March, 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 30 19 25 11 40 7904 50 0 0 0 0.12 0.12 0.03 1.6 72.3 9.8 M M 2 24 0 12 -2 53 7957 52 0 0 0 T 0.12 0.06 T 72.3 6.0 M M 3 27 0 14 -1 51 8008 53 M M M 0.25 0.37 0.09 2.7INCHES 7.7 M M 5 18 -23 -2 -18 67 8079 26 0 0 0 T 0.44 0.15 0.2 76.3 4.9 M M 6 14 -5 5 -12 60 8139 38 0 0 0 0.01 0.45 0.18 0.3 76.6 10.4 M M 7 18 -19 0 -17 65 8204 55 M M M 0.04 0.49 0.21 0.5 77.1 3.2 M M 8 30 -7 0 9 30 14 22 4 43 8300 57 M M M 0 0.49 0.27 0.0 77.1 13.1 M M 10 32 4 18 -1 47 8347 58 0 0 0 0 0.49 0.30 0.0 77.1 3.8 M M 11 30 -1 15 -4 50 8397 62 0 0 0 0 0.49 0.33 0.0 77.1 8.7 M M 12 19 -19 0 -20 65 8462 82 M M M 0 0.49 0.36 0.0INCHES 2.8 M M 13 16 6 11 -9 54 8516 91 M M M 0.07 0.56 0.39 0.6INCHES 9.1 M M 14 15 -1 7 -14 58 8574 105 0 0 0 T 0.56 0.42INCHE 77.7 11.9 M M 15 M M M M M M M M M M M 0.58 0.48 M 78.1 M M M 16 33 -17 8 -14 57 8695 139 0 0 0 0.02 0.58 0.48INCHE 78.1 9.4 M M 17 32 4 18 -5 47 8742 144 0 0 0 T 0.58 0.51INCHE 78.1 8.4 M M 18 33 -7 13 -10 52 8794 154 M M M 0 0.58 0.54 0.0 78.1 2.8 M M 19 41 16 29 5 36 8830 149 M M M 0 0.58 0.58 0.0 78.1 7.7 M M 20 36 11 24 0 41 8871 149 M M M 0.26 0.84 0.62 2.0 80.1 4.6 M M 21 33 29 31 6 34 8905 143 M M M 0.01 0.85 0.66 0.1 80.2 6.5 M M 22 32 11 22 -3 43 8948 146 0 0 0 0.01 0.86 0.70 0.2 80.4 7.4 M M 23 35 -4 16 -10 49 8997 156 0 0 0 0 0.86 0.74 0.0 80.4 3.2 M M 24 37 19 28 2 37 9034 154 0 0 0 0.25 1.11 0.78 2.2 82.6 11.3 M M 25 33 23 28 1 37 9071 153 0 0 0 0.03 1.14 0.82 0.9 83.5 8.7 M M 26 53 26 40 12 25 9096 141 0 0 0 0 1.14 0.86 0.0 83.5 10.1 M M 27 45 22 34 6 31 9127 135 0 0 0 T 1.14 0.90 T 83.5 10.4 M M 28 46 28 37 8 28 9155 127 0 0 0 T 1.14 0.94 0.0 83.5 10.7 M M 29 42 27 35 6 30 9185 121 0 0 0 T 1.14 0.98 TINCHES 7.0 M M 30 36 26 31 1 34 9219 120 0 0 0 0.04 1.18 1.02 0.2INCHES 5.4 M M 31 49 24 37 6 28 9247 114 0 0 0 0 1.18 1.06 0.0INCHES 11.0 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN MARCH 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 18.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.18 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -3.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0.12 HIGHEST: 53 ON 26 GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.26 ON 20 LOWEST: -23 ON 5 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 17 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 13.0 INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: 2.7 ON 3 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 22 ON 25 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 14 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 13 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 1436 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 106 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 SEASONAL TOTAL: 9247 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 114 CLEAR (SCALE 0-3) 0 PARTLY CLOUDY (SCALE 4-7) 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10) 0 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.65 ON 18 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.50 ON 21 ...REMARKS... MARCH 1997 WAS COOLER AND SLIGHTLY WETTER THAN NORMAL. THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. A NEW RECORD LOW WAS SET ON THE 16TH WITH 17 BELOW...THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS -15 IN 1955.