PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) DISCLAIMER: This data is unofficial. The official source of climate data is NCDC. For Further Information, Contact WFO Duluth at 218-729-5982. STATION: INTERNATIONAL FALLS MONTH: JANUARY YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 48 34 N LONGITUDE: 93 23 W TEMPERATURE IN F: :PCPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY :PK WND ================================================================================ 1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 AVG MX 2MIN DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 13 0 7 4 58 0 0.00 0.0 3 6.1 12 110 M M 1 14 100 2 27 4 16 13 49 0 0.00 0.0 2 5.0 12 190 M M 6 14 200 3 30 2 16 13 49 0 0.00 0.0 2 7.4 16 160 M M 3 20 160 4 27 23 25 23 40 0 T T 2 4.9 13 170 M M 10 18 16 180 5 25 2 14 12 51 0 0.00 0.0 2 9.4 16 10 M M 8 1 21 10 6 27 -5 11 9 54 0 T T 2 7.6 17 270 M M 7 18 23 230 7 46 27 37 35 28 0 0.00 0.0 2 10.4 18 280 M M 2 1 22 280 8 45 24 35 33 30 0 0.00 0.0 1 12.9 23 310 M M 3 8 31 300 9 37 8 23 21 42 0 T 1.2 1 13.7 23 310 M M 8 18 29 20 10 10 -2 4 2 61 0 T 0.3 1 14.2 24 330 M M 6 189 30 320 11 3 -9 -3 -5 68 0 T T 1 9.2 16 270 M M 5 22 310 12 8 -11 -1 -3 66 0 0.00 0.0 1 8.7 20 320 M M 2 25 290 13 1 -13 -6 -8 71 0 0.00 0.0 1 7.5 16 300 M M 0 22 300 14 2 -11 -4 -6 69 0 0.00 0.0 1 10.4 18 300 M M 1 23 300 15 11 -10 1 -1 64 0 0.00 0.0 1 7.3 13 280 M M 0 16 280 16 8 -7 1 -1 64 0 0.00 0.0 1 9.6 21 330 M M 0 24 340 17 23 -15 4 2 61 0 T 1.0 1 9.7 23 230 M M 3 18 29 260 18 15 -5 5 3 60 0 T T 2 11.6 23 330 M M 4 8 30 330 19 7 -10 -1 -3 66 0 T T 2 11.9 23 330 M M 5 18 32 300 20 -2 -15 -8 -10 73 0 T T 2 9.1 18 310 M M 1 8 23 290 21 -2 -18 -10 -12 75 0 T T 2 7.2 13 280 M M 5 8 16 310 22 -8 -21 -14 -17 79 0 T T 2 9.0 15 280 M M 1 8 17 320 23 -4 -21 -12 -15 77 0 T T 2 5.9 14 310 M M 0 17 310 24 7 -14 -3 -6 68 0 T T 2 7.0 16 310 M M 8 8 21 310 25 1 -12 -5 -8 70 0 T 0.5 2 11.8 22 310 M M 6 8 28 300 26 -3 -21 -12 -16 77 0 T T 2 5.8 13 300 M M 0 8 17 310 27 17 -15 1 -3 64 0 T 4.0 5 11.2 20 170 M M 9 12 25 160 28 11 -13 -1 -5 66 0 0.00 0.0 5 7.7 14 350 M M 1 18 17 330 29 14 -24 -5 -10 70 0 T T 4 6.8 20 230 M M 3 25 230 30 24 14 19 14 46 0 0.00 0.0 4 7.1 16 230 M M 10 1 22 230 31 32 19 26 21 39 0 0.00 0.0 4 5.0 12 180 M M 9 1 15 200 ================================================================================ SM 452 -149 1855 0 T 7.0 271.1 M 127 ================================================================================ AV 14.6 -4.8 8.7 FASTST PSBL % 4 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 24 330 32 300 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: INTERNATIONAL FALLS MONTH: JANUARY YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 48 34 N LONGITUDE: 93 23 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 4.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH: T 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: 2.2 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.84 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 46 ON 7 GRTST 24HR T ON 29-29 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: -24 ON 29 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 7.0 INCHES 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 4.0 ON 27-27 6 = GLAZE OR RIME GRTST DEPTH: 5 ON 28,27 7 = BLOWING DUST OR SAND: VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS 8 = SMOKE OR HAZE [NO. OF DAYS WITH] [WEATHER - DAYS WITH] 9 = BLOWING SNOW X = TORNADO MAX 32 OR BELOW: 28 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 0 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 22 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 1855 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 16 DPTR FM NORMAL -91 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 8 SEASONAL TOTAL 5941 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 7 DPTR FM NORMAL -206 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL 0 [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.82 ON 23RD DPTR FM NORMAL 0 LOWEST SLP 29.29 ON 8TH [REMARKS] JANUARY OF 2003 WAS A MONTH OF EXTREMES. THE START OF THE MONTH FEATURED RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES WITH NEW DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES SET ON THE 7TH WITH A HIGH OF 46 AND ON THE 8TH WITH A HIGH OF 45. THE OLD RECORD HIGH FOR THE 7TH WAS 37 SET IN 1990 AND THE OLD RECORD HIGH FOR THE 8TH WAS 43 SET IN 2002. LITTLE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED WITH ONLY 7.0 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED. THE MIDDLE AND MOST OF THE END OF THE MONTH SAW TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL WITH A STRING OF 20 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE DAY BELOW ZERO.