July 2015 Climate Summaries

.JULY 2015 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY WAS 69.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.4
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 65.8 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 12TH
WARMEST JULY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 86 DEGREES ON THE 26TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 48
DEGREES ON THE 1ST. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN
FOR THE MONTH.

JULY 2015 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 3.01 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.84 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 3.85 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 57TH DRIEST JULY IN RECORDED
HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD
OCCURRED ON THE 5TH THROUGH THE 6TH WHEN 1.87 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 11 DAYS. AT LEAST
0.01 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 8 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 OF AN
INCH FELL ON 4 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 OF AN INCH FELL ON 3 DAYS. NO
DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.8 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 29TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 17.2
MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 29TH WITH A WIND
FROM THE WEST AT 31 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 41 MPH FROM THE WEST WAS
RECORDED ON THE 29TH AND ON THE 31ST. THERE WERE 15 HEATING DEGREE
DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 48 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 63. THIS BROUGHT
THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO 15 WHICH WAS 48 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 63. THERE
WERE 156 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 66 ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 90. THE SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS AT 182
WHICH IS 58 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 124. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC
READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.17 INCHES REACHED ON THE 7TH AND THE
LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS 29.59 INCHES REACHED ON THE
13TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 70S AND COOL
TO THE LOWER 70S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH
START IN THE MID 50S AND COOL TO THE LOWER 50S AT THE END OF THE
MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST IS 3.70 INCHES. NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR AUGUST.
 

.JULY 2015 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS
MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY WAS 66.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.0
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 65.2 DEGREES TYING THIS FOR THE 40TH
WARMEST JULY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 90 DEGREES ON THE 26TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 37
DEGREES ON THE 7TH. ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED FOR THE
MONTH. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE
8TH TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1958.

JULY 2015 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.47 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 2.23 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 3.70 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 7TH DRIEST JULY IN RECORDED
HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD
OCCURRED ON THE 15TH THROUGH THE 16TH WHEN 0.46 INCHES WAS RECORDED.
AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 15 DAYS. AT LEAST
0.01 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 11 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 OF
AN INCH FELL ON 4 DAYS. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR
THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.2 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 29TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 13.9
MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 29TH WITH A WIND
FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 29 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 41 MPH FROM THE
NORTHWEST WAS RECORDED ON THE 29TH. THERE WERE 47 HEATING DEGREE
DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 23 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 70. THIS BROUGHT
THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO 47 WHICH WAS 23 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 70. THERE
WERE 91 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 15 ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 76. THE SEASONAL TOTAL COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS AT 95
WHICH IS 28 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 123. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC
READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.16 INCHES REACHED ON THE 7TH AND THE
LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS 29.51 INCHES REACHED ON THE
29TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST...NORMAL HIGHS BEGIN THE MONTH IN THE UPPER
70S AND COOL TO THE LOWER 70S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS
FOR THE MONTH START IN THE LOWER 50S AND COOL TO THE UPPER 40S AT
THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST IS 2.81
INCHES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE
FORECASTED FOR AUGUST.