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: MAY 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 54 26 40 -7 25 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.8 15 50 M M 0 20 50 2 66 22 44 -4 21 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.3 12 40 M M 0 8 15 60 3 71 32 52 4 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.9 21 190 M M 1 30 150 4 70 46 58 9 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 12.4 28 120 M M 2 35 130 5 66 45 56 7 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 13.1 26 60 M M 0 36 110 6 66 35 51 1 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.1 24 110 M M 3 29 100 7 70 45 58 8 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 14 90 M M 4 30 80 8 71 41 56 6 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.8 23 130 M M 2 28 110 9 53 43 48 -3 17 0 0.05 0.0 0 13.1 32 110 M M 8 1 38 90 10 53 43 48 -3 17 0 0.04 0.0 0 6.7 15 20 M M 10 1 18 30 11 61 44 53 1 12 0 0.01 0.0 0 18.8 30 10 M M 5 1 38 10 12 68 32 50 -2 15 0 0.00 0.0 0 9.0 23 350 M M 3 29 310 13 72 32 52 0 13 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.8 15 40 M M 2 21 110 14 77 34 56 3 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.5 20 110 M M 1 28 100 15 76 42 59 6 6 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 14 120 M M 1 20 110 16 77 37 57 3 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.8 18 140 M M 3 25 180 17 77 50 64 10 1 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.9 17 180 M M 6 23 170 18 71 52 62 8 3 0 0.27 0.0 0 11.2 23 180 M M 5 18 29 160 19 61 37 49 -6 16 0 0.10 0.0 0 10.5 24 360 M M 9 1 29 360 20 60 35 48 -7 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.1 16 280 M M 3 23 340 21 66 33 50 -5 15 0 T 0.0 0 7.4 18 210 M M 4 26 230 22 54 44 49 -7 16 0 0.32 0.0 0 6.5 15 130 M M 9 1 17 130 23 67 35 51 -5 14 0 0.00 0.0 0 7.3 17 150 M M 2 12 23 160 24 72 37 55 -1 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.0 16 360 M M 0 20 360 25 77 34 56 -1 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.9 14 60 M M 0 8 18 10 26 80 35 58 1 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 2.9 15 180 M M 0 22 150 27 81 37 59 2 6 0 0.30 0.0 0 7.1 18 190 M M 3 13 24 200 28 74 46 60 3 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.3 24 10 M M 1 29 330 29 81 41 61 3 4 0 0.16 0.0 0 7.4 28 260 M M 4 1 35 250 30 60 37 49 -9 16 0 0.19 0.0 0 11.5 23 40 M M 8 1 35 30 31 66 30 48 -10 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.0 10 340 M M 0 12 350 ================================================================================ SM 2118 1182 358 0 1.44 0.0 254.9 M 99 ================================================================================ AV 68.3 38.1 8.2 FASTST PSBL % 3 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 32 110 # 38 10 ================================================================================ 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: MAY YEAR: 2003 LATITUDE: 48 34 N LONGITUDE: 93 23 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 53.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.44 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.1 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.11 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 81 ON 29,27 GRTST 24HR 0.35 ON 29-30 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 22 ON 2 3 = THUNDER SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL 4 = ICE PELLETS TOTAL MONTH: 0.0 INCH 5 = HAIL GRTST 24HR 0.0 6 = GLAZE OR RIME GRTST DEPTH: 0 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: 0 0.01 INCH OR MORE: 9 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 6 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 6 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 0 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 358 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 20 DPTR FM NORMAL -20 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 6 SEASONAL TOTAL 10119 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 5 DPTR FM NORMAL -10 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 0 DPTR FM NORMAL -17 [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 0 HIGHEST SLP 30.40 IN ON 20TH DPTR FM NORMAL -18 LOWEST SLP 29.43 IN ON 30TH [REMARKS] MAY OF 2003 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A NEW DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 31ST WITH A LOW OF 30 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THE 31ST WAS 31 SET IN 1964. THE CLIMATOLOGICAL SPRING SEASON OF 2003 (MARCH...APRIL AND MAY) HAD NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...WITH AN AVERAGE OF 37.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE SPRING OF 2003 WAS QUITE A BIT DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 2.60 INCHES. THIS IS 2.29 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR SPRING OF 4.89 INCHES. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE 2003 SPRING SEASON WAS 24.8 INCHES WHICH IS 10.1 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR SPRING.