Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
612 CXUS53 KDLH 091541 CLSBRD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1027 AM CDT MON SEP 9 2019 ................................... ...THE BRAINERD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 6/1/2019 TO 8/31/2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1899 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL ............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 106 07/10/1936 LOW 21 06/15/1917 HIGHEST 93 06/07 MM MM 93 LOWEST 38 06/13 MM MM 46 MEAN 68.4 67.5 0.9 68.6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 20.21 1953 MINIMUM 4.94 1950 TOTALS 12.17 11.24 0.93 11.05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) SINCE 7/1 T DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 89 145 -56 68 COOLING TOTAL 415 370 45 415 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/250 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/260 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. $$ .THE 2019 SUMMER SEASON WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AT BRAINERD MN... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 68.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 67.5 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER WAS 93 DEGREES ON JUNE 7TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 38 DEGREES ON JUNE 13TH. NO MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER. THE SUMMER OF 2019 WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION WITH A TOTAL OF 12.17 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE SEASON. THIS WAS 0.93 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 11.24 INCHES. THE GREATEST DAILY PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ON JULY 14TH WHERE 2.38 INCHES WAS RECORDED. AT LEAST 0.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 34 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 18 DAYS. AT LEAST 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL ON 11 DAYS. AT LEAST 1 INCH FELL ON 3 DAYS. NO MONTHLY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE BROKEN THIS SUMMER. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE SUMMER WAS 6.2 MPH. THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH AND 27TH A SPEED OF 30 MPH OUT OF THE WEST. THE HIGHEST PEAK GUST OCCURRED ON AUGUST 20TH WITH A SPEED OF 41 MPH. THERE WERE 89 HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 56 BELOW THE NORMAL OF 145. THERE WERE 415 COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SUMMER WHICH WAS 45 ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 370. THE OUTLOOK FOR FALL...NORMAL HIGHS START IN THE MID 70S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND BY THE END OF NOVEMBER NORMAL HIGHS COOL TO THE LOW 30S. NORMAL LOWS START IN THE LOW 50S IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND COOL TO THE MID TEENS BY LATE NOVEMBER. NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE FALL IS 7.65 INCHES. NORMAL SNOWFALL FOR THE FALL IS 8.8 INCHES. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT ODDS ARE TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY TILTED TOWARD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ WL