000 CDUS43 KDLH 040633 CLIDLH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 131 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006 ................................... ...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 59 335 PM 85 1952 58 1 53 MINIMUM 45 1135 PM 16 1907 36 9 24 AVERAGE 52 47 5 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.21 1.67 1912 0.08 0.13 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.24 0.36 0.01 SINCE MAR 1 3.77 4.02 -0.25 1.77 SINCE JAN 1 5.19 5.97 -0.78 5.34 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.9 1954 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.1 SINCE MAR 1 12.5 20.3 -7.8 6.9 SINCE JUL 1 89.2 83.1 6.1 91.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 18 -5 26 MONTH TO DATE 37 56 -19 87 SINCE MAR 1 1726 2087 -361 2026 SINCE JUL 1 7856 9179 -1323 8660 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 73 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 500 AM LOWEST 43 100 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 86 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 23 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2006...........SUNRISE 549 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT MAY 5 2006...........SUNRISE 547 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$