000 
CDUS43 KDLH 310625
CLIDLH


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
122 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005

................................... 

...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 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             
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         69    146 PM  95    1961  70     -1       70       
  MINIMUM         45    543 AM  39    1988  50     -5       49       
  AVERAGE         57                        60     -3       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.18 1944   0.15  -0.15     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.30                      4.07  -1.77     3.59    
  SINCE JUN 1      8.58                     12.52  -3.94     9.20    
  SINCE JAN 1     18.34                     21.20  -2.86    19.63    
                                                                     
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     
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        8                         6      2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   69                       100    -31      189       
  SINCE JUN 1    262                       349    -87      515       
  SINCE JUL 1    125                       169    -44      279       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   74                        59     15       15       
  SINCE JUN 1    262                       169     93       80       
  SINCE JAN 1    262                       176     86       80       
..................................................................

WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (130)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  96 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     55           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    78                                                       
..........................................................
                                                                     
THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        92      1961                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   50        33      1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 31 2005........SUNRISE   627 AM CDT   SUNSET   750 PM CDT   
SEPTEMBER  1 2005.....SUNRISE   629 AM CDT   SUNSET   748 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


$$