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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
124 AM CDT MON APR 4 2005

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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         56    433 PM  74    1929  42     14       44       
  MINIMUM         28    603 AM  -5    1954  24      4       29       
  AVERAGE         42                        33      9       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.74 1956   0.06  -0.06      T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.00                      0.18  -0.18      T      
  SINCE MAR 1      0.52                      1.87  -1.35     2.11    
  SINCE JAN 1      4.09                      3.82   0.27     5.48    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.6  1953   0.3   -0.3       T      
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.9   -0.9       T      
  SINCE MAR 1      6.3                      14.6   -8.3     11.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     90.9                      77.4   13.5    109.6     
  SNOW DEPTH       T                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       23                        32     -9       28       
  MONTH TO DATE   80                        98    -18       85       
  SINCE MAR 1   1369                      1342     27     1217       
  SINCE JUL 1   8003                      8434   -431     7946       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE MAR 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     E (90)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    85           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     38           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    62                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   43        69      1991                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24        -5      1975                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL  4 2005.........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 PM CDT   
APRIL  5 2005.........SUNRISE   640 AM CDT   SUNSET   743 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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