May, 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 53 22 38 -8 27 10139 207 M M M 0 0 0.06 0.0 85.1 6.4 M M 2 56 23 40 -7 25 10164 214 0 0 0 0 0 0.12 0.0 85.1 6.5 M M 3 51 26 39 -8 26 10190 222 0 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.0 85.1 9.7 M M 4 69 27 48 0 17 1020 7 0 0 0 0.05 0.05 0.24 0.0 85.1 9.6 M M 5 54 40 47 -1 18 10225 223 0 0 0 0.33 0.38 0.30 0.0 85.1 13.3 M M 7 61 34 48 -1 17 10262 227 0 0 0 0.27 0.65 0.43 0.0 85.1 14.2 M M 8 49 34 42 -7 23 10285 234 0 0 0 0.17 0.82 0.50 T 85.1 17.1 M M 12 38 25 32 -19 33 1037 8 0 0 0 T 0.88 0.78 T 85.1 12.7 M M 13 45 22 34 -17 31 1040 9 0 0 0 T 0.88 0.85 0.0 85.1 4.0 M M 14 41 34 38 -14 27 1043 6 0 0 -1 0.12 1.00 0.92 0.2 85.3 9.0 M M 15 49 33 41 -11 24 1046 0 0 0 -2 T 1.00 1.00 T 85.3 7.4 M M 16 60 38 49 -3 16 10476 310 0 0 -3 T 1.00 1.08 T 85.3 8.0 M M 18 54 40 47 -6 18 10514 322 0 0 -5 0.06 1.06 1.24 0.0 85.3 11.9 M M 19 50 37 44 -9 21 10535 330 0 0 -6 0.07 1.13 1.32 0.0 85.3 10.6 M M 20 54 35 45 -9 20 1055 5 0 0 -7 T 1.13 1.40 0.0 85.3 9.3 M M 21 58 28 43 -11 22 10577 348 0 0 -8 0 1.13 1.49 0.0 85.3 6.6 M M 22 51 40 46 -8 19 10596 355 0 0 -9 0.26 1.39 1.58 0.0 85.3 10.6 M M 23 56 45 51 -4 14 10610 358 M M M 0.05 1.44 1.67 0.0 85.3 4.1 M M 24 56 45 51 -4 14 10624 361 0 0 -11 0 1.44 1.76 0.0 85.3 10.1 M M 26 66 36 51 -5 14 10653 369 0 0 -13 0 1.44 1.95 0.0 85.3 8.8 M M 27 70 34 52 -4 13 1066 6 0 0 -14 0 1.44 2.05 0.0 85.3 6.9 M M 28 73 36 55 -1 10 1067 6 0 0 -15 0 1.44 2.15 0.0 85.3 5.5 M M 29 73 41 57 0 8 1068 4 0 0 -16 0 1.44 2.25 0.0 85.3 4.9 M M 30 80 38 59 2 6 10690 368 0 0 -17 0 1.44 2.36 0.0 85.3 5.9 M M 31 84 43 64 7 1 10691 360 0 0 -18 0 1.44 2.47 0.0 85.3 5.1 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN MAY 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 46.0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.44 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -6.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -1.03 HIGHEST: 84 ON 31 GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.33 ON 5 LOWEST: 22 ON 1 13 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 0 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.2 INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: 0.2 ON 14 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 11 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 0 ON MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 11 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 579 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 161 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 SEASONAL TOTAL: 10691 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 360 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... TOTAL THIS MONTH: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -18 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -18 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.45 ON 21 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.47 ON 5 REMARKS: MAY WAS MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH PRECIPITATION AROUND AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURE OF 22 DEGREES ON THE 13TH TIED RECORD LOW PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1953. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 46.0 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH WAS THE 5TH COLDEST MAY ON RECORD SINCE 1939.