February, 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 26 12 19 16 46 6326 65 0 0 0 0.06 0.06 0.03 0.8 66.1 M M M 2 21 -8 7 4 58 6384 61 0 0 0 T 0.06 0.06 T 66.1 M M M 3 26 -13 7 4 58 6442 57 M M M T 0.06 0.08 T 66.1 M M M 4 25 18 22 18 43 6485 39 M M M T 0.06 0.10 T 66.1 M M M 5 23 16 20 16 45 6530 23 0 0 0 T 0.06 0.13 T 66.9 10.1 M M 6 21 11 16 12 49 6579 11 0 0 0 T 0.06 0.15 0.2 67.1 9.0 M M 7 18 -15 0 0 8 27 -12 0 0 9 22 6 0 0 10 20 2 11 5 54 6804 -3 M M M T 0.06 0.23 0.6INCHES 5.9 M M 11 16 -8 4 -2 61 6865 -1 0 0 0 T 0.06 0.25INCHE 67.7 8.0 M M 12 8 -30 -11 -17 76 6941 16 M M M T 0.06 0.27INCHE 67.7 4.7 M M 13 24 -2 11 4 54 6995 12 M M M T 0.06 0.29INCHE 68.0 14.0 M M 14 20 -16 2 -5 63 7058 17 0 0 0 T 0.06 0.31 0.4 68.4 9.8 M M 15 7 -21 -7 -15 72 7130 32 0 0 0 0.06 0.12 0.33 0.7 69.1 3.0 M M 16 11 -34 -11 -19 76 7206 51 0 0 0 0.02 0.14 0.35 0.2 69.3 8.1 M M 17 35 11 23 15 42 7248 36 0 0 0 0 0.14 0.37 0.0 69.3 9.3 M M 18 29 15 22 13 43 7291 23 0 0 0 0.01 0.15 0.39INCHE 69.5 7.8 M M 19 24 -3 11 2 54 7345 21 0 0 0 0.01 0.16 0.41INCHE 69.8 9.2 M M 20 39 22 31 21 34 7379 0 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.43INCHE 69.8 12.3 M M 21 22 -1 11 1 54 7433 -1 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.45 TINCHES 8.1 M M 22 18 -3 8 -3 57 7490 2 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.47 TINCHES 6.5 M M 23 9 -10 0 -11 65 7555 13 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.49 TINCHES 9.1 M M 24 13 -27 -7 -19 72 7627 32 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.51 0.0 69.8 7.4 M M 25 38 10 24 12 41 7668 20 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.54 0.0 69.8 11.4 M M 26 31 7 19 6 46 7714 14 0 0 0 T 0.16 0.57 0.1 69.9 10.3 M M 27 25 -1 12 -1 53 7767 17 0 0 0 0 0.16 0.57 0 69.9 6.7 M M 28 28 14 21 7 44 7864 61 0 0 0 0.03 0.19 0.63 0.8 70.7 7.6 M M CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 1997 FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY........ 10.2 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 0.19 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +2.5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.44 HIGHEST................ 39 ON 20TH GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.06 LOWEST.................-34 ON 16TH OCCURRED ON 15TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, AND HAIL MAXIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW... 25 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 5.4 MAXIMUM 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.8 MINIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW... 28 OCCURRED ON..... 28TH MINIMUM 0 DEGREES OR BELOW.... 16 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..... 22 OCCURRED ON.... 2ND ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...WEATHER NO. OF DAYS WITH. .. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 1531 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. -73 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 6 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 7811 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +8 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...PRESSURE DATA... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 0 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.77 ON 24TH DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.52 ON 18TH TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 ...REMARKS... FEBRUARY WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND VERY DRY WHEN COMPARED TO NORMAL. ONLY 6 DAYS HAD MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION...HOWEVER ONLY 5 DAYS WERE REPORTED AS HAVING PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF ZERO...LEAVING TRACE AMOUNTS ON THE OTHER 17 DAYS.