH A SPEED OF 45 MPH. THERE WERE 2252 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 28 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2280. THERE WERE 23 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE FALL WHICH WAS 12 ABOVE THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 11. THE OUTLOOK FOR WINTER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 20S IN EARLY DECEMBER AND BY MID JANUARY COOL TO THE MID TEENS ABOVE ZERO. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY NORMAL HIGHS WARM TO THE UPPER 20S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY NORMAL LOWS WARM BACK UP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WINTER IS 2.00 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE WINTER IS 40.8 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