Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KDLH 091541 CLSHIB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1027 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2019 ................................... ...THE HIBBING CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1931 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 07/27/1988 LOW 25 06/01/1964 HIGHEST 87 07/15 MM MM 87 06/07 LOWEST 28 06/13 MM MM 32 06/02 MEAN 60.8 62.0 -1.2 62.6 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 442 404 38 312 COOLING TOTAL 81 134 -53 115 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/340 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/360 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. $$ .THE 2019 SUMMER SEASON WAS COLDER THAN NORMAL WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT HIBBING MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 60.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 62.0 DEGREES....MAKING THIS THE 9TH COLDEST SUMMER IN STATION HISTORY. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 87 DEGREES ON JUNE 7TH AND JULY 15TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 28 DEGREES ON JUNE 2ND AND 13TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER...BUT JUNE WAS THE 9TH COLDEST IN STATION HISTORY WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 57.6 DEGREES. THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE IS 59.4 DEGREES. THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 6.82 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 4.86 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 11.68 INCHES...MAKING THIS THE 10TH DRIEST SUMMER SEASON IN STATION HISTORY. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON AUGUST 26TH WHEN 0.91 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 34 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 20 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 5 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 5.0 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON JUNE 30TH WITH A SPEED OF 36 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH NORTHWEST. THE HIGHEST PEAK GUST OCCURRED ON JUNE 30TH WITH A SPEED OF 49 MPH. THERE WERE 442 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 38 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 404. THERE WERE 81 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 53 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 134. THE OUTLOOK FOR FALL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE LOW 70S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND BY THE END OF NOVEMBER NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE MID TO UPPER 20S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE MID 40S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY LATE NOVEMBER. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ WL