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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
1219 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2006

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2006...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1870 TO 2006

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         20   1231 AM  54    1958  27     -7       24       
  MINIMUM          0   1141 PM -30    1889   8     -8        3       
  AVERAGE         10                        18     -8       14      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.01          0.29 1996   0.03  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.60                      0.67  -0.07     0.80    
  SINCE DEC 1      3.62                      2.73   0.89     5.44    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.08                      1.79  -0.71     3.31    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.3           2.8  1996   0.4   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE   10.5                       9.4    1.1     14.3     
  SINCE DEC 1     52.3                      43.9    8.4     77.3     
  SINCE JUL 1     63.8                      60.8    3.0     78.7     
  SNOW DEPTH      15                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       55                        48      7       51       
  MONTH TO DATE 1205                      1187     18     1022       
  SINCE DEC 1   3930                      4545   -615     4363       
  SINCE JUL 1   5849                      6857  -1008     6388       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (330)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    10.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  75 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    84          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     49           200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    67                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   27        56      1931                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    8       -28      1965                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2006......SUNRISE   658 AM CST   SUNSET   547 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 25 2006......SUNRISE   656 AM CST   SUNSET   548 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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