March, 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 33 17 25 7 40 7340 141 0 0 0 0.26 0.26 0.04 2.7%105.2 13.5 M M 2 28 14 21 3 44 7384 138 0 0 0 T 0.26 0.08 T 105.2 8.4 M M 3 27 19 23 5 42 7426 133 M M M 0.18 0.44 0.13 2.2INCHES 12.6 M M 4 32 18 25 6 40 7466 127 M M M 0.08 0.52 0.18 0.8INCHES 7.9 M M 5 23 2 13 -6 52 7518 133 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.23 0.0 108.2 7.6 M M 6 17 -1 8 -12 57 7575 145 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.28 T 108.2 13.2 M M 7 23 -6 9 -11 56 7631 156 M M M 0 0.52 0.33 0.0 108.2 5.1 M M 8 27 16 0 9 37 25 31 10 34 7708 145 M M M T 0.52 0.44 T 108.2 15.0 M M 10 34 22 28 6 37 7745 139 0 0 0 0.02 0.54 0.50 0.7 108.9 5.6 M M 11 33 12 23 1 42 7787 138 0 0 0 0 0.54 0.56 0.0 108.9 8.4 M M 12 26 4 15 -7 50 7837 145 M M M 0 0.54 0.62 0.0INCHES 5.6 M M 13 16 12 14 -9 51 7888 154 M M M 0.27 0.81 0.68 7.7INCHES 17.9 M M 14 16 0 8 -15 57 7945 169 0 0 0 0.05 0.86 0.74 1.6INCHES 14.9 M M 15 14 -9 3 -21 62 8007 190 0 0 0 0 0.86 0.80INCHE 118.2 13.0 M M 16 30 -9 11 -13 54 8061 203 0 0 0 T 0.86 0.86ONCHE 118.4 10.5 M M 17 33 18 26 1 39 8100 202 0 0 0 0 0.86 0.93 0.0INCHES 9.8 M M 18 35 15 25 0 40 8140 202 M M M 0 0.86 1.00 0.0 118.4 7.0 M M 19 43 21 32 6 33 8173 196 M M M 0 0.86 1.07 0.0 118.4 10.8 M M 20 39 22 31 5 34 8207 191 M M M 0 0.86 1.14 0.0 118.4 6.5 M M 21 33 27 30 3 35 8242 188 M M M 0.07 0.93 1.21 0.2 118.6 6.0 M M 22 37 25 31 4 34 8276 184 0 0 0 0.04 0.97 1.28 0.6 119.2 8.6 M M 23 30 12 21 -7 44 8320 191 0 0 0 T 0.97 1.35 0.1 119.3 5.1 M M 24 30 17 24 -4 41 8361 195 0 0 0 0.29 1.26 1.42 3.4 122.7 12.2 M M 25 34 28 31 2 34 8395 193 0 0 0 T 1.26 1.49 0.3 123.0 11.7 M M 26 52 20 36 7 29 8425 187 0 0 0 0 1.26 1.56 0.0 123.0 12.1 M M 27 46 31 39 9 26 8451 178 0 0 0 T 1.26 1.63 0.0 123.0 15.3 M M 28 41 33 37 7 28 8479 171 0 0 0 0.07 1.33 1.70 T 123.0 9.5 M M 29 37 24 32 2 33 8512 169 0 0 0 0.02 1.35 1.77 0.5INCHES 10.4 M M 30 30 21 26 -5 39 8552 175 0 0 0 0.13 1.48 1.84 2.6INCHES 7.6 M M 31 43 18 31 0 34 8586 175 0 0 0 0 1.48 1.91 0.0INCHES 8.4 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MN MARCH 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 23.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.48 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -1.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -0.43 HIGHEST: 52 ON 26 GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.29 ON 24 LOWEST: -9 ON 15 16 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 15 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 23.6 INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: 7.7 ON 13 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 30 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 37 ON 14 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 5 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 12 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 1286 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 27 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 SEASONAL TOTAL: 8586 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 175 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 0 PARTLY CLOUDY (SCALE 4-7) 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.61 ON 18 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.41 ON 28 ...REMARKS... MARCH 1997 WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. NO DAILY RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. MARCH 1997 WAS TIED FOR THE 7TH SNOWIEST MARCH COMPARED TO AIRPORT RECORDS AND TIED FOR 10TH USING ALL-TIME RECORDS.