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Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

.THE 2014 AUTUMN SEASON WAS COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH
MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 41.3 DEGREES WHICH
WAS 1.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 42.5 DEGREES. THIS TIED FOR THE
30TH COOLEST METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN ON RECORD AT DULUTH. 4.42 INCHES
OF  PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED FOR THE SEASON WHICH WAS 4.63 INCHES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 9.05 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 19TH DRIEST AUTUMN
SEASON ON RECORD. 16.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE FALL SEASON WHICH
WAS 0.4 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 16.1 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 29TH
SNOWIEST FALL SEASON ON RECORD.

.THE 2014 AUTUMN SEASON WAS COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL
AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE AUTUMN SEASON WAS 38.5 DEGREES WHICH
IS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 40.1 DEGREES. THIS TIED FOR THE
13TH COOLEST METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN ON RECORD AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.
4.83 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON WHICH IS
1.62 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6.45 INCHES. THIS RANKS AS THE 38TH
DRIEST FALL SEASON ON RECORD. 9.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE FALL
SEASON WHICH WAS 6.7 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 16.0 INCHES. THIS
TIES FOR THE 25TH LEAST SNOWIEST FALL SEASON ON RECORD.