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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
134 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2005

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14 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         72    416 PM  93    1961  75     -3       72       
  MINIMUM         48    541 AM  36    1964  54     -6       40       
  AVERAGE         60                        64     -4       56      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.64 2000   0.13  -0.13     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    1.67                      1.82  -0.15     2.41    
  SINCE JUN 1      7.95                     10.27  -2.32     8.02    
  SINCE JAN 1     17.71                     18.95  -1.24    18.45    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.0  2002   0.0    0.0      0.0     
                                      2001                          
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       T      0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        5                         3      2        9       
  MONTH TO DATE   15                        30    -15       82       
  SINCE JUN 1    208                       279    -71      408       
  SINCE JUL 1     71                        99    -28      172       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         2     -2        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   66                        33     33        8       
  SINCE JUN 1    254                       143    111       73       
  SINCE JAN 1    254                       150    104       73       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (240)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    21   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.2                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  93 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     41           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   74        92      1930                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        35      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 15 2005........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   819 PM CDT   
AUGUST 16 2005........SUNRISE   608 AM CDT   SUNSET   817 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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