Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
419 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2019

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2019 TO 5/31/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2019

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   05/30/1939
 LOW              -29   03/02/1989
HIGHEST            82   05/29        MM      MM       92
LOWEST            -19   03/04        MM      MM        2
MEAN             38.1              39.0    -0.9     38.8

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        15.77   1894
 MINIMUM         1.95   1900
TOTALS           7.25              7.15    0.10     4.04

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
SINCE 7/1       106.8

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2452              2399      53     2414
COOLING TOTAL       0                 4      -4       44
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/080
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    58/070

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 SPRING SEASON WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS 38.1 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 39.0 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS 82 DEGREES ON MAY 29TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SPRING WAS -19 DEGREES ON MARCH 4TH. NO MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING.

THE SPRING OF 2019 WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL
OF 7.25 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS
0.10 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 7.15 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH WHEN 0.90 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT
LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 39 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES FELL ON 18 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 5 DAYS. NO
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SPRING.

SPRING 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR SNOWFALL WITH A TOTAL OF 26.5
INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 6.0 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 20.5 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH
WHERE 8.3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. ONE MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORD
WAS BROKEN THIS SPRING. MAY WAS SNOWIEST IN STATION HISTORY WITH A
TOTAL OF 13.3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 8.1
INCHES IN MAY OF 1954.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SPRING WAS 10.4 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON APRIL 11TH WITH A SPEED OF 45 MPH OUT OF
THE EAST. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON APRIL 11TH
WITH A SPEED OF 58 MPH OUT OF THE EAST NORTHEAST.

THERE WERE 2452 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SPRING WHICH WAS 53
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2399. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
SPRING WHICH WAS 4 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 4.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SUMMER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 60S IN
EARLY JUNE AND WARM TO THE UPPER 70S BY MID JULY. BY THE END OF
AUGUST NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE LOW 70S. NORMAL LOWS START THE MID
40S AND WARM TO THE MID 50S BY EARLY JULY. BY THE END OF AUGUST
NORMAL LOWS COOL TO THE LOW 50S. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER
IS 11.78 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



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