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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
746 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2005

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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         63    325 PM  86    1980  59      4       54       
  MINIMUM         32    525 AM  23    1967  36     -4       36       
  AVERAGE         48                        48      0       45      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.35 1982   0.08  -0.08     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.01                      0.32  -0.31     0.03    
  SINCE MAR 1      1.77                      4.10  -2.33     3.52    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.34                      6.05  -0.71     6.89    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           2.0  1890   T      0.0      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       17                        18     -1       20       
  MONTH TO DATE  104                        74     30       98       
  SINCE MAR 1   2043                      2105    -62     1990       
  SINCE JUL 1   8677                      9197   -520     8719       
                                                                     
 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    23   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    30   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.8                                         
                                                                     
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    52           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     17           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    35                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   59        87      1918                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   37        19      1989                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY  5 2005...........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   824 PM CDT   
MAY  6 2005...........SUNRISE   546 AM CDT   SUNSET   826 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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