Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies and Central Plains into the Upper Midwest

Extremely dangerous heat persists through Thursday with widespread daily temperature records. Monsoonal moisture continues to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to New Mexico and west Texas through Thursday, especially in the burn scar areas. Thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rain will continue to bring a flash flood threat from the Central Plains into the Upper Midwest. Read More >

This is the 13^th warmest meteorological summer to date in Duluth. The average temperature from June 1^st through July 24^th was 64.5 degrees. The warmest such period was in 2012 with an average temperature of 67.8 degrees. There are 142 years of July temperature records dating back to 1874 for Duluth. Here is a ranking of the top 13 warmest summers to date.

Rank  Value  Ending Date
  1    67.8    7/24/2012
  2    66.7    7/24/1921
  3    66.4    7/24/2006
  4    66.1    7/24/1910
  5    65.7    7/24/1894
  6    65.4    7/24/1995,  7/24/1988
  8    65.2    7/24/1955
  9    65.1    7/24/1987,  7/24/2013
 11    64.9    7/24/2005
 12    64.7    7/24/2002
 13    64.5    7/24/2015

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Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies and Central Plains into the Upper Midwest

13th Warmest Meteorological Summer to Date at Duluth