February 2015 Climate Summaries

.FEBRUARY 2015 WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT DULUTH MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 5.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 9.9
DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL OF 15.1 DEGREES MAKING THIS THE 10TH
COLDEST FEBRUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 27 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 19
DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 19TH AND 23RD. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

FEBRUARY 2015 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 0.38 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.43 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 0.81 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 29TH DRIEST FEBRUARY IN
RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR
PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 10TH WHEN 0.23 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST
A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED ON 19 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCH
OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 6 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES FELL ON 1 DAY.
8.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 4.2 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL OF 12.4 INCHES MAKING THIS THE 47TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY
IN STATION HISTORY. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE
SET FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 10.9 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 11TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 17.1 MPH.
THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 24TH WITH A WIND FROM
THE WEST AT 35 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 47 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST WAS
RECORDED ON THE 24TH. THERE WERE 1667 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE
MONTH WHICH WAS 268 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1399. THIS BROUGHT THE
SEASONAL TOTAL TO 6839 WHICH WAS 28 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6867. 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 30.75 INCHES
REACHED ON THE 23RD AND THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE READING WAS
29.54 INCHES REACHED ON THE 24TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE UPPER 20S AND WARM
TO THE LOWER 40S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS FOR THE MONTH
START AT 11 DEGREES AND WARM TO THE MID 20S AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH IS 1.49 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR
MARCH IS 13.2 INCHES. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR MARCH.

.FEBRUARY 2015 WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL AT INTERNATIONAL 
FALLS MN...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 2.0 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WHICH
WAS 12.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN THE NORMAL OF 10.3 DEGREES MAKING THIS
THE 4TH COLDEST FEBRUARY IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 26 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 36 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 19TH. TWO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE TIED FOR THE MONTH. A TEMERATURE OF 29 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO WAS RECORDED ON THE 22ND TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1914. A
TEMPERATURE OF 32 BELOW ZERO WAS RECORDED ON THE 26TH TYING THE OLD
RECORD SET IN 2011.

FEBRUARY 2015 HAD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 0.69
INCHES WHICH WAS 0.12 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.57 INCHES MAKING
THIS FOR THE 40TH WETTEST FEBRUARY IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE GREATEST
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD OCCURRED ON THE 10TH
WHEN 0.27 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION WAS
REPORTED ON 26 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON
10 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 2 DAYS. 15.9
INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 5.1 INCHES ABOVE THE
AVERAGE OF 10.8 INCHES. THIS WAS THE 12TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY IN
STATION HISTORY. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET
FOR THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.8 MPH. THE WINDIEST DAY
FOR THE MONTH WAS ON THE 11TH WITH AN AVERAGE WIND SPEED OF 15.0
MPH. THE GREATEST SUSTAINED WINDS OCCURRED ON THE 24TH WITH A
WIND FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. A PEAK GUST OF 37 MPH FROM THE
NORTHWEST WAS RECORDED ON THE 24TH. THERE WERE 1869 HEATING DEGREE
DAYS FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 339 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1530.
THIS BROUGHT THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF HEATING DEGREE DAYS TO 7754 WHICH
IS 171 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 7583. THERE WERE 0 COOLING DEGREE DAYS
FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF COOLING DEGREE
DAYS STANDS AT 0 WHICH IS NORMAL. THE HIGHEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.75 INCHES REACHED ON THE 22ND. THE
LOWEST BAROMETRIC WAS 29.54 INCHES REACHED ON THE 24TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH...NORMAL HIGHS BEGIN THE MONTH IN THE UPPER
20S AND WARM TO THE LOWER 40S AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL LOWS
FOR THE MONTH BEGIN IN THE MID SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AND WARM TO
20 DEGREES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH
IS 0.95 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR MARCH IS 7.6 INCHES. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION ARE FORECASTED FOR
MARCH.