CXUS53 KDLH 041752 CLADLH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1152 AM CST THU JAN 04 2024 ................................... ...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1870 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 07/13/1936 LOW -41 01/02/1885 HIGHEST 97 09/03 MM MM 94 06/20 LOWEST -22 02/03 MM MM -23 01/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.2 50.0 1.2 47.8 AVG. MINIMUM 33.8 31.1 2.7 29.6 MEAN 42.5 40.6 1.9 38.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.6 -0.6 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 79 99.4 -20.4 113 DAYS MIN <= 32 168 176.6 -8.6 185 DAYS MIN <= 0 17 37.7 -20.7 57 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 45.28 1879 MINIMUM 18.11 1910 TOTALS 32.99 31.18 1.81 34.06 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.09 DAYS >= .01 129 133.2 -4.2 158 DAYS >= .10 72 65.7 6.3 79 DAYS >= .50 18 18.4 -0.4 21 DAYS >= 1.00 6 5.7 0.3 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.17 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 168.9 1950 SNOW DEPTH 48 03/19/1965 TOTALS 85.0 90.2 -5.2 125.6 SINCE 7/1 7.8 35.6 -27.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 7 5 DAYS >= TRACE 100 62.4 37.6 127 DAYS >= 1.0 23 -1.8 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 37 03/12 27 12/17 03/13 24 HR TOTAL 6.6 03/12 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8359 9115 -756 9668 SINCE 7/1 2935 3553 -618 MM COOLING TOTAL 290 255 35 239 SINCE 1/1 290 255 35 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/27/1986 LATEST 06/21/1992 EARLIEST 10/16 LATEST 05/03 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/030 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/090 DATE 04/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 70/090 DATE 04/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 146 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 104 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 115 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$