August, 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 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 2 79 61 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 3 71 63 67 1 0 52 -14 2 95 -22 T T 0.36 M M 7.3 M M 4 79 57 68 2 0 52 -16 3 98 -22 0 0 0.48 M M 9.7 M M 5 78 55 67 1 0 52 -18 2 100 -23 0 0 0.60 M M 9.3 M M 6 80 55 68 2 0 52 -20 3 103 -23 0 0 0.72 M M 10.9 M M 7 67 60 64 -2 1 53 -21 0 103 -26 0.20 0.20 0.84 M M 11.1 M M 8 77 63 70 4 0 53 -23 5 108 -24 T 0.20 0.96 M M 6.6 M M 9 86 62 74 M 0 53 M 9 117 M 0 0.20 M M M M M M 10 81 54 68 M 0 53 M 3 120 M 0 0.20 M M M M M M 11 77 55 66 1 0 53 -31 1 121 -20 0 0.20 1.35 M M 8.9 M M 12 81 60 71 M M M M 6 127 M 0 0.20 M M M M M M 13 82 62 72 7 0 53 -37 7 134 -13 0.33 0.53 1.61 M M 9.6 M M 14 77 55 M M M M M M M M 0 0.53 M M M M M M 15 73 50 M M M M M M M M 0 0.53 M M M M M M 16 79 56 M M M M M M M M 0.59 1.12 M M M M M M 17 65 55 60 -4 5 61 -41 0 139 -17 0.01 1.13 2.13 M M 9.7 M M 18 67 54 61 -3 4 65 -40 0 139 -19 0 1.13 2.26 M M 14.2 M M 19 76 59 68 5 0 65 -44 3 142 -18 0.01 1.14 2.39 M M 9.9 M M 20 80 58 69 6 0 65 -48 4 146 -16 0 1.14 2.52 M M 8.4 M M 21 77 56 67 4 0 65 -52 2 148 -16 0 1.14 2.65 M M 7.3 M M 22 62 60 61 -2 4 69 -52 0 148 -18 0.34 1.48 2.78 M M 9.7 M M 23 82 60 71 9 0 69 -57 6 154 -14 1.30 2.78 2.91 M M 11.2 M M 24 76 58 67 5 0 69 -62 2 156 -14 0 2.78 3.04 M M 10.4 M M 25 76 56 66 4 0 69 -67 1 157 -15 0 2.78 3.17 M M 8.4 M M 26 83 57 70 9 0 69 -73 5 162 -12 0.02 2.80 3.30 M M 7.2 M M 27 72 62 67 6 0 69 -79 2 164 -12 0.26 3.06 3.43 M M 8.5 M M 28 79 60 70 10 0 69 -85 5 169 -8 0 3.06 3.57 M M 8.8 M M 29 74 56 65 5 0 69 -91 0 169 -9 0 3.06 3.71 M M 9.5 M M 30 74 50 62 2 3 72 -94 0 169 -10 0 3.06 3.85 M M 5.7 M M 31 78 49 64 5 1 73 -100 0 169 -11 0 3.06 3.99 M M 5.9 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MN AUGUST 1998 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 66.8 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.06 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 3.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -0.93 HIGHEST: 86 ON 9 GREATEST IN A DAY: 1.30 ON 23RD LOWEST: 49 ON 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 23 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: 9 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 21 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 6 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -92 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 2 SEASONAL TOTAL: 73 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -100 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) PARTLY CLOUDY (SCALE 4-7) ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) TOTAL THIS MONTH: 82 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 10 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 169 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -11 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.32 ON 1ST LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.57 ON 23RD AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 MPH PEAK WIND SPEED 44 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 23RD SUNSHINE WAS 72 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE FOR THE MONTH ...REMARKS... NO NEW TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING AUGUST. A MAJOR HAIL STORM OCCURED ACROSS PARTS OF DULUTH ON THE 23RD WITH HAIL UP 3.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DULUTH. SNOW DEPTH IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z).