__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: May Year: 2001 Latitude Longitude 46 50N 93 12W Gnd Elev. 1433 ft Std Time: CDT __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 65 50 58 13 7 0 0.07 0.0 0 11.2 21 250 286 33% 7 1,2,8 35 300 2 69 49 59 13 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.7 25 270 612 71% 3 29 280 3 62 46 54 8 11 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.4 14 20 342 39% 6 20 10 4 56 40 48 2 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.8 16 140 30 93% 1 22 110 5 53 36 45 -2 20 0 0.10 0.0 0 14.1 23 100 180 21% 8 1 30 110 6 60 45 53 6 12 0 0.31 0.0 0 14.3 24 270 38 32% 7 1 32 270 7 62 46 54 6 11 0 0.17 0.0 0 15.7 37 240 498 57% 4 1 44 250 8 57 42 50 2 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 14.3 29 280 621 70% 3 36 300 9 68 38 53 5 12 0 0.08 0.0 0 8.7 16 130 300 34% 7 1,3 20 150 10 67 48 58 9 7 0 0.18 0.0 0 10.6 22 310 293 33% 7 1,3 26 290 11 53 37 45 -4 20 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.3 15 90 174 20% 8 1 18 90 12 64 33 49 -1 16 0 0.15 0.0 0 8.4 18 270 613 69% 3 1 23 220 13 70 45 58 8 7 0 T 0.0 0 8.9 18 120 661 74% 3 21 120 14 60 41 51 1 14 0 0.15 0.0 0 12.6 26 140 112 12% 9 1,3 31 140 15 64 49 57 6 8 0 0.05 0.0 0 12.4 36 290 359 40% 6 1,2,8 43 290 16 74 51 63 12 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.7 18 290 718 79% 2 1 22 280 17 71 49 60 9 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.9 30 290 571 63% 4 38 290 18 73 44 59 7 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 14 250 908 100% 10 17 190 19 73 48 61 9 4 0 T 0.0 0 6.5 20 240 382 42% 6 21 190 20 64 52 58 6 7 0 0.27 0.0 0 9.0 16 130 217 24% 8 1 20 180 21 55 44 50 -3 15 0 0.81 0.0 0 14.0 23 320 0 0% 10 1 30 320 22 46 36 41 -12 24 0 0.39 0.0 0 11.9 24 270 103 11% 9 1 31 270 23 50 36 43 -10 22 0 0.01 0.0 0 13.1 23 70 443 48% 5 29 80 24 59 42 51 -3 14 0 0.03 0.0 0 15.7 29 80 394 43% 6 1 37 70 25 55 44 50 -4 15 0 0.45 0.0 0 9.9 16 100 0 0% 10 1,2 21 110 26 54 45 50 -4 15 0 0.20 0.0 0 6.9 15 120 0 0% 10 2,1 18 120 27 61 44 53 -1 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.6 12 80 466 50% 5 1 14 130 28 71 43 57 2 8 0 0.07 0.0 0 8.0 21 100 587 63% 4 1 25 100 29 61 41 51 -4 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.3 18 110 707 76% 2 22 100 30 67 36 52 -3 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 12 130 693 74% 3 15 130 31 69 40 55 -1 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 15 240 450 48% 5 18 230 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sum 1933 1340 369 0 3.49 0.0 310.7 11758 181 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Avg 62.4 43.2 10.0 Fast Dir. 45.8% 5.8 Max Dir. 37 240 44 250 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6), Page 2 Station: DULUTH MINNESOTA Month: May Year: 2001 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Temperature Data] [Precipitation data] Symbols used in colmun 16 Average Monthly: 52.8 Total for Month: 3.49 Departure from Normal: +2.0 Departure from Normal: +0.46 1 = Fog Highest: 74 on 16 Greatest in 24 hrs: 0.98 on 20-21 2 = Fog reducing visibility Lowest: 33 on 12 to 1/4 mile or less SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 3 = Thunder Total for month: 0.0 inches 4 = Ice Pellets Greatest snowfall in 24 hrs: 0.0 on 0 5 = Hail Greatest snow depth: on 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: 0 0.01 inch or more precip: 17 X = Tornado Max 90 or above: 0 0.10 inch or more precip: 11 Min 32 or below: 0 0.50 inch or more precip: 1 Min 0 or below: 0 1.00 inch or more precip: 0 [Heating Degree Days (Base 65) ] Clear (scale 0-3): 8 Total this month: 369 Partly Cloudy (scale 4-7): 14 Departure from Normal: -76 Cloudy (scale 8-10): 9 Seasonal Total: 9406 Departure from Normal: -242 [Cooling Degree Days (Base 65) ] Total this Month: 0 Departure from Normal: 0 [ Pressure Data ] Seasonal Total: 0 Highest Sea-Level 30.40 on 4 Departure from Normal: 0 Lowest Sea-Level 29.33 on 22 [ Remarks ] MAY OF 2001 WAS WARMER AND A LITTLE WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPRING...MARCH...APRIL AND MAY...WAS THE 5TH WETTEST SPRING EVER RECORDED IN DULUTH WITH 12.36 INCHES. THIS WAS DUE LARGELY TO THE RECORD BREAKING APRIL PRECIPITATION OF 8.18 INCHES. THE WETTEST SPRING EVER RECORDED WAS 15.77 INCHES IN 1894. 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). SS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________