__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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: August 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 85 66 76 10 0 11 1.20 0.0 0 12.2 24 230 437 49% 5 1 33 230 2 81 58 70 4 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 3.8 12 340 811 91% 1 21 330 3 83 60 72 6 0 7 0.00 0.0 0 4.6 14 190 884 99% 10 16 180 4 88 67 78 12 0 13 0.00 0.0 0 6.3 14 180 842 95% 10 17 200 5 93 74 84 18 0 19 0.00 0.0 0 14.3 29 230 432 39% 6 1 36 240 6 91 71 81 15 0 16 0.00 0.0 0 8.3 15 300 880 100% 10 1 18 290 7 91 60 76 10 0 11 0.00 0.0 0 5.8 15 260 877 100% 10 18 260 8 91 68 80 14 0 15 0.14 0.0 0 11.0 46 290 319 36% 6 1,3 62 290 9 76 52 64 -2 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.0 36 300 716 82% 2 48 300 10 71 47 59 -6 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.3 15 360 568 65% 4 20 340 11 78 51 65 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 11.2 18 240 866 100% 10 25 260 12 71 51 61 -4 4 0 0.31 0.0 0 7.5 15 30 696 81% 2 1,3 20 20 13 73 47 60 -5 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 12 290 860 100% 10 16 270 14 81 54 68 3 0 3 0.00 0.0 0 11.9 23 240 827 96% 10 30 240 15 76 58 67 3 0 2 0.17 0.0 0 10.4 21 360 256 30% 7 1,3 31 10 16 70 52 61 -3 4 0 0.04 0.0 0 8.0 21 30 395 46% 5 1 26 20 17 77 50 64 0 1 0 0.83 0.0 0 6.5 21 330 386 46% 5 1,3 29 330 18 73 54 64 0 1 0 0.35 0.0 0 10.4 22 90 520 62% 4 1 24 90 19 73 51 62 -1 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.4 15 120 842 100% 10 17 100 20 76 46 61 -2 4 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.0 10 130 839 100% 10 14 190 21 75 56 66 3 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 7.5 16 190 516 62% 4 1 20 190 22 85 61 73 10 0 8 0.00 0.0 0 5.0 12 340 648 78% 2 1,2,8 18 360 23 74 56 65 3 0 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.8 21 100 829 100% 10 24 100 24 69 56 63 1 2 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.2 16 120 201 24% 8 1,2,8 17 120 25 82 58 70 8 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 5.9 17 320 410 50% 5 1,2,8 21 320 26 75 51 63 2 2 0 T 0.0 0 4.9 14 230 384 47% 5 8 16 220 27 78 54 66 5 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 5.7 15 320 724 89% 1 21 320 28 75 49 62 2 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.6 13 110 788 97% 10 15 130 29 77 53 65 5 0 0 0.27 0.0 0 10.5 23 250 346 43% 6 1,2,3 29 240 30 72 51 62 2 3 0 T 0.0 0 13.2 25 290 461 57% 4 31 300 31 67 45 56 -3 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.9 16 330 606 75% 2 26 330 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sum 2427 1727 48 117 3.31 0.0 252.4 19166 194 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Avg 78.3 55.7 8.1 Fast Dir. 72.2% 6.3 Max Dir. 46 290 62 290 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Preliminary Local Climatological Data (WS Form: F-6), Page 2 Station: DULUTH MINNESOTA Month: August Year: 2001 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Temperature Data] [Precipitation data] Symbols used in colmun 16 Average Monthly: 67.0 Total for Month: 3.31 Departure from Normal: +3.3 Departure from Normal: -0.68 1 = Fog Highest: 93 on 5 Greatest in 24 hrs: 1.20 on 1ST 2 = Fog reducing visibility Lowest: 45 on 31 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 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: 8 X = Tornado Max 90 or above: 4 0.10 inch or more precip: 7 Min 32 or below: 0 0.50 inch or more precip: 2 Min 0 or below: 0 1.00 inch or more precip: 1 [Heating Degree Days (Base 65) ] Clear (scale 0-3): 6 Total this month: 48 Partly Cloudy (scale 4-7): 13 Departure from Normal: -65 Cloudy (scale 8-10): 12 Seasonal Total: 114 Departure from Normal: -59 [Cooling Degree Days (Base 65) ] Total this Month: 117 Departure from Normal: +45 [ Pressure Data ] Seasonal Total: 262 Highest Sea-Level 30.31 on 13TH Departure from Normal: +82 Lowest Sea-Level 29.53 on 29TH [ Remarks ] AUGUST OF 2001 WAS TIED FOR THE 8TH WARMEST AUGUST BASED ON AIRPORT RECORDS. RECORD HIGH MINIMUM SET ON THE 5TH WITH 74. OLD RECORD WAS 68 SET IN 1996. RECORD HIGH MINIMUM SET ON THE 6TH WITH 71. OLD RECORD WAS 67 SET IN 1877. THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMER...JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST..WAS THE 5TH DRIEST SUMMER BASED ON AIRPORT RECORDS WITH A TOTAL OF 8.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. NORMAL SUMMER RAINFALL IS 11.42 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). ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________