000 CDUS43 KDLH 180639 CLIDLH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1237 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2005 ................................... ...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 17 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 16 1201 AM 44 1939 22 -6 MM MINIMUM -2 809 AM -21 1983 5 -7 MM AVERAGE 7 13 -6 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.79 1977 0.03 -0.03 MM MONTH TO DATE 1.70 0.61 1.09 0.82 SINCE DEC 1 1.70 0.61 1.09 0.82 SINCE JAN 1 31.55 30.67 0.88 9.16 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.3 2.6 1998 0.4 -0.1 MM MONTH TO DATE 25.2 7.8 17.4 9.8 SINCE DEC 1 25.2 7.8 17.4 9.8 SINCE JUL 1 36.7 24.7 12.0 9.8 SNOW DEPTH 18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 58 52 6 MM MONTH TO DATE 874 828 46 423 SINCE DEC 1 874 828 46 423 SINCE JUL 1 2793 3140 -347 423 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 MM MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 297 189 108 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 65 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 95 600 AM LOWEST 70 200 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 21 48 1931 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 4 -32 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 18 2005......SUNRISE 749 AM CST SUNSET 422 PM CST DECEMBER 19 2005......SUNRISE 750 AM CST SUNSET 422 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$