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 MONTH: JANUARY YEAR: 2004 LATITUDE: 46 49 N LONGITUDE: 92 11 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 26 4 15 6 50 0 T T 4 11.1 20 110 0 0 8 24 100 2 31 15 23 14 42 0 T 0.0 4 10.4 31 260 0 0 7 126 36 270 3 22 -4 9 1 56 0 0.00 0.0 3 18.1 33 260 519 100 2 39 270 4 3 -12 -4 -12 69 0 T 0.2 3 9.4 15 310 161 31 5 189 18 310 5 -3 -15 -9 -17 74 0 T T 2 13.8 22 260 521 100 1 9 25 260 6 4 -12 -4 -12 69 0 T T 2 16.1 28 270 136 27 5 189 35 280 7 13 -6 4 -4 61 0 T T 2 7.7 16 280 524 100 1 18 20 280 8 17 0 9 1 56 0 T T 2 5.3 12 360 320 61 1 8 13 10 9 17 2 10 2 55 0 0.01 0.3 2 2.6 9 270 158 30 9 18 10 250 10 25 12 19 11 46 0 T T 2 10.2 20 240 0 0 10 18 22 240 11 26 23 25 17 40 0 0.02 0.3 2 4.6 12 300 0 0 10 12 13 310 12 24 15 20 12 45 0 0.02 0.6 3 13.2 22 300 0 0 10 18 30 300 13 15 -1 7 -1 58 0 0.03 1.0 4 7.0 17 310 472 89 4 1 22 320 14 16 6 11 3 54 0 0.36 5.2 8 9.8 20 100 366 68 8 1 22 10 15 14 2 8 0 57 0 0.05 1.1 9 9.6 21 110 2 0 10 168 24 100 16 21 13 17 9 48 0 0.01 0.2 10 13.6 20 100 6 1 10 1 22 100 17 23 -7 8 0 57 0 0.01 0.3 10 15.9 29 290 244 45 8 19 35 310 18 -3 -16 -9 -17 74 0 0.00 0.0 10 15.6 25 320 543 100 0 9 32 330 19 3 -19 -8 -16 73 0 0.00 0.0 10 6.5 14 330 435 80 1 18 330 20 13 -12 1 -7 64 0 T 0.1 9 8.1 18 230 60 11 9 18 23 220 21 21 -18 2 -6 63 0 0.23 3.5 10 18.2 31 300 126 23 8 19 37 300 22 -6 -22 -14 -22 79 0 T T 10 12.7 22 300 72 13 4 89 30 330 23 9 -6 2 -6 63 0 0.09 2.2 10 7.4 13 10 10 2 10 18 17 360 24 8 -12 -2 -10 67 0 T T 11 6.7 12 360 487 88 4 8 14 350 25 13 -2 6 -3 59 0 0.25 7.9 10 14.2 25 100 0 0 10 129 31 90 26 17 13 15 6 50 0 0.78 18.2 22 11.9 25 100 0 0 10 129 30 90 27 16 4 10 1 55 0 0.03 1.0 31 11.0 16 340 501 89 5 1 20 350 28 6 -24 -9 -18 74 0 T 0.2 31 16.9 25 300 491 87 3 189 31 310 29 -8 -30 -19 -29 84 0 0.00 0.0 31 12.2 20 330 570 100 0 8 25 320 30 -1 -27 -14 -24 79 0 0.00 0.0 28 13.5 21 310 572 100 0 8 28 320 31 14 -15 0 -10 65 0 0.00 0.0 28 4.9 13 360 256 45 5 16 360 ================================================================================ SM 396 -151 1886 0 1.89 42.3 338.2 7552 178 ================================================================================ AV 12.8 -4.9 10.9 FASTST PSBL 45% 6 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 33 260 39 270 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: DULUTH MONTH: JANUARY YEAR: 2004 LATITUDE: 46 49 N LONGITUDE: 92 11 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 4.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.89 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: -4.4 DPTR FM NORMAL: 0.77 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 31 ON 2 GRTST 24HR 0.86 ON 25-26 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: -30 ON 29 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 42.3 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 23.2 ON 25-26 6 = GLAZE OR RIME GRTST DEPTH: 31 ON 27-29 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS 8 = SMOKE OR HAZE [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW X = TORNADO MAX 32 OR BELOW: 31 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 13 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 20 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 1886 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 9 DPTR FM NORMAL 115 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8 SEASONAL TOTAL 5400 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 14 DPTR FM NORMAL -270 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.56 ON 9TH DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.55 ON 2ND [REMARKS] JANUARY OF 2004 SAW RECORD BREAKING SNOWFALL AND THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN ALMOST 8 YEARS. THE JANUARY TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 42.3 INCHES IS THE 2ND HIGHEST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED DURING JANUARY. THE SNOWSTORM OF JANUARY 25 THROUGH JANUARY 27TH WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 3RD GREATEST SNOWSTORM IN DULUTH WITH 27.1 INCHES. THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 23.2 INCHES ON THE 25TH AND 26TH IS THE 3RD GREATEST SNOWFALL EVER IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. A NEW RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 18.2 INCHES WAS RECORDED ON THE 26TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 4.1 INCHES THAT WAS SET IN 1916. A NEW DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET ON THE 26TH WITH 0.78 INCHES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD FOR THE DAY OF 0.49 INCHES SET IN 1916. A NEW DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS ALSO SET ON THE 21ST WITH 3.5 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE RECORD OF 3.3 INCHES SET IN 1987. THE LOW TEMPRATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 30 BELOW ZERO IS THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE SINCE FEBRUARY 2ND OF 1996. WFO DLH