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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN                                   
136 AM CDT MON MAY 22 2006

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...THE DULUTH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 21 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         58    154 PM  88    1964  65     -7       62       
  MINIMUM         32    458 AM  28    1971  42    -10       46       
  AVERAGE         45                        54     -9       54      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.46 1953   0.10  -0.10     0.10    
  MONTH TO DATE    3.22                      1.84   1.38     2.92    
  SINCE MAR 1      6.39                      5.62   0.77     4.68    
  SINCE JAN 1      7.81                      7.57   0.24     8.25    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1963   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         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       20                        12      8       11       
  MONTH TO DATE  332                       319     13      384       
  SINCE MAR 1   2021                      2350   -329     2323       
  SINCE JUL 1   8151                      9442  -1291     8957       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (360)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.7                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  91 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    78           500 AM                                     
 LOWEST     26           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       
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THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   66        90      1964                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        30      1917                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 22 2006...........SUNRISE   526 AM CDT   SUNSET   845 PM CDT   
MAY 23 2006...........SUNRISE   525 AM CDT   SUNSET   846 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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