February, 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 27 7 17 9 48 5944 211 0 0 0 T T 0.03 T 93.4 M M M 2 26 5 16 7 49 5993 204 0 0 0 0 T 0.06 0 93.4 M M M 3 17 -6 6 -3 59 6052 207 M M M T T 0.09 T 93.4 M M M 4 27 15 21 12 44 6096 195 M M M T T 0.12 T 93.4 M M M 5 22 15 19 10 47 6143 186 0 0 0 T T 0.15 T 93.4 M M M 6 25 18 22 12 43 6186 174 0 0 0 T T 0.18 T 93.4 M M M 7 19 -4 0 0 8 26 -2 0 0 9 24 4 0 0 10 19 11 15 4 50 6393 162 M M M 0.03 0.03 0.26 1.4INCHES 7.7 M M 11 20 8 14 3 51 6444 159 0 0 0 T 0.03 0.28INCHE 95.5 10.7 M M 12 10 -10 0 -11 65 6513 174 0 0 0 T 0.03 0.30INCHE 95.5 6.6 M M 13 18 -4 7 -5 58 6571 179 M M M 0.06 0.09 0.32INCHE 96.7 15.2 M M 14 20 0 10 -2 55 6626 177 0 0 0 T 0.09 0.34 0.2 96.9 12.5 M M 15 11 -7 2 -10 63 6689 191 0 0 0 0.08 0.17 0.37 1.5 98.4 4.6 M M 16 10 -13 -2 -14 67 6756 205 0 0 0 T 0.17 0.40 0.3 98.7 7.6 M M 17 37 10 24 11 41 6797 194 0 0 0 0.01 0.18 0.43 0.1 98.8 13.2 M M 18 47 24 36 23 29 6822 168 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.46INCHE 98.8 11.9 M M 19 24 4 14 0 51 6873 168 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.49INCHE 98.8 12.3 M M 20 44 20 32 18 33 6906 150 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.52INCHE 98.8 13.7 M M 21 31 7 19 5 46 6952 146 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.55 0.2INCHES 8.2 M M 22 23 3 13 -2 52 7004 148 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.58 0.1INCHES 5.7 M M 23 15 -6 5 -10 60 7064 158 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.61 0.0INCHES 13.3 M M 24 13 -13 0 -15 65 7129 173 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.64 0.0 99.1 7.2 M M 25 40 2 21 5 43 7172 167 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.68 0.0 99.1 19.9 M M 26 33 20 27 11 38 7210 177 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.72 T 99.1 12.2 M M 27 21 14 18 1 47 7257 155 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.76 0.1 99.2 9.8 M M 28 29 14 22 5 43 7300 150 0 0 0 0.29 0.47 0.80 3.3 102.5 10.0 M M CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY........ 14.6 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 0.47 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +2.3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.33 HIGHEST................ 47 ON 18 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.29 LOWEST.................-13 ON 16 & 24 OCCURRED ON 28 ...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, AND HAIL MAXIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW...23 TOTAL FOR MONTH....... 9.1 INCHES MAXIMUM 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE...0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.. 3.3 ON 28 MINIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW...28 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH... 31 ON 1 MINIMUM 0 DEGREES OR BELOW....10 ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...WEATHER NO. OF DAYS WITH... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 1407 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. -67 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 7300 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +150 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...PRESSURE DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 0 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.74 ON 24 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.55 ON 18 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 ...REMARKS... FEBRUARY 1997 WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. NO DAILY RECORDS WERE SET OVER THE COURSE OF THE MONTH. THOUGH THERE WERE ONLY 8 DAYS WITHOUT ANY PRECIPITATION...THERE WERE ONLY 5 DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION TOTALS.