February, 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 27 21 24 16 41 5245 -488 M M M T 0 0.03 T 54.0 5.4 M M 2 24 19 22 13 43 5288 -501 0 0 0 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.4INCHES 6.0 M M 3 25 7 16 7 49 5337 -508 0 0 0 T 0.02 0.09 0.2INCHES 3.0 M M 4 32 9 21 12 44 5381 -520 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.12 0.0INCHES 5.8 M M 5 38 10 24 15 41 5422 -535 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.15 0.0INCHES 6.6 M M 6 35 5 20 10 45 5467 -545 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.18 0.0 54.6 4.1 M M 7 39 11 25 15 40 5507 -560 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.20 0.0 54.6 3.4 M M 8 39 16 28 18 37 5544 -578 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.22 0.0 54.6 5.7 M M 9 36 22 29 19 38 5582 -595 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.24 0.0 54.6 6.9 M M 10 31 25 28 17 37 5617 -614 M M M 0 0.02 0.28 0.0INCHES 7.6 M M 11 31 18 25 14 40 5657 -628 M M M 0 0.02 0.28 0.0INCHES 8.1 M M 12 28 13 21 10 44 5701 -638 M M M 0 0.02 0.30 0.0INCHES 5.5 M M 13 25 19 22 10 43 5744 -648 0 0 0 0.10 0.12 0.32 1.6 56.2 15.0 M M 14 29 20 25 13 40 5784 -661 0 0 0 0.01 0.13 0.34 0.2 56.4 10.0 M M 15 38 29 34 22 31 5815 -683 0 0 0 0.07 0.20 0.37 0.1 56.5 8.6 M M 16 37 33 35 23 30 5845 -706 0 0 0 0.13 0.33 0.40 0.0 56.5 11.8 M M 17 34 33 34 21 31 5876 -727 M M M T 0.33 0.43 T 56.5 23.9 M M 18 34 31 33 20 32 5908 -747 M M M T 0.33 0.46 T 56.5 10.0 M M 19 42 30 36 22 29 5937 -769 M M M 0 0.33 0.49 0.0 56.5 5.2 M M 20 36 28 32 18 33 5970 -787 0 0 0 0 0.33 0.52 0.0 56.5 4.4 M M 21 35 28 32 18 33 6003 -805 0 0 0 0 0.33 0.55 0.0 56.5 6.1 M M 22 43 30 37 22 28 6031 -827 0 0 0 0 0.33 0.58 0.0 56.5 9.1 M M 23 39 35 37 22 28 6059 -849 0 0 0 0.09 0.42 0.61 0.0 56.5 8.2 M M 24 50 32 41 26 24 6083 -875 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.64 0.0 56.5 8.3 M M 25 39 32 36 20 29 6112 -895 0 0 0 0.08 0.50 0.68 0.2 56.7 17.2 M M 26 35 32 34 18 31 6143 -913 0 0 0 0.94 1.44 0.72 0.1 56.8 18.8 M M 27 34 30 32 15 33 6176 -928 0 0 0 1.16 2.60 0.76 4.7INCHES 21.9 M M 28 32 29 31 14 34 6210 -942 0 0 0 0.12 2.72 0.80 2.1INCHES 10.2 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MN...FEBRUARY 1998 ...Temperature Data... ...Precipitation data... Average Monthly: 28.8 Total for Month: 2.72 Departure from Normal: 16.5 Departure from Normal: 1.92 Highest: 50 on 24 Greatest in a day: 1.16 on 27 Lowest: 5 on 6 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL Max 32 or below: 10 Total for month: 9.6 inches Max 90 or above: 0 Greatest snowfall in a day: 4.7 on 27 Min 32 or below: 25 Greatest snow depth: 16 on 5 Min 0 or below: 0 ...WEATHER, days with... ...Heating Degree Days... 0.01 inch or more precip: 10 Total this month: 1006 0.10 inch or more precip: 5 Departure from Normal: -470 0.50 inch or more precip: 2 Seasonal Total: 6210 1.00 inch or more precip: 1 Departure from Normal: -942 ...Cooling Degree Days... Total this Month: 0 Departure from Normal: 0 ...Pressure Data... Seasonal Total: 0 Departure from Normal: 0 Highest Sea-Level 30.43 on 3 Lowest Sea-Level 29.40 on 27 ...Remarks... 3rd warmest February on record with an average temperature of 28.8 degrees...warmest February was in 1877 with an average temperature of 31.4 degrees. 2nd warmest winter on record (December-February) with an average temperature of 22.3 degrees. The warmest winter on record was in 1877-78 with an average of 28.0 degrees. The month was the 3rd wettest February on record with precipitation of 2.72 inches. The wettest February occured in 1922 with 4.24 inches.