000 CXUS53 KDLH 020716 CLMDLH MSPCLMDLH 000 TTAA00 KDLH 020707 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 207 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ................................... ...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 08/05/1947 08/01/1930 LOW 32 08/27/1986 HIGHEST 85 08/17 MM MM 88 08/10 LOWEST 41 08/25 MM MM 44 08/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.1 73.9 1.2 75.3 AVG. MINIMUM 53.7 53.5 0.2 54.9 MEAN 64.4 63.7 0.7 65.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.31 1972 MINIMUM 0.71 1970 1961 TOTALS 2.90 4.22 -1.32 1.39 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.14 -0.05 0.04 DAYS >= .01 9 11.7 -2.7 6 DAYS >= .10 5 6.9 -1.9 2 DAYS >= .50 1 2.6 -1.6 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.3 -0.3 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.98 08/27 TO 08/28 08/31 TO 08/31 08/31 TO 08/31 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 63 106 -43 63 SINCE 7/1 122 175 -53 123 COOLING TOTAL 54 60 -6 73 SINCE 1/1 127 177 -50 271 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/290 DATE 08/28 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/310 DATE 08/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$