March, 2000 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Duluth, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 35 23 29 11 36 6377 -822 M M M T T .03 T 40.4 14.7 33 NW 2 42 18 30 12 35 6412 -834 M M M 0 T .08 0.0 40.4 5.5 11 W 3 55 25 40 M 25 6437 M M M M 0 T .13 0.0 40.4 M M M 4 56 28 42 23 23 6460 -879 M M M 0 T .18 0.0 40.4 4.4 15 W 5 56 29 43 24 22 6482 -903 M M M 0 T .23 0.0 40.4 8.2 20 E 6 54 31 43 23 22 6504 -926 M M M T T .28 0.0 40.4 9.8 21 E 7 70 36 53 33 12 6516 -959 M M M 0 T .33 0.0 40.4 6.0 20 W 8 49 25 37 16 28 6544 -975 M M M 1.76 1.76 .38 0.2 40.6 9.2 37 S 9 25 13 19 -2 46 6590 -973 M M M .03 1.79 .44 0.5 41.1 12.4 35 N 10 26 15 21 -1 44 6634 -972 M M M .01 1.80 .50 0.5 41.6 3.9 17 SE 11 37 15 26 4 39 6673 -976 M M M 0 1.80 .56 0.0 41.6 7.3 18 W 12 30 11 21 -1 44 6717 -975 M M M 0 1.80 .62 0.0 41.6 4.5 17 N 13 32 21 27 4 38 6755 -979 M M M .01 1.81 .68 0.2 41.8 9.6 23 SW 14 32 20 26 3 39 6794 -982 M M M .10 1.91 .74 1.9 43.7 7.8 20 NW 15 26 6 16 -8 49 6843 -974 M M M .37 2.28 .80 6.1 49.8 9.8 25 N 16 24 4 10 -14 55 6898 -960 M M M 0 2.28 .86 0.0 49.8 5.4 18 N 17 30 -4 13 M 52 M M M M M 0 2.28 M 0.0 49.8 M M M 18 40 30 35 M 30 M M M M M 0 2.28 M 0.0 49.8 M M M 19 39 30 35 9 30 7010 -967 M M M 0 2.28 1.07 0.0 49.8 8.5 24 E 20 35 30 33 7 32 7042 -974 M M M T 2.28 1.14 T 49.8 11.7 26 E 21 44 32 38 11 27 7069 -985 M M M 0 2.28 1.21 0.0 49.8 4.0 11 SW 22 58 35 47 20 18 7087-1005 M M M 0 2.28 1.28 0.0 49.8 11.2 26 W 23 56 31 44 16 21 7108-1021 M M M 0 2.28 1.35 0.0 49.8 9.0 21 E 24 46 40 43 15 22 7130-1036 M M M .33 2.61 1.42 0.0 49.8 10.6 32 NW 25 49 31 40 11 25 7155-1047 M M M T 2.61 1.49 0.0 49.8 21.6 51 NW 26 58 30 44 15 21 7176-1062 M M M .02 2.63 1.56 0.0 49.8 13.5 32 NW 27 40 30 35 5 30 7206-1067 M M M .01 2.64 1.63 0.1 49.9 15.9 34 NW 28 41 26 34 4 31 7237-1071 M M M 0 2.64 1.70 0.0 49.9 9.8 29 N 29 44 24 34 4 31 7268-1075 M M M 0 2.64 1.77 0.0 49.9 6.2 18 NE 30 56 21 39 8 26 7294-1083 M M M 0 2.64 1.84 0.0 49.9 4.1 15 SE 31 54 31 43 12 22 7316-1095 M M M 0 2.64 1.91 0.0 49.9 11.7 31 W MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA 230 PM CST SAT APR 1 2000...CORRECTION FOR PCPN AND SNOW DATA.. ...MARCH 2000 SUMMARY... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVERAGE MAXIMUM: 43.2 AVERAGE MINIMUM: 23.5 ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 33.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.64 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 9.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0.73 GREATEST IN 24 HRS: 1.79 ON 8TH-9TH HIGHEST: 70 ON 7 LOWEST: -4 ON 16 17 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL TOTAL FOR MONTH: 9.5 INCHES MAX 32 OR BELOW: 8 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN 24 HRS: 8.0 ON 14TH-15TH MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 8 ON 15TH MIN 32 OR BELOW: 28 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 2 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 9 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 4 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 975 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -284 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 1 SEASONAL TOTAL: 7316 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -1095 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... TOTAL THIS MONTH: 0 ...PRESSURE DATA... DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 SEASONAL TOTAL: 0 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.55 ON 17TH DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.33 ON 27TH ...WIND DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED: 9.3 MPH FASTEST 2-MINUTE WIND SPEED: 40 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON 25TH PEAK WIND SPEED: 51 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON 25TH DULUTH REMARKS... THE MARCH 2000 TIES MARCH OF 1945 AS THE 6TH WARMEST MARCH OF ALL-TIME AND TIES MARCH OF 1945 AS THE 2ND WAMEST MARCH BASED ON AIRPORT RECORDS. THE 70 DEGREE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 7TH WAS THE EARLIEST A 70 DEGREE READING WAS EVER RECORDED AT DULUTH. OTHER RECORDS FOR MARCH... HIGH OF 55 ON 3RD BROKE ALL-TIME HIGH OF 51 SET IN 1894. HIGH OF 56 ON 4TH BROKE ALL-TIME HIGH OF 51 SET IN 1910. HIGH OF 56 ON 5TH BROKE AIRPORT RECORD OF 50 SET IN 1987. HIGH OF 70 ON 7TH BROKE ALL-TIME HIGH OF 69 SET IN 1987. DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD SET ON THE 8TH WITH 1.76. OLD RECORD WAS 0.78 IN 1891. DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD SET ON THE 15TH WITH 6.1 INCHES. OLD RECORD WAS 6.0 INCHES IN 1894.