July, 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 79 53 66 2 0 0 -3 1 20 4 T 0 0.12 M M 4.6 M M 2 81 57 69 5 0 0 -6 4 24 6 0.03 0.03 0.24 M M 5.4 M M 3 69 51 60 -4 5 5 -4 0 24 4 T 0.03 0.36 M M 8.9 M M 4 72 48 60 -5 5 10 -1 0 24 2 0 0.03 0.48 M M 5.9 M M 5 70 49 60 -5 5 15 2 0 24 0 0.50 0.53 0.60 M M 8.2 M M 6 68 54 61 -4 4 19 4 0 24 -2 T 0.53 0.72 M M 10.9 M M 7 65 53 59 -6 6 25 8 0 24 -4 0.09 0.62 0.84 M M 7.3 M M 8 78 52 65 0 0 25 6 0 24 -6 0 0.62 0.96 M M 4.4 M M 9 80 56 68 2 0 25 4 3 27 -6 0.03 0.65 1.08 M M 8.8 M M 10 73 56 65 -1 0 25 2 0 27 -9 0 0.65 1.20 M M 9.6 M M 11 83 56 70 4 0 25 0 5 32 -7 0 0.65 1.32 M M 8.4 M M 12 82 65 74 8 0 25 -2 9 41 -1 0 0.65 1.44 M M 12.3 M M 13 89 65 77 11 0 25 -4 12 53 8 0 0.65 1.56 M M 12.2 M M 14 85 63 74 8 0 25 -6 9 62 14 0.59 1.24 1.67 M M 9.1 M M 15 79 59 69 3 0 25 -8 4 66 15 0 1.24 1.78 M M 10.8 M M 16 74 54 64 -2 1 26 -9 0 66 12 0 1.24 1.89 M M 6.5 M M 17 75 49 62 -5 3 29 -7 0 66 9 0 1.24 2.00 M M 5.7 M M 18 75 57 66 -1 0 29 -8 1 67 7 0.08 1.32 2.11 M M 6.7 M M 19 81 63 72 5 0 29 -9 7 74 11 0 1.32 2.22 M M 11.5 M M 20 85 59 72 5 0 29 -10 7 81 15 T 1.32 2.33 M M 8.3 M M 21 77 56 67 0 0 29 -11 2 83 14 0 1.32 2.44 M M 13.9 M M 22 73 54 64 -3 1 30 -12 0 83 10 0 1.32 2.55 M M 11.0 M M 23 67 51 59 -8 6 36 -8 0 83 6 0 1.32 2.66 M M 10.4 M M 24 69 48 59 -8 6 42 -4 0 83 2 0 1.32 2.77 M M 4.6 M M 25 74 51 63 -4 2 44 -4 0 83 -2 0 1.32 2.89 M M 4.3 M M 26 78 56 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 27 76 55 66 -1 0 44 -8 1 86 -7 0 1.32 3.13 M M 11.7 M M 28 74 58 66 -1 0 44 -10 1 87 -10 0.18 1.50 3.25 M M 11.9 M M 29 75 53 64 -3 1 45 -11 0 87 -14 0.10 1.60 3.37 M M 7.0 M M 30 72 49 61 -6 4 49 -9 0 87 -18 0 1.60 3.49 M M 6.1 M M 31 76 48 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MN JULY 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 65.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.60 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -0.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -2.01 HIGHEST: 89 ON 13 GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.59 ON 14 LOWEST: 48 ON 4 24 31 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: T INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: T ON 14 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 0 ON MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 8 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 52 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -8 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 2 SEASONAL TOTAL: 52 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -8 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) PARTLY CLOUDY (SCALE 4-7) ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) TOTAL THIS MONTH: 68 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -26 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 87 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -21 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.34 ON 31 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.54 ON 20 ...REMARKS... SNOW DEPTH IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z). SNOWFALL RECORDED ON THE 14TH WAS HAIL. JULY 1998 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL AND A LITTLE COOLER THAN NORMAL. NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN FOR JULY. JULY AVERAGED 77 PERCENT OF ITS POSSIBLE SUNSHINE COMPARED TO THE NORNAL OF 65 PERCENT.