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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
745 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2005

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 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         53    325 PM  85    1952  58     -5       56       
  MINIMUM         24    519 AM  16    1907  36    -12       30       
  AVERAGE         39                        47     -8       43      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.67 1912   0.08  -0.08     0.02    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.24  -0.23     0.02    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.77                      4.02  -2.25     3.51    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.34                      5.97  -0.63     6.88    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.9  1954   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.1                       0.3   -0.2      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1      6.9                      20.3  -13.4     11.9     
  SINCE JUL 1     91.5                      83.1    8.4    109.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       26                        18      8       22       
  MONTH TO DATE   87                        56     31       78       
  SINCE MAR 1   2026                      2087    -61     1970       
  SINCE JUL 1   8660                      9179   -519     8699       
                                                                     
 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    21   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    60           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     28           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    44                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        86      1980                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   36        23      1967                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  4 2005...........SUNRISE   549 AM CDT   SUNSET   823 PM CDT   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 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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