January, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Duluth, MN National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 28 21 25 23 40 4363 85 0 0 0 0.07 0.07 0.03 0.3 54.3 M M M 2 37 18 28 27 37 4400 58 0 0 0 T 0.07 0.06 T 54.3 M M M 3 31 19 25 18 40 4185 135 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.12 0 58.1 M M M 4 26 7 17 10 48 4233 125 0 0 0 0.67 0.69 0.16 13.3 71.4 M M M 5 7 2 5 -2 60 4293 127 0 0 0 0.13 0.82 0.20 4.8 76.2 M M M 6 7 -8 -1 -8 66 4359 135 M M M 0 0.82 0.24 0INCHES M M M 7 9 -14 -3 -10 68 4427 145 M M M 0 0.82 0.28 0INCHES M M M 8 19 6 13 6 52 4479 139 0 0 0 0.04 0.86 0.32 0.6 76.8 M M M 9 22 19 21 14 44 4523 125 0 0 0 0.05 0.91 0.36 0.5 77.3 M M M 10 20 -2 9 2 56 4579 123 M M M 0.02 0.93 0.40 0.3 77.6 M M M 11 -2 -9 -6 -13 71 4650 136 M M M T 0.93 0.44 0.3 77.9 M M M 12 4 -8 -2 -8 67 4717 144 M M M 0.02 0.95 0.48 0.8 78.7 M M M 13 11 -11 0 -6 65 4782 150 0 0 0 0 0.95 0.52 0 78.7 M M M 14 10 -5 3 -3 62 4844 153 0 0 0 T 0.95 0.56 T 78.7 M M M 15 16 -5 6 0 59 4903 153 M M M 0.05 1.00 0.60 2.1 80.8 M M M 16 -5 -17 -11 -17 76 4979 170 M M M 0 1.00 0.64 0 80.8 M M M 17 -2 -19 -11 -17 76 5055 187 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.68INCHE 80.8 M M M 18 6 -15 -5 -12 70 5125 199 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.72INCHE 80.8 M M M 19 33 2 18 11 47 5172 188 0 0 0 T 1.00 0.76INCHE 80.8 M M M 20 27 14 21 14 44 5216 174 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.80 0INCHES M M M 21 32 19 26 19 39 5255 155 0 0 0 0.02 1.02 0.84 0INCHES M M M 22 32 -5 14 7 51 5306 148 0 0 0 0.06 1.08 0.88 1.7 82.5 M M M 23 11 -11 0 -7 65 5371 155 0 0 0 0.18 1.26 0.92 4.4 86.9 M M M 24 9 -20 -6 -7 71 5766 8 0 0 0 0.04 0.43 0.72 0.9 60.9 M M M 27 3 -13 -5 -12 70 5646 198 0 0 0 0.03 1.33 1.08 0.8 90.0 M M M 28 -4 -17 -11 -19 76 5722 217 0 0 0 T 1.33 1.12 T 90.0 M M M 29 3 -9 -3 -11 68 5790 228 0 0 0 0.01 1.34 1.16 0.5INCHES M M M 30 13 -1 6 -2 59 5849 230 0 0 0 0.02 1.36 1.19 1.1INCHES M M M 31 23 12 18 10 47 5896 220 0 0 0 0.10 1.46 1.22 1.8 93.4 M M M Monthly Summary for January, 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY........ 6.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 1.46 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. -1.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...+0.24 HIGHEST................ 35 ON 2ND GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.76 LOWEST.................-26 ON 26TH OCCURRED ON 4TH-5TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, AND HAIL MAXIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW...29 TOTAL FOR MONTH....... 35.5 INCHES MAXIMUM 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE...0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.. 16.5 ON 4-5 MINIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW...31 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH... 42 ON 5TH MINIMUM 0 DEGREES OR BELOW....19 ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...WEATHER NO. OF DAYS WITH... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 1826 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 17 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +28 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 4 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 5893 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +217 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 ...WIND DATA... AVERAGE SPEED FOR MONTH...................... 11.2 MPH FASTEST TWO MINUTE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...31 MPH FROM EAST ON 4TH PEAK WIND GUST SPEED AND DIRECTION............38 MPH FROM NORTH ON 15TH ...REMARKS... 35.5 INCHES OF SNOW MADE THIS THE 5TH SNOWIEST JANUARY OF ALL TIME. THE SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS DURING 1969 WITH 46.8 INCHES OF SNOW. THERE WERE ONLY TEN DAYS THIS MONTH WITH NO SNOWFALL. A DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET ON THE 4TH WITH 0.67 INCHES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE 4TH WAS 0.61 INCHES SET IN 1949. ALSO ON THE 4TH...A NEW DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET AT 13.3 INCHES. THE PREVIOUS DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THE 4TH WAS 4.6 INCHES SET IN 1905.