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CLIMATE REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
744 PM CST THU DEC 1 2016

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...THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2016 TO 11/30/2016...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2016

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   09/07/1976
 LOW              -32   11/28/1985
HIGHEST            76   09/11        MM      MM       88
LOWEST              8   11/20        MM      MM        0
MEAN             46.3              40.1     6.2     45.2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.48   2010
TOTALS           6.61              6.45    0.16     7.39

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
SINCE 7/1         8.4

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1689              2280    -591     1830
COOLING TOTAL       7                11      -4       48
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/330
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/270

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM



-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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.THE 2016 FALL SEASON WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT
INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE FALL SEASON WAS 46.3 DEGREES WAS 6.2
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 40.1 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE 3RD WARMEST
FALL ON RECORD AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS. 6.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON WHICH WAS 0.16 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 6.45 INCHES. 8.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE SEASON WHICH WAS 7.6
INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 16.0 INCHES.

THE OUTLOOK FOR WINTER...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 20S IN EARLY
DECEMBER AND BY MID JANUARY COOL TO THE MID TEENS ABOVE ZERO. BY THE
END OF FEBRUARY NORMAL HIGHS WARM TO THE UPPER 20S. NORMAL LOWS
START IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN EARLY DECEMBER AND COOL TO
THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY MID JANUARY. BY THE END OF FEBRUARY
NORMAL LOWS WARM BACK UP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE WINTER IS 2.00 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE
WINTER IS 40.8 INCHES. THE LATEST CPC OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT THERE IS
A CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE WINTER...WITH A CHANCE
FOR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

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