__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: March 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 38 8 23 5 42 0 0.00 0.0 28 9.6 16 290 10 47% 1,8 20 280 2 43 23 33 15 32 0 0.00 0.0 26 10.8 20 340 669 100% 10 26 340 3 33 12 23 5 42 0 T T 24 9.7 16 120 235 35% 6 1 18 90 4 26 3 15 -4 50 0 T T 23 9.5 20 30 43 77% 2 25 20 5 26 2 14 -5 51 0 0.00 0.0 23 9.6 17 360 679 100% 10 8 21 330 6 36 6 21 1 44 0 0.00 0.0 23 7.2 15 360 681 100% 10 18 340 7 33 22 28 8 37 0 0.02 0.4 23 13.0 23 300 24 4% 10 1,8 26 340 8 30 18 24 3 41 0 T 0.1 23 11.8 22 10 198 29% 7 1 30 360 9 34 6 20 -1 45 0 0.00 0.0 23 5.9 13 230 691 100% 10 15 210 10 31 15 23 1 42 0 0.02 0.2 21 11.2 18 320 7 1% 10 1,2,8 24 340 11 21 1 11 -11 54 0 T T 21 7.7 14 130 637 91% 1 18 340 12 26 17 22 0 43 0 0.37 5.3 25 9.8 21 100 0 0% 10 1,2 24 100 13 33 19 26 3 39 0 T T 25 12.1 22 310 293 42% 6 1 28 320 14 44 22 33 10 32 0 0.00 0.0 25 5.9 14 20 55 59% 4 1 17 350 15 35 19 27 3 38 0 0.00 0.0 23 7.5 15 150 664 93% 1 17 140 16 32 19 26 2 39 0 0.00 0.0 22 8.1 15 110 424 59% 4 18 100 17 39 7 23 -2 42 0 0.00 0.0 21 3.8 9 200 641 89% 2 1,2,8 13 170 18 41 20 31 6 34 0 0.00 0.0 21 8.9 17 210 585 81% 2 21 210 19 34 27 31 5 34 0 T 0.2 20 9.7 14 220 0 0% 10 8,1 18 220 20 44 32 38 12 27 0 0.06 0.0 20 11.6 22 210 2 M N 1,8 26 210 21 47 20 34 7 31 0 0.00 0.0 17 5.7 13 260 11 100% 10 1 14 260 22 38 23 31 4 34 0 0.00 0.0 15 8.9 16 360 359 49% 5 1,8 20 30 23 26 8 17 -11 48 0 0.00 0.0 14 13.4 24 320 479 65% 4 30 310 24 17 2 10 -18 55 0 T 0.1 14 14.0 24 290 471 64% 4 1,8 31 300 25 21 0 11 -18 54 0 T T 14 13.5 24 320 460 62% 4 8 32 340 26 32 7 20 -9 45 0 0.00 0.0 14 9.8 17 320 679 91% 1 22 320 27 38 9 24 -6 41 0 0.00 0.0 14 8.6 16 260 752 100% 10 20 260 28 35 24 30 0 35 0 0.00 0.0 13 8.2 17 120 40 5% 10 18 110 29 34 28 31 1 34 0 T T 13 8.8 14 110 0 0% 10 1 16 100 30 35 31 33 2 32 0 0.05 0.2 13 9.3 13 110 0 0% 10 1,2 15 110 31 37 26 32 1 33 0 0.17 1.4 13 9.2 17 310 54 7% 9 1,2 21 320 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sum 1039 476 1250 0 0.69 7.9 292.8 9843 192 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Avg 33.5 15.4 9.4 Fast Dir. 55.0% 6.6 Max Dir. 24 320 32 340 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6), Page 2 Station: DULUTH MINNESOTA Month: March Year: 2001 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Temperature Data] [Precipitation data] Symbols used in colmun 16 Average Monthly: 24.5 Total for Month: 0.69 Departure from Normal: +0.1 Departure from Normal: -1.22 1 = Fog Highest: 47 on 21 Greatest in 24 hrs: 0.37 on 12 2 = Fog reducing visibility Lowest: 0 on 25 to 1/4 mile or less SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 3 = Thunder Total for month: 7.9 inches 4 = Ice Pellets Greatest snowfall in 24 hrs: 5.3 on 12 5 = Hail Greatest snow depth: 28 on 1 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: 11 0.01 inch or more precip: 6 X = Tornado Max 90 or above: 0 0.10 inch or more precip: 2 Min 32 or below: 31 0.50 inch or more precip: 0 Min 0 or below: 1 1.00 inch or more precip: 0 [Heating Degree Days (Base 65) ] Clear (scale 0-3): - Total this month: 1250 Partly cloudy (scale 4-7): - Departure from Normal: -9 Cloudy (scale 8-10): - Seasonal Total: 8289 Departure from Normal: -122 [Cooling Degree Days (Base 65) ] Total this Month: 0 Departure from Normal: 0 [ Pressure Data ] Seasonal Total: 0 Highest Sea-Level 30.40 on 18 Departure from Normal: 0 Lowest Sea-Level 29.36 on 13 [ Remarks ] MARCH 2001 WAS 10TH DRIEST MARCH BASED ON AIRPORT RECORDS. 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). Fastest 2-minute wind speed was last of several occurrences. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________