Duluth & International Falls January 2016 Monthly Climate Summaries & February Outlook

...THE DULUTH MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2016

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              55   01/23/1942
                        01/22/1942
 LOW              -41   01/02/1885
HIGHEST            41   01/30        MM      MM       40  01/23
LOWEST            -21   01/17        MM      MM      -18  01/05
                        01/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     20.7              18.9     1.8     19.9
AVG. MINIMUM      4.9               1.5     3.4      5.4
MEAN             12.8              10.2     2.6     12.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     27              27.2    -0.2       27
DAYS MIN <= 32     31              30.9     0.1       31
DAYS MIN <= 0      11              14.2    -3.2       12

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         4.70   1969
 MINIMUM         0.13   2008
TOTALS           1.05              0.96    0.09     0.46
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.03    0.00     0.01
DAYS >= .01        12              10.3     1.7        8
DAYS >= .10         4               2.4     1.6        2
DAYS >= .50         0               0.4    -0.4        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.23   01/24 TO 01/25

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           46.8   5
                        0
                        -26215
TOTALS           13.0              19.4    -6.4      6.6
SINCE 7/1        42.0              53.2   -11.2     31.7
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     10                13      -3        6
DAYS >= 1.0         5               4.5     0.5        3
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        13   01/30                          7  01/31
                        01/27                             01/30
                        01/26                             01/29
 24 HR TOTAL      2.8   01/25 TO 01/25

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1611              1699     -88     1616
 SINCE 7/1       4461              5468   -1007     5172
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/270    DATE  01/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    42/290    DATE  01/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              7
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         16

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     76

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                1     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          5     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       7
LIGHT SNOW               25     SLEET                      1
FOG                      20     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                     14

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

JANUARY 2016 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS 12.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 10.2 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 33RD WARMEST JANUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -21 DEGREES ON THE 11TH AND THE 17TH. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE MONTH. TEN DAYS HAD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. 

JANUARY 2016 WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 1.05 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.09 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.96 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 46TH WETTEST JANUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED FROM THE 24TH THROUGH THE 25TH WHEN 0.23 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 28 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 12 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 4 DAYS. THERE WAS 13.0 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 6.4 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 19.4 INCHES WHICH MADE IT THE 50TH LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 25TH WHERE 2.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE MONTH. 

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 9.9 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 27TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND OF 18.2 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON THE 27TH WITH A WIND FROM THE WEST AT 31 MPH. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 42 MPH FROM THE WEST NORTH WEST WAS ALSO RECORDED ON THE 27TH. THERE WERE 1611 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 88 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1699. THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO 4461 WHICH WAS 1007 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 5468. 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 HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.52 INCHES REACHED ON THE 22ND AND THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE READING WAS 29.40 INCHES REACHED ON THE 30TH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 20S AND WARM TO THE UPPER 20S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH START IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AND WARM TO THE LOW TEENS AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY IS 0.81 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY IS 12.4 INCHES. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR FEBRUARY.

February Climate Outlook
Duluth, MN

...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2016

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              48   01/10/2013
                        01/24/1973
                        01/09/1958
 LOW              -46   01/21/2011
                        01/06/1968
                        01/01/2000
HIGHEST            40   01/30        MM      MM       38  01/23
LOWEST            -26   01/17        MM      MM      -28  01/05
AVG. MAXIMUM     17.4              15.4     2.0     17.5
AVG. MINIMUM      2.6              -6.6     9.2     -4.9
MEAN             10.0               4.4     5.6      6.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     28              27.7     0.3       28
DAYS MIN <= 32     31              31.0     0.0       30
DAYS MIN <= 0      14              19.9    -5.9       22

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.03   1975
 MINIMUM            T   2003
TOTALS           0.59              0.62   -0.03     1.33
DAILY AVG.       0.02              0.02    0.00     0.04
DAYS >= .01         9               9.3    -0.3       12
DAYS >= .10         1               1.9    -0.9        3
DAYS >= .50         0               0.0     0.0        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.29   01/26 TO 01/27
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           31.5   1950
TOTALS            8.8              15.0    -6.2     20.8
SINCE 7/1        22.1              46.0   -23.9     40.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      7                11      -4       14
DAYS >= 1.0         2               4.5    -2.5        5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   01/30                         16  01/20
                        01/29                             01/19
                        01/28                             01/18
 24 HR TOTAL      3.3   01/27 TO 01/27

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1696              1878    -182     1811
 SINCE 7/1       5015              6053   -1038     5885
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    23/290    DATE  01/27
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    30/310    DATE  01/27

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         15

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     79

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                0     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               18     SLEET                      0
FOG                      23     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                     23

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

JANUARY 2016 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS 10.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.4 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 13TH WARMEST JANUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 40 DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -26 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE MONTH. TWELVE DAYS HAD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL.

JANUARY 2016 WAS SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 0.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.03 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.62 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 28TH DRIEST JANUARY IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 27TH WHEN 0.29 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 19 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 9 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 OF AN INCH FELL ON 1 DAY. THERE WAS 8.8 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 6.2 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 15.0 INCHES WHICH MADE IT THE 19TH LEAST SNOWIEST JANUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 27TH WHERE 3.3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.7 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 2ND WITH AN AVERAGE WIND OF 12.0 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON THE 2ND WITH A SPEED OF 23 MPH OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST. A PEAK GUST OF 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST WAS RECORDED ON THE 27TH. THERE WERE 1696 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 182 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1878. THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO 5015 WHICH WAS 1038 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6053. 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 HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.54 INCHES REACHED ON THE 22ND AND THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE READING WAS 29.27 INCHES REACHED ON THE 30TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY..NORMAL HIGHS BEGIN THE MONTH IN THE UPPER TEENS 20S AND WARM TO THE MID TO UPPER 20S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH START IN THE MID SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO AND WARM TO THE MID SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY IS 0.57 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY IS 10.8 INCHES. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR FEBRUARY.

February Climate Outlook
International Falls, MN