October, 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 63 32 48 0 17 548 12 0 156 -93 0 0 0.09 M M 8.7 M M 2 74 37 56 8 9 557 4 0 156 -93 0 0 0.17 M M 4.6 M M 3 79 49 64 16 1 558 -12 0 156 -93 0.07 0.07 0.25 M M 10.8 M M 4 66 44 55 7 10 568 -19 0 156 -93 0 0.07 0.33 M M 8.6 M M 6 68 37 53 6 12 588 -35 0 156 -93 T 0.18 0.49 M M 5.5 M M 7 64 44 54 7 11 599 -42 0 156 -93 0.02 0.20 0.57 M M 10.8 M M 8 75 63 69 23 0 599 -61 4 160 -89 0.66 0.86 0.64 M M 14.0 M M 9 66 35 51 5 14 613 -66 0 160 -89 0.06 0.92 0.71 M M 16.8 M M 10 59 35 47 2 18 631 -68 0 160 -89 0 0.92 0.78 M M 9.2 M M 11 75 62 69 0.16 1.08 12 69 47 58 13 7 643 -96 0 160 -89 0.39 1.47 0.92 M M 15.7 M M 13 47 28 38 -6 27 670 -90 0 160 -89 T 1.73 0.99 M M 12.8 M M 14 39 30 35 -9 30 700 -81 0 160 -89 0.04 1.77 1.05 0.4 0.4 9.7 M M 15 53 26 40 -3 25 725 -78 0 160 -89 T 1.77 1.11 0.0 0.4 3.5 M M 16 55 21 38 -5 27 752 -73 0 160 -89 0 1.77 1.17 0.0 0.4 5.5 M M 17 67 39 53 11 12 764 -84 0 160 -89 0 1.77 1.23 0.0 0.4 9.7 M M 18 66 45 56 14 9 773 -98 0 160 -89 0 1.77 1.29 0.0 0.4 10.9 M M 19 46 30 38 -3 27 800 -95 0 160 -89 T 1.77 1.35 T 0.4 11.8 M M 20 42 29 36 -5 29 829 -90 0 160 -89 0.06 1.83 1.41 0.6 1.0 8.8 M M 21 32 27 30 -10 35 864 -80 0 160 -89 0.02 1.85 1.47 0.2 1.2 9.1 M M 22 32 22 27 -13 38 902 -67 0 160 -89 T 1.86 1.52 T 1.2 4.4 M M 23 35 26 31 -8 34 936 -59 0 160 -89 0 1.86 1.57 0.0 1.2 8.1 M M 24 28 24 26 -13 39 975 -46 0 160 -89 0.05 1.91 1.62 0.6 1.8 9.1 M M 25 29 16 23 -15 42 1017 -31 0 160 -89 0 1.91 1.67 0.0 1.8 6.2 M M 26 34 13 24 -14 41 1058 -17 0 160 -89 0 1.91 1.72 0.0 1.8 3.0 M M 27 40 12 26 -11 39 1097 -6 0 160 -89 0 1.91 1.77 0.0 1.8 10.6 M M 28 49 30 40 3 25 1122 -9 0 160 -89 0 1.91 1.82 0 1.8 11.1 M M 29 41 29 35 -1 30 1152 -8 0 160 -89 0.07 1.98 1.87 INCH 2.8 8.1 M M 30 36 31 34 -1 31 1183 -7 0 160 -89 0.10 2.08 1.92 T 3.3 9.1 M M 31 43 36 40 5 25 1208 -12 0 160 -89 0.29 2.37 1.97 0 3.3 8.6 M M MONTHLY CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN OCTOBER 1997 ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 43.1 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 2.37 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 0.40 HIGHEST: 79 ON 3 GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.66 ON 8 LOWEST: 12 ON 27 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 3.3 INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: 1.0 ON 29 MIN 32 OR BELOW: 17 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 1 ON 21 AND 30 MIN 0 OR BELOW: 0 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 16 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 677 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 6 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -24 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 1 SEASONAL TOTAL: 1208 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -12 ...COOLING DEGREE DAYS... TOTAL THIS MONTH: 4 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: 4 ...PRESSURE DATA... SEASONAL TOTAL: 160 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -89 HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.55 ON 16 LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.08 ON 13 ...REMARKS... BOTH TEMPERTURE AND PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. RECORD HIGH OF 79 DEGREES ON THE 3RD...PREVIOUS RECORD 76 IN 1976.