April, 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 58 38 48 17 17 9264 97 0 0 0 0 0 0.04 0.0INCHES 11.8 M M 2 45 35 40 8 25 9289 89 0 0 0 0 0 0.08 0.0INCHES 11.2 M M 3 52 33 43 11 22 9311 78 0 0 0 0 0 0.12 0.0 T 8.1 M M 4 49 35 42 9 23 9334 69 M M M 0.26 0.26 0.17 0.0 T 6.8 M M 5 44 37 41 7 24 9358 62 M M M 0.54 0.80 0.22 0.0 T 10.1 M M 6 41 10 26 -8 39 9397 70 M M M 0.27 1.07 0.27 0.3 T 14.4 M M 7 12 4 8 -27 57 9454 97 M M M T 1.07 0.32 0.6 INCH 15.5 M M 8 23 8 16 -19 49 9503 116 0 0 0 T 1.07 0.37 0.1 INCH 10.3 M M 9 30 4 17 -19 48 9551 135 0 0 0 0 1.07 0.42 0.0 T 5.4 M M 10 33 8 21 -15 44 9595 150 0 0 0 0 1.07 0.47 0.0 T 6.6 M M 11 39 10 25 -12 40 9635 162 M M M 0 1.07 0.52 0.0 84.7 5.7 M M 12 46 13 30 -7 35 9670 169 M M M 0 1.07 0.57 0.0 84.7 5.8 M M 13 48 19 34 -4 31 9701 173 M M M 0 1.07 0.62 0.0 84.7 4.5 M M 14 52 24 38 0 27 9728 173 M M M T 1.07 0.67 0.0 84.7 11.9 M M 15 44 24 34 -5 31 9759 178 0 0 0 0.05 1.12 0.72 0.3 T 13.3 M M 16 37 19 28 -12 37 9796 190 0 0 0 T 1.12 0.77 0.1 T 8.3 M M 17 52 17 35 -5 30 9826 195 0 0 0 0 1.12 0.82 0.0 T 7.6 M M 18 66 37 52 11 13 9839 184 0 0 0 T 1.12 0.87 0.0 85.1 7.3 M M 19 54 29 42 1 23 9862 183 0 0 0 0 1.12 0.92 0.0 85.1 4.9 M M 20 53 25 39 -2 26 9888 185 0 0 0 0 1.12 0.98 0.0 85.1 6.2 M M 21 54 25 40 -2 25 9913 187 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.04 0.0 85.1 6.9 M M 22 56 27 42 0 23 9936 187 M M M 0 1.12 1.10 0.0 85.1 6.4 M M 23 55 30 43 0 22 9958 187 M M M 0 1.12 1.16 0.0 85.1 6.0 M M 24 59 29 44 1 21 9979 186 M M M 0 1.12 1.22 0.0 85.1 5.5 M M 25 61 26 44 0 21 1000 0 0 0 0 T 1.12 1.28 0.0 85.1 4.7 M M 26 64 35 50 6 15 1001 5 0 0 0 0.12 1.24 1.34 0.0 85.1 7.9 M M 27 52 30 41 -4 24 1003 9 0 0 0 0.01 1.25 1.40(HAIL 85.1 5.7 M M 28 63 27 45 0 20 1005 9 0 0 0 0.02 1.27 1.46 0.0 85.1 10.6 M M 29 50 31 41 -5 24 1008 3 M M M 0.04 1.31 1.52 T 85.1 13.3 M M 30 44 27 36 -10 29 10112 199 M M M 0 1.31 1.58 0.0 85.1 8.9 M M CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR APRIL 1997 FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY........ 35.9 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 1.31 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. -3.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...-0.27 HIGHEST................ 66 ON 18TH GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.54 LOWEST................. 4 ON 7TH AND 9TH OCCURRED ON 5TH ...NUMBER OF DAYS WITH... SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, AND HAIL MAXIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW... 3 TOTAL FOR MONTH......... 1.4 MAXIMUM 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE... 0 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 0.6 MINIMUM 32 DEGREES OR BELOW...23 OCCURRING ON....... 7TH MINIMUM 0 DEGREES OR BELOW.... 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH..... 6.0 OCCURRED ON.... 1ST ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... ...WEATHER NO. OF DAYS WITH. .. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 865 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +85 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 8 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 10112 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. +199 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 1 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP... 0 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65)... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.... 0 ...PRESSURE DATA... DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 HIGHEST....30.62 ON THE 9TH TOTAL FOR THE SEASON... 0 LOWEST.....28.83 ON THE 6TH DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.. 0 ...WIND DATA... AVERAGE SPEED FOR MONTH....................... 8.4 MPH FASTEST TWO MINUTE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...26 MPH FROM WEST PEAK WIND GUST SPEED AND DIRECTION............32 MPH FROM WEST ...REMARKS... APRIL WAS A COOLER AND A DRIER MONTH THAN NORMAL WITH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING AT THE START AND END OF THE MONTH. NO NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. SES