Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN

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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
820 AM CDT WED SEP 11 2019

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

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             106   07/13/1936
 LOW               27   06/10/1972
HIGHEST            89   07/15        MM      MM       91
                        07/12
LOWEST             40   06/13        MM      MM       40
MEAN             66.3              63.4     2.9     66.2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        20.91   1873
 MINIMUM         3.49   1936
TOTALS           9.24             11.78   -2.54    11.78

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
SINCE 7/1           T

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     174               329    -155      166
COOLING TOTAL     322               186     136      301
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/270
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/280

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 BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 66.3 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 63.4 DEGREES...MAKING THIS THE
5TH WARMEST SUMMER IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR
THE SUMMER WAS 89 DEGREES ON JULY 12TH AND 15TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 40 DEGREES ON JUNE 2ND. NO MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER...BUT JULY WAS THE 4TH
WARMEST IN STATION HISTORY WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 71.1
DEGREES. THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY IS 65.8 DEGREES.

THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL
OF 9.24 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED. THIS WAS 2.54 INCHES BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 11.78 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY  PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED ON JULY 28TH WHERE 1.53 INCHES INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT
LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 32 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES FELL ON 21 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 5 DAYS. AT
LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 2 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE
BROKEN THIS SUMMER.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 8.2 MPH. THE HIGHEST
SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON AUGUST 5TH WITH A SPEED OF 41 MPH OUT OF
THE WEST. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST OCCURRED ON AUGUST 5TH WITH A
SPEED OF 61 MPH.

THERE WERE 174 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 155
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 329. THERE WERE 322 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
SUMMER WHICH WAS 136 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 186.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FALL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 70S IN EARLY
SEPTEMBER AND COOL TO THE LOW 30S BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. NORMAL
LOWS START IN THE MID 50S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL TO THE UPPER
TEENS BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL IS
8.17 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE FALL IS 16.1 INCHES. THE LATEST
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED
TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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