December 2015 Climate Summaries

...DECEMBER 2015 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER WAS 26.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 11.6
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 14.8 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 7TH WARMEST
DECEMBER IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 43 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 2 DEGREES ON
THE 19TH. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN FOR THE MONTH.
ONLY TWO DAYS HAD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL.  THERE WERE NO
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO THIS DECEMBER WHICH HAS NOT
HAPPENED SINCE 1959. NORMALLY DULUTH HAS 10 DAYS WITH BELOW ZERO
TEMPERATURES.

DECEMBER 2015 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 3.70 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 2.49 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 1.21 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 3RD WETTEST DECEMBER IN
RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 15TH THROUGH THE 16TH WHEN 1.14 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 26 DAYS.
AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 10 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10
INCHES FELL ON 6 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES FELL ON 3 DAYS.

THERE WAS 24.6 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 6.9 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 17.7 INCHES WHICH MADE IT THE 12TH SNOWIEST DECEMBER IN
STATION HISTORY.

TWO DAYS SET DAILY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. FIRST...
DECEMBER 1ST WHICH HAD 0.97 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF
0.83 SET IN 2007. SECOND...1.14 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 10TH
WHICH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 0.47 SET IN 1942.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.4 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 28TH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH FROM THE
EAST. THERE WERE 1187 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS
369 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1556. THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL TO
2850 WHICH WAS 919 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3768. THERE WERE 0 COOLING
DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL
COOLING DEGREE DAYS STANDS AT 336 WHICH IS 132 DEGREES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 204. THE HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
30.65 INCHES REACHED ON THE 27TH AND THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
READING WAS 29.11 INCHES REACHED ON THE 23RD.

THE OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY...NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH ARE
IN THE UPPER TEENS WHILE NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH REMAIN NEAR ZERO.
NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY IS 0.96 INCHES.  NORMAL SNOWFALL
FOR JANUARY IS 19.4 INCHES. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR JANUARY.


...DECEMBER 2015 WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER WAS 22.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 12.6
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 9.7 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 2ND WARMEST
NOVEMBER IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 45 DEGREES ON THE 4TH...5TH AND 6TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS
-7 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THREE TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE
MONTH. ON DECEMBER 4TH A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES TIED
THE OLD SET IN 1913. THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES
WAS RECORDED ON THE 10TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 25 DEGREES SET
IN 1984. THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES WAS RECORDED
ON THE 6TH  BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 1923.

DECEMBER 2015 WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 1.07 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.26 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 0.81 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 31ST WETTEST DECEMBER IN
RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 15TH THROUGH THE 16TH WHEN 0.32 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 20 DAYS.
AT LEAST 0.01 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 12 DAYS. AT LEAST
0.10 OF AN INCH FELL ON 4 DAYS. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET.

THERE WAS 9.5 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE
MONTH WHICH IS 5.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 15.0 INCHES TYING THIS
FOR THE 30TH LEAST SNOWIEST DECEMBER IN STATION HISTORY.