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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
1222 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         25    349 PM  52    1961  27     -2       28       
  MINIMUM          7   1009 PM -27    1889   8     -1       17       
  AVERAGE         16                        17     -1       23      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.85 1922   0.03   0.00     0.20    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.80                      0.64   0.16     1.48    
  SINCE DEC 1      5.44                      2.70   2.74     3.91    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.31                      1.76   1.55     3.37    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.9           7.6  1979   0.4    0.5      2.3     
  MONTH TO DATE   14.3                       9.0    5.3     23.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     77.3                      43.5   33.8     74.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     78.7                      60.4   18.3     98.0     
  SNOW DEPTH      24                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       49                        48      1       42       
  MONTH TO DATE  977                      1139   -162     1089       
  SINCE DEC 1   4318                      4497   -179     4348       
  SINCE JUL 1   6343                      6809   -466     6489       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (280)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    18   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  76 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     58           100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    75                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        54      1958                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    8       -30      1889                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 23 2005......SUNRISE   659 AM CST   SUNSET   546 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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