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: AUGUST YEAR: 2004 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 79 52 66 0 0 1 0.00 0.0 0 6.3 16 330 M M 1 21 300 2 76 48 62 -4 3 0 T 0.0 0 5.5 14 30 M M 3 16 10 3 75 44 60 -6 5 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.9 15 30 M M 0 18 20 4 73 43 58 -8 7 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 17 50 M M 1 22 70 5 75 37 56 -10 9 0 0.00 0.0 0 1.1 9 10 M M 0 12 350 6 75 39 57 -9 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 5.2 15 190 M M 1 20 180 7 64 57 61 -5 4 0 0.11 0.0 0 8.7 17 150 M M 10 21 140 8 65 59 62 -4 3 0 0.01 0.0 0 5.5 13 90 M M 9 1 15 80 9 68 49 59 -7 6 0 0.45 0.0 0 8.8 23 360 M M 9 128 29 10 10 49 45 47 -19 18 0 0.50 0.0 0 10.1 18 30 M M 10 1 24 30 11 63 45 54 -11 11 0 0.01 0.0 0 8.0 18 350 M M 8 21 350 12 70 44 57 -8 8 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.6 15 40 M M 3 18 340 13 69 37 53 -12 12 0 0.00 0.0 0 3.5 16 280 M M 5 1 18 280 14 72 37 55 -10 10 0 0.00 0.0 0 4.1 14 260 M M 2 12 17 270 15 73 48 61 -4 4 0 T 0.0 0 7.2 14 220 M M 3 20 230 16 76 54 65 1 0 0 0.03 0.0 0 5.4 13 300 M M 3 17 340 17 71 52 62 -2 3 0 0.00 0.0 0 6.0 15 280 M M 2 1 18 320 18 63 41 52 -12 13 0 M 0.0 0 14.6 31 320 M M 7 138 45 330 19 59 36 48 -16 17 0 T 0.0 0 11.4 21 330 M M 4 33 230 20 60 33 47 -16 18 0 0.00 0.0 0 8.7 21 320 M M 2 28 270 21 66 32 49 -14 16 0 T 0.0 0 7.3 16 180 M M 2 22 180 22 59 36 48 -15 17 0 T 0.0 0 6.6 21 330 M M 6 1 25 330 23 63 33 48 -14 17 0 0.00 0.0 0 10.3 18 120 M M 1 22 120 24 72 50 61 -1 4 0 T 0.0 0 10.1 21 180 M M 8 13 26 180 25 73 40 57 -5 8 0 T 0.0 0 3.3 9 100 M M 2 1 10 100 26 73 58 66 5 0 1 T 0.0 0 9.2 17 240 M M 7 138 24 240 27 65 48 57 -4 8 0 0.07 0.0 0 8.8 20 330 M M 9 18 25 310 28 64 44 54 -7 11 0 0.01 0.0 0 5.4 10 40 M M 6 14 40 29 62 43 53 -7 12 0 0.24 0.0 0 8.1 16 180 M M 9 13 20 170 30 63 49 56 -4 9 0 T 0.0 0 6.6 17 280 M M 5 1 22 280 31 59 48 54 -5 11 0 0.07 0.0 0 3.8 9 80 M M 10 1 12 80 ================================================================================ SM 2094 1381 272 2 1.50 0.0 218.1 M 148 ================================================================================ AV 67.5 44.5 7.0 FASTST PSBL % 5 MAX(MPH) MISC ----> 31 320 45 330 ================================================================================ 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: AUGUST YEAR: 2004 LATITUDE: 48 34 N LONGITUDE: 93 23 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16 AVERAGE MONTHLY: 56.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.50 1 = FOG DPTR FM NORMAL: -7.8 DPTR FM NORMAL: -1.64 2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY HIGHEST: 79 ON 1 GRTST 24HR 0.50 ON 10-10 TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS LOWEST: 32 ON 21 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: 10 MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 0.10 INCH OR MORE: 4 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 1 0.50 INCH OR MORE: 1 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 [HDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 272 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 15 DPTR FM NORMAL 170 PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7) 7 SEASONAL TOTAL 383 CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 9 DPTR FM NORMAL 226 [CDD (BASE 65) ] TOTAL THIS MO. 2 DPTR FM NORMAL -65 [PRESSURE DATA] SEASONAL TOTAL 59 HIGHEST SLP 30.33 ON 5 DPTR FM NORMAL -164 LOWEST SLP 29.40 ON 18 [REMARKS] THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS THE COLDEST ON RECORD AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 56.0 DEGREES...WHICH IS 7.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE SUMMER OF 2004 IS THE COLDEST SUMMER ON RECORD AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS WITH AN AVERAGE OF 58.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 5.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 5TH...THE OLD RECORD WAS 39 IN 1997. A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 6TH...THE OLD RECORD WAS 41 DEGREES SET IN 1977. A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 19TH...THE OLD RECORD WAS 37 SET IN 1991. A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 21ST...THE OLD RECORD WAS 37 DEGREES SET IN 1956. RECORD LOWS WERE TIED ON THE 20TH WITH 33 DEGREES WHICH WAS ALSO SET IN 1950 AND ON THE 23RD WITH A LOW OF 33 WHICH WAS ALSO SET IN 1940. A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM OF 49 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 11TH. THIS IS THE COLDEST DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.