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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
1227 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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         24    446 PM  54    1958  27     -3       35       
  MINIMUM          3   1152 PM -30    1889   8     -5       27       
  AVERAGE         14                        18     -4       31      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.10 1871   0.03  -0.03      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.80                      0.67   0.13     1.48    
  SINCE DEC 1      5.44                      2.73   2.71     3.91    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.31                      1.79   1.52     3.37    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           4.5  1922   0.4   -0.4       T      
  MONTH TO DATE   14.3                       9.4    4.9     23.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     77.3                      43.9   33.4     74.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     78.7                      60.8   17.9     98.0     
  SNOW DEPTH      23                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       51                        48      3       34       
  MONTH TO DATE 1028                      1187   -159     1123       
  SINCE DEC 1   4369                      4545   -176     4382       
  SINCE JUL 1   6394                      6857   -463     6523       
                                                                     
 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     9   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (10)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.3                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  91 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    91           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     42           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        56      1931                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    8       -28      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE   657 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE   655 AM CST   SUNSET   549 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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