January, 1998 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 35 14 25 17 40 3723 -212 M M M 0 0 0.04 0.0 24.1 8.2 M M 2 37 22 30 22 35 3758 M M M M 0 0 M 0.0 24.1 M M M 3 26 -1 13 6 52 3810 -240 0 0 0 T T 0.12 0.1 M 11.8 M M 4 21 2 12 5 53 3863 -245 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.16 0.7 M 10.4 M M 5 28 21 25 18 40 3903 M M M M 0.12 0.13 M 2.0 26.9 M M M 6 27 22 25 18 40 3943 -281 M M M 0.07 0.20 0.24 0.8 27.7 5.7 M M 7 25 19 22 15 43 3986 -296 M M M 0 0.20 0.28 0.0 27.7 5.7 M M 8 26 23 25 18 40 4026 -314 M M M 0.02 0.22 0.32 0.3 28.0 16.8 M M 9 25 -7 9 2 56 4082 -316 0 0 0 0.28 0.50 0.36 5.1 33.1 13.8 M M 10 -5 -13 -9 -16 81 4163 -293 0 0 0 T 0.50 0.40 T 33.1 18.3 M M 11 4 -9 -3 -10 68 4231 -283 0 0 0 0.06 0.56 0.44 1.4 34.5 9.4 M M 12 0 -16 -8 -14 79 4310 -263 0 0 0 0.05 0.61 0.48 0.7 35.2 12.2 M M 13 -2 -21 -11 -17 76 4386 -246 0 0 0 0 0.61 0.52 0.0 35.2 9.2 M M 14 12 -4 4 -2 61 4447 -244 0 0 0 0.30 0.91 0.56 4.5 39.7 7.9 M M 15 19 -1 9 3 56 4503 -247 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.60 TINCHES 6.7 M M 16 22 15 19 13 46 4549 -260 0 0 0 0.28 1.19 0.64 3.7INCHES 9.4 M M 17 26 20 23 17 42 4591 -277 0 0 0 0.06 1.25 0.68 0.8INCHES 4.0 M M 18 24 17 21 14 44 4635 -291 0 0 0 T 1.25 0.72 TINCHES 7.2 M M 19 20 6 13 6 52 4674 -310 0 0 0 T 1.25 0.76 TINCHES 6.3 M M 20 20 6 13 6 52 4726 -316 0 0 0 T 1.25 0.80 TINCHES 8.6 M M 21 24 17 21 14 44 4770 -330 0 0 0 T 1.25 0.84 0.2 44.4 14.8 M M 22 24 19 22 15 43 4813 -345 0 0 0 0.19 1.44 0.88 3.6 48.0 11.5 M M 23 27 17 22 15 43 4856 -360 M M M 0.05 1.49 0.92 0.7INCHES 5.5 M M 24 23 15 19 12 46 4902 -372 M M M T 1.49 0.96 TINCHES 6.0 M M 25 21 17 19 12 46 4948 -384 M M M 0.24 1.73 1.00 4.7INCHES 16.4 M M 26 20 13 17 10 48 4996 -394 M M M 0.01 1.74 1.04 0.6INCHES 10.3 M M 27 25 14 20 13 45 5041 -407 0 0 0 0 1.74 1.08 0.0 54.0 5.3 M M 28 28 20 24 16 41 5082 -423 0 0 0 0 1.74 1.12 0.0 54.0 7.0 M M 29 25 19 22 14 43 5125 -437 0 0 0 0 1.74 1.16 0.0INCHES 6.2 M M 30 28 20 24 16 41 5166 -453 M M M 0 1.74 1.19 0.0 54.0 8.2 M M 31 31 22 27 19 38 5204 -472 M M M T 1.74 1.22 0.0 54.0 9.3 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MN JANUARY 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 15.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.74 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 8.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0.52 HIGHEST: 37 ON 2 GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.30 ON 14TH LOWEST: -21 ON 13 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 29 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 29.9 INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: 5.1 ON 9TH MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 22 ON 27TH MIN 0 OR BELOW: 8 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 14 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 1521 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 6 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -277 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 SEASONAL TOTAL: 5204 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -472 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) M PARTLY CLOUDY (SCALE 4-7) M ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) M TOTAL THIS MONTH: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.51 ON 14TH LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.52 ON 2ND SNOW DEPTH IN COLUMN 9 IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z). GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES. ...REMARKS... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 15.7 DEGREES TIED FOR THE 5TH WARMEST JANUARY BASED ON AIRPORT RECORDS BUT DID NOT CRACK THE ALL TIME TOP TEN.