January, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data International Falls, 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 18 8 13 12 52 4452 46 0 0 0 T 0.07 0.09 0.2 54.5 M M M 4 11 3 7 6 58 4510 40 0 0 0 T 0.07 0.12 T 54.5 M M M 5 8 -2 3 2 62 4572 38 0 0 0 T 0.07 0.15 T 54.5 M M M 6 4 -8 -2 -3 67 4639 41 M M M 0 0.07 0.18 0INCHES M M M 7 6 -28 -11 -11 76 4723 53 M M M T 0.07 0.21 TINCHES M M M 8 16 1 9 8 56 4779 53 0 0 0 0.04 0.11 0.24 0.7 55.2 M M M 9 22 16 19 18 46 4825 35 0 0 0 0.05 0.16 0.27 1.0 56.2 M M M 10 18 -5 7 7 58 4883 28 M M M 0.02 0.18 0.30 0.7 56.9 M M M 11 -3 -9 -6 -6 71 4954 34 M M M 0.01 0.19 0.33 0.1 57.0 M M M 12 5 -5 0 0 65 5019 34 M M M T 0.19 0.36 0.2 57.2 M M M 13 9 -15 -3 -3 68 5087 37 0 0 0 0 0.19 0.39 0 57.2 M M M 14 15 -6 5 5 60 5147 32 0 0 0 T 0.19 0.42 T 57.2 M M M 15 14 -9 3 3 62 5209 29 M M M 0.03 0.22 0.45 0.7 57.9 M M M 16 -8 -18 -13 -13 78 5287 42 M M M 0 0.22 0.48 0 57.9 M M M 17 -2 -19 -11 -11 76 5363 53 0 0 0 0 0.22 0.51INCHE 57.9 M M M 18 12 -25 -7 -8 72 5435 61 0 0 0 0 0.22 0.54INCHE 57.9 M M M 19 34 9 22 21 43 5478 40 0 0 0 T 0.22 0.57INCHE 57.9 M M M 20 23 9 16 15 49 5527 25 0 0 0 0 0.22 0.60 0INCHES M M M 21 30 19 25 24 40 5567 1 0 0 0 T 0.22 0.63 TINCHES M M M 22 28 -14 7 6 58 5625 -5 0 0 0 0.10 0.32 0.66 1.0 58.9 M M M 23 8 -17 -4 -5 69 5694 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.39 0.69 1.1 60.0 M M M 24 9 -20 -6 -7 71 5766 8 0 0 0 0.04 0.43 0.72 0.9 60.9 M M M 25 -6 -38 -22 -23 87 5853 31 0 0 0 T 0.43 0.75 T 60.9 M M M 26 -5 -42 -24 -26 89 5942 57 0 0 0 0.03 0.46 0.78 0.3 61.2 M M M 27 0 -15 -8 -10 73 6015 67 0 0 0 0.03 0.49 0.80 0.4 61.6 M M M 28 -11 -21 -16 -18 81 6096 85 0 0 0 T 0.49 0.82 T 61.6 M M M 29 3 -19 -8 -10 73 6169 95 0 0 0 0 0.49 0.84 0INCHES M M M 30 16 2 9 7 56 6225 88 0 0 0 0.08 0.57 0.86 1.6INCHES M M M 31 19 0 10 7 55 6280 81 0 0 0 0.15 0.72 0.88 2.1 65.3 M M M Monthly Summary for January, 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY........ 2.1 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 0.72 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +1.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.16 HIGHEST................ 37 ON 2ND GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.22 LOWEST.................-42 ON 26TH OCCURRED ON 30TH-31ST ...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, AND HAIL MAXIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW... 29 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 11.3 MAXIMUM 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 3.3 MINIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW... 31 OCCURRING ON 30TH-31ST MINIMUM 0 DEGREES OR BELOW.... 21 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..... 21 OCCURRED ON.... 31ST ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...WEATHER NO. OF DAYS WITH. .. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 1949 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. -35 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 13 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 6280 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +81 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 ...WIND DATA... AVERAGE SPEED FOR MONTH....................... 8.5 MPH FASTEST TWO MINUTE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... 28 MPH FROM THE NORTH PEAK WIND GUST SPEED AND DIRECTION............ 34 MPH FROM NORTHEAST ...REMARKS... A DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 2ND. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE 2ND WAS 35 DEGREES IN 1964. A DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD OF 42 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WAS SET ON THE 26TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE 26TH WAS 41 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN 1996.