April 2015 Climate Summaries

.APRIL 2015 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 42.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL OF 39.6 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 20TH
WARMEST APRIL IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 22
DEGREES ON THE 5TH. ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET FOR THE
MONTH. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE
12TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 73 DEGREES SET IN 1908.

APRIL 2015 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.03 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 1.40 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 2.43 INCHES TYING THIS FOR THE 21TH DRIEST APRIL IN
RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 19TH WHEN 0.52 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A
TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 15 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCH
OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 7 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 2
DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 1 DAY. 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 5.7 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6.9 INCHES
TYING THIS FOR THE 31ST LEAST SNOWIEST APRIL IN STATION HISTORY. NO
DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 11.4 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 2ND WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 22.4 MPH.
THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 2ND WITH A WIND FROM THE
WEST AT 45 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 58 MPH FROM THE WEST WAS RECORDED ON
THE 2ND. THERE WERE 675 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH
WAS 87 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 762. THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO
8573 WHICH WAS 266 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 8839. THERE WERE 0 COOLING
DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL
COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS AT 0 WHICH IS NORMAL. THE HIGHEST
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.36 INCHES REACHED
ON THE 7TH AND THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS 29.38
INCHES REACHED ON THE 21ST.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE UPPER 50S AND WARM
TO THE MID 60S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH
START IN THE MID 30S AND WARM TO THE MID 40S AT THE END OF THE
MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MAY IS 3.23 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL
FOR MAY IS 0.4 INCHES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR MAY.

.APRIL 2015 WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL 
FALLS MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 39.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.2
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE NORMAL OF 39.3 DEGREES TYING THIS FOR THE
31ST WARMEST APRIL IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 72 DEGREES ON THE 15TH AND 17TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 7 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. ONE TEMPERATURE WAS BROKEN FOR
THE MONTH. A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS RECORDED ON THE 1ST
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 64 DEGREES SET IN 1925.

APRIL 2015 HAD BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 0.72
INCHES WHICH WAS 0.81 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.53 INCHES MAKING
THIS THE 14TH DRIEST APRIL IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT
OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 19TH WHEN 0.28
INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED
ON 14 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 6 DAYS. AT
LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 2 DAYS. 4.3 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 2.1 INCHES BELOW THE AVERAGE OF 6.4
INCHES. THIS WAS THE 42ND LEAST SNOWIEST APRIL IN STATION HISTORY.
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.4 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 21ST WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 16.4 MPH.
THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 13TH WITH A WIND FROM
THE NORTHWEST AT 33 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 43 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
WAS RECORDED ON THE 13TH. THERE WERE 759 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR
THE MONTH WHICH WAS 13 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 772. THIS
BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF HEATING DEGREE DAYS TO 9682 WHICH IS
44 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 9638. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR
THE MONTH WHICH IS 1 DEGREE BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1. THE SEASONAL
TOTAL OF COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS AT 0 WHICH IS 1 DEGREE BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 1. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING FOR THE
MONTH WAS 30.38 INCHES REACHED ON THE 7TH. THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC
WAS 29.36 INCHES REACHED ON THE 1ST.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY...NORMAL HIGHS BEGIN THE MONTH AT 60 DEGREES AND
WARM TO THE UPPER 60S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE
MONTH BEGIN IN THE MID 30S AND WARM TO THE MID 40S AT THE END OF THE
MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MAY IS 2.86 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL
FOR MAY IS 0.2 INCHES. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR MAY.