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CXUS53 KDLH 050507
CLMDLH
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1152 PM CDT THU APR 4 2019
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..THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 81 03/28/1946
LOW -29 03/02/1989
HIGHEST 58 03/27 MM MM 48 03/17
LOWEST -19 03/04 MM MM 4 03/10
03/09
AVG. MAXIMUM 34.2 34.4 -0.2 34.9
AVG. MINIMUM 15.5 17.5 -2.0 17.2
MEAN 24.9 25.9 -1.0 26.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 11 12.3 -1.3 9
DAYS MIN <= 32 28 28.0 0.0 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 6 3.1 2.9 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.12 1965
MINIMUM 0.22 1959
TOTALS 1.19 1.49 -0.30 0.44
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.05 -0.01 0.01
DAYS >= .01 8 9.7 -1.7 6
DAYS >= .10 4 4.3 -0.3 2
DAYS >= .50 1 0.5 0.5 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.55 03/13 TO 03/13
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 48.2 1917
MINIMUM T 2010
TOTALS 6.7 13.2 -6.5 5.1
SINCE 7/1 87.0 78.8 8.2 73.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 17 12 5 13
DAYS >= 1.0 3 3.6 -0.6 2
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 27 03/10 17 03/03
03/02
03/01
24 HR TOTAL 3.4 03/10 TO 03/10
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1237 1210 27 1197
SINCE 7/1 8107 8077 30 8218
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/080 DATE 03/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/330 DATE 03/14
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 13
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 12 SLEET 0
FOG 6 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 10
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
.MARCH 2019 WAS COLDER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION
AT DULUTH MN...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 24.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1
DEGREE BELOW THE NORMAL OF 25.9 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 58 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE
WAS -19 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS BROKEN
FOR THE MONTH. ON THE 4TH A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -19 DEGREES
WAS SET. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF -18 DEGREES SET IN 1875.
SEVENTEEN DAYS HAD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL.
MARCH 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 1.19
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.30 INCHES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.49 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED ON THE 13TH WHEN 0.55 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE
OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 18 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL ON 8 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 4 DAYS.
AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 1 DAY. NO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN MARCH.
MARCH 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR SNOWFALL WITH A TOTAL OF 6.7 INCHES
OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 6.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 13.2
INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL OCCURRED ON THE 10TH WHEN 3.4
INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN
FOR THE MONTH.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.4 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 15TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND OF 16.2 MPH. THE
HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON THE 24TH WITH A WIND FROM THE
EAST AT 30 MPH. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 39 MPH WAS RECORDED ON THE
14TH OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST.
THERE WERE 1237 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 27 ABOVE
THE NORMAL OF 1210. THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO 8107 WHICH
WAS 30 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 8077. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS
FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE
DAYS STANDS AT 0 WHICH WAS NORMAL.
THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOWER 40S AND WARM
TO THE MID TO UPPER 50S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE
MONTH START IN THE MID 20S AND WARM TO THE MID 30S AT THE END OF
THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL IS 2.43 INCHES. NORMAL
SNOWFALL FOR APRIL IS 6.9 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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