October, 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 53 33 43 -6 22 298 -220 M 195 15 0 0 0.10 M M 9.8 M M 2 52 29 41 -8 24 322 -212 0 195 15 0 0 0.20 M M 5.8 M M 3 54 35 45 -4 20 342 -208 M 195 15 0 0 0.30 M M 12.9 M M 4 55 34 45 -3 20 362 -205 M 195 15 0 0 0.40 M M 16.4 M M 5 52 46 49 1 16 378 -206 M 195 15 0.63 0.63 0.50 M M 21.4 M M 6 53 46 50 2 15 393 -208 0 195 15 0.18 0.81 0.59 M M 11.5 M M 7 49 35 42 -5 23 416 -203 0 195 15 0.04 0.85 0.68 M M 10.1 M M 8 58 31 44 -2 20 436 -201 0 195 15 0 0.85 0.77 M M 5.8 M M 9 67 43 55 8 10 446 -209 0 195 15 0 0.85 0.86 M M 11.0 M M 10 67 46 57 11 8 454 -220 0 195 15 T 0.85 0.95 M M 8.5 M M 11 59 46 53 7 12 466 -227 0 195 15 0.02 0.87 1.03 M M 13.2 M M 12 51 34 43 -3 22 488 -224 0 195 15 T 0.87 1.11 M M 17.3 M M 13 43 31 37 -8 28 516 -216 0 195 15 T 0.87 1.19 T T 11.2 M M 14 42 37 40 -5 25 541 -211 0 195 15 0.14 1.01 1.27 0.0 T 14.1 M M 15 50 40 45 1 20 561 -212 0 195 150.19..1.20. 1.35 0.0 T 11.3 M M 16 57 49 53 9 12 573 -221 0 195 15 16 1984 1.43 0.0 M 9.7 M M 17 67 40 54 10 11 584 -231 0 195 15 0.43 3.72 1.51 0.0 M 13.3 M M 18 45 33 39 -4 26 610 -227 0 195 15 0.10 3.82 1.58 0.0 M 14.6 M M 19 46 34 40 -3 25 635 -224 M 195 15 0.01 3.83 1.65 0 M 16.8 M M 20 50 35 43 1 22 657 -225 M 195 15 T 3.83 1.72 0.0 T 11.1 M M 21 49 28 39 -3 26 683 -222 0 195 15 0 3.83 1.79 0.0 T 5.6 M M 22 66 33 50 9 15 698 -231 0 195 15 0 3.83 1.86 0.0 T 11.1 M M 23 67 42 55 14 10 708 -245 0 195 15 0 3.83 1.93 0.0 T 12.3 M M 24 71 44 0 25 44 41 43 3 22 737 -266 0 195 15 0.07 3.90 2.07 0.0 T 13.4 M M 26 49 41 45 5 20 757 -271 0 195 15 0 3.90 2.14 0.0 T 4.6 M M 27 62 37 50 11 15 772 -282 0 195 15 0 3.90 2.21 0.0 T 5.6 M M 28 58 33 46 7 19 791 -289 0 195 15 0 3.90 2.28 0.0 T 7.2 M M 29 45 40 43 5 22 813 -294 0 195 15 0.26 4.16 2.35 0.0 T 17.0 M M 30 48 39 44 6 21 834 -300 0 195 15 0.05 4.21 2.42 0.0 T 10.4 M M 31 49 35 42 5 23 857 -305 M 195 15 0 4.21 2.49 0.0 T 5.4 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR DULUTH MN OCTOBER 1998 ...Temperature Data... ...Precipitation data... Average Monthly: 45.9 Total for Month: 4.21 Departure from Normal: 2.2 Departure from Normal: 1.72 Highest: 71 on 24 Greatest in a day: 2.09 on 16 Lowest: 28 on 21 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 13 Min 32 or below: 4 Greatest snow depth: 0 on Min 0 or below: 0 ...WEATHER, days with... ...Heating Degree Days... 0.01 inch or more precip: 13 Total this month: 581 0.10 inch or more precip: 8 Departure from Normal: -79 0.50 inch or more precip: 2 Seasonal Total: 857 1.00 inch or more precip: 1 Departure from Normal: -305 Clear (scale 0-3) Partly Cloudy (scale 4-7) ...Cooling Degree Days... Cloudy (scale 8-10) Total this Month: 0 Departure from Normal: 0 ...Pressure Data... Seasonal Total: 195 Departure from Normal: 15 Highest Sea-Level 30.47 on 22 Lowest Sea-Level 29.48 on 18 ...Remarks... Snow depth is recorded at 6 am cst (12z). Greatest snowfall in a day was last of several occurrences RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.09 INCHES ON THE 16TH...PREVIOUS RECORD 1.32 INCHES IN 1984. RECORD HIGH OF 71 DEGREES ON THE 24TH...PREVIOUS RECORD 70 DEGREES IN 1963.