__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6) DISCLAIMER: This data is unofficial. The official source of climate data is NCDC. For Further Information, Contact WFO Duluth at 218-729-6697. Station: DULUTH MINNESOTA Month: February Year: 2001 Latitude Longitude 46 50N 93 12W Gnd Elev. 1433 ft Std Time: CST __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Temperature in Fahrenheit :Precip : Snow :Wind :Fastest 2-Min: Sunshine : Sky :Peak Wind _____________________________________________________________ Columns ____________________________________________ -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6a-6b- -7- -8- -9- -10- -11- -12- -13- -14- -15- -16- -17- -18- Day Max Min Avg Dep. HDD CDD Water Snow Depth Avg. Speed Dir Mins. %PSBL SR-SS Weather Speed Dir __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 16 -7 5 -3 60 0 0.01 0.4 15 10.9 17 330 290 50% 1,8 23 320 2 5 -17 -6 -15 71 0 T T 15 6.6 14 230 496 85% 1,8 16 230 3 14 1 8 -1 57 0 0.01 0.6 15 7.3 14 210 37 6% 1,8 16 240 4 21 14 18 9 47 0 T T 15 7.6 12 250 0 0% 1 14 280 5 22 15 19 10 46 0 T T 15 7.6 12 230 45 8% 1,2 14 310 6 26 11 19 9 46 0 0.01 0.2 14 9.9 20 300 62 10% 1 25 300 7 16 2 9 -1 56 0 0.11 1.7 15 6.3 10 60 0 0% 1,8 13 70 8 24 15 20 10 45 0 0.34 7.4 23 12.5 21 80 0 0% 1,2 24 80 9 17 -3 7 -3 58 0 T 0.1 23 16.1 23 330 400 66% 1 31 320 10 4 -17 -7 -18 72 0 0.00 0.0 23 8.5 16 330 513 85% 22 330 11 15 -18 -2 -13 67 0 0.01 0.5 21 7.6 15 150 310 51% 1 18 140 12 24 6 15 4 50 0 0.23 2.0 21 4.9 12 110 59 29% 1,8 14 110 13 22 5 14 2 51 0 T T 21 8.4 17 330 5 1% 1,2,8 23 330 14 16 -9 4 -8 61 0 T T 21 8.0 18 350 50 86% 1,8 23 340 15 20 -15 3 -9 62 0 0.00 0.0 20 8.8 17 280 463 75% 1 23 220 16 14 -6 4 -8 61 0 T T 20 17.3 26 300 555 89% 8 32 300 17 11 -11 0 -13 65 0 0.00 0.0 20 14.3 22 270 626 100% 24 280 18 20 -6 7 -6 58 0 T T 20 14.1 23 240 361 57% 1,8 28 240 19 22 4 13 -1 52 0 T 0.2 19 12.0 17 330 432 68% 1,8 23 300 20 10 -9 1 -13 64 0 T T 19 16.5 28 310 583 92% 1,8 36 310 21 8 -19 -6 -20 71 0 T T 18 9.2 16 230 639 100% 20 210 22 20 1 11 -4 54 0 0.08 2.4 19 14.9 25 310 245 35% 1,8 30 320 23 17 -4 7 -8 58 0 T 0.2 18 6.9 16 140 53 83% 1 20 130 24 28 15 22 7 43 0 0.67 11.7 23 15.3 24 120 0 0% 1,2 28 110 25 28 13 21 5 44 0 0.27 4.1 30 15.0 29 320 68 10% 1,2 39 340 26 15 0 8 -8 57 0 0.02 0.6 29 11.3 21 330 560 85% 1 24 310 27 10 -12 -1 -18 66 0 0.00 0.0 29 12.0 22 280 659 100% 25 290 28 24 -6 9 -8 56 0 0.00 0.0 28 12.0 21 270 345 52% 24 270 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sum 489 -57 1598 0 1.76 32.1 301.8 7856 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Avg 17.5 -2.0 10.8 Fast Dir. 50.8% Max Dir. 29 320 39 340 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6), Page 2 Station: DULUTH MINNESOTA Month: February Year: 2001 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Temperature Data] [Precipitation data] Symbols used in colmun 16 Average Monthly: 7.8 Total for Month: 1.76 Departure from Normal: -4.5 Departure from Normal: +0.96 1 = Fog Highest: 28 on 24 25 Greatest in 24 hrs: 0.67 on 24 2 = Fog reducing visibility Lowest: -19 on 21 to 1/4 mile or less SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 3 = Thunder Total for month: 32.1 inches 4 = Ice Pellets Greatest snowfall in 24 hrs:11.7 on 24 5 = Hail Greatest snow depth: 30 on 25 6 = Glaze or Rime 7 = Blowing dust or sand reducing visibility to 1/2 mile or less [No. days with] [ WEATHER -No. days with] 8 = Smoke or haze 9 = Blowing snow Max 32 or below: 28 0.01 inch or more precip: 11 X = Tornado Max 90 or above: 0 0.10 inch or more precip: 5 Min 32 or below: 28 0.50 inch or more precip: 1 Min 0 or below: 16 1.00 inch or more precip: 0 [Heating Degree Days (Base 65) ] Clear (scale 0-3): - Total this month: 1598 Partly cloudy (scale 4-7): - Departure from Normal: +122 Cloudy (scale 8-10): - Seasonal Total: 7048 Departure from Normal: -104 [Cooling Degree Days (Base 65) ] Total this Month: 0 Departure from Normal: 0 [ Pressure Data ] Seasonal Total: 0 Highest Sea-Level 30.67 on 11 Departure from Normal: 0 Lowest Sea-Level 29.24 on 25 [ Remarks ] FEBRUARY OF 2001 WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 3RD SNOWIEST FEBRUARY OF ALL-TIME WITH A TOTAL OF 32.1 INCHES. A DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET ON THE 24TH WITH 11.7 INCHES AND THE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET ON THE 24TH WITH 0.67 INCHES. THE CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER...DECEMBER...JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2000-2001 IS THE 7TH SNOWIEST OF ALL-TIME WITH 66.2 INCHES. Rainfall and snowfall amounts in columns 7, 8, and 9 are the offical precipitation for DULUTH MINNESOTA. Snow depth in column 9 is recorded at 6 AM CST (12Z). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________