January, 1999 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 -3 -37 -20 -22 85 3893 -385 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0.0 35.3 5.4 M M 2 10 -3 4 3 61 3954 -388 0 0 0 T 0 0.06 0.1 35.4 6.6 M M 3 5 -9 -2 -3 67 4021 -385 0 0 0 0 T 0.09 0.0 35.4 13.6 M M 4 -4 -21 -12 -13 77 4098 -372 0 0 0 0 T 0.12 0.0 35.4 7.1 M M 5 3 -17 -7 -8 72 4170 -364 M M M T T 0.15 0.1 35.5 5.9 M M 6 -3 -17 -10 -11 75 4245 -353 M M M 0 T 0.18 0.0 35.5 11.6 M M 7 -2 -20 -11 -12 76 4321 -341 M M M 0 T 0.21 0.0 35.5 8.1 M M 8 -3 -23 -13 -14 78 4399 -327 0 0 0 0 T 0.24 0.0 35.5 6.6 M M 9 -2 -28 -15 -16 80 4479 -311 0 0 0 T T 0.27 T 35.5 6.4 M M 10 -9 -28 -18 -18 83 4562 -293 0 0 0 0 T 0.30 0.0 35.5 8.6 M M 11 -8 -30 -19 -19 84 4646 -274 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.33 0.2 35.7 1.8 M M 12 -10 -36 -23 -23 88 4734 -251 M M M 0 0.01 0.36 0.0 35.7 3.4 M M 13 4 -27 -11 -11 76 4810 -240 M M M 0.02 0.03 0.39 0.4 36.1 10.2 M M 14 13 -3 5 5 60 4870 -245 M M M T 0.03 0.42 0.3 36.4 9.2 M M 15 27 7 17 17 48 4918 -262 0 0 0 0.01 0.04 0.45 0.7 37.1 12.4 M M 16 34 21 28 28 37 4955 -290 0 0 0 0.04 0.08 0.48 1.0 38.1 11.0 M M 17 36 10 23 23 42 4997 -313 0 0 0 0 0.08 0.51 0.0 38.1 6.7 M M 18 31 -1 15 14 50 5047 -327 0 0 0 T 0.08 0.54 0.2 38.3 12.4 M M 19 10 -16 -3 -4 68 5115 -323 0 0 0 T 0.08 0.57 0.1 38.4 2.9 M M 20 12 -4 4 3 61 5176 -326 0 0 0 T 0.08 0.60 T 38.4 5.6 M M 21 21 -2 10 M 55 5231 M 0 0 0 0.01 0.09 M 0.4 38.8 M M M 22 24 13 19 18 46 5277 -353 M M M T 0.09 0.66 0.2 39.0 6.6 M M 23 23 10 17 16 48 5325 -369 M M M 0 0.09 0.69 0.0 39.0 6.2 M M 24 19 7 13 12 52 5377 -381 0 0 0 T 0.09 0.72 0.1 39.1 4.6 M M 25 18 -1 9 8 56 5433 -389 M M M T 0.09 0.75 0.2 39.3 9.4 M M 26 20 -6 7 5 58 5491 -394 0 0 0 0 0.09 0.78 0.0 39.3 5.3 M M 27 21 10 16 14 49 5540 -408 0 0 0 T 0.09 0.80 T 39.3 9.4 M M 28 24 -5 10 8 55 5595 -416 0 0 0 0 0.09 0.82 0.0 39.3 3.2 M M 29 35 15 25 23 40 5635 -439 M M M 0 0.09 0.84 0.0 39.3 7.5 M M 30 43 12 28 26 37 5672 -465 M M M 0 0.09 0.86 0.0 39.3 8.9 M M 31 45 22 34 31 31 5703 -496 M M M 0 0.09 0.88 0.0 39.3 7.8 M M Monthly Summary for January ...TEMPERATURE DATA... ...PRECIPITATION DATA... AVERAGE MONTHLY: 3.7 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 0.09 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: +2.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -0.79 HIGHEST: 45 ON 31ST GREATEST IN A DAY: 0.04 ON 16TH LOWEST: -37 ON 1ST AVG HIGH: 14.0 AVG LOW: -6.7 SNOWFALL, ICE PELLETS, HAIL MAX 32 OR BELOW: 26 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 4.0 INCHES MAX 90 OR ABOVE: 0 GREATEST SNOWFALL IN A DAY: 1.0 ON 16TH MIN 32 OR BELOW: 31 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH: 6 ON 27TH MIN 0 OR BELOW: 21 ...WEATHER, DAYS WITH... ...HEATING DEGREE DAYS... 0.01 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 5 TOTAL THIS MONTH: 1895 0.10 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -89 0.50 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 SEASONAL TOTAL: 5703 1.00 INCH OR MORE PRECIP: 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -496 ...PRESSURE DATA... HIGHEST SEA-LEVEL 30.64 ON 13TH LOWEST SEA-LEVEL 29.30 ON 16TH ...WIND DATA IN MPH... AVG WIND SPEED........ 7.5 PEAK WIND GUST........ 28 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 15TH. ...REMARKS... SNOW DEPTH IS RECORDED AT 6 AM CST (12Z). GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES. JANUARY PRECIPITATION OF 0.09 WAS THE SECOND DRIEST ON RECORD. THE DRIEST RECORDED JANUARY WAS 0.02 IN 1908. NEW DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 30TH WITH A HIGH OF 43 AND ON THE 31ST WITH A HIGH OF 45.