July was warm over Minnesota and dry in many spots over eastern Minnesota. Duluth had its 4th driest July in its 135 year record.

Listed below is a National Weather Service Statement from Duluth about the dry July.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1015 AM CDT MON AUG 1 2005
A LOOK BACK AT JULY IN THE NORTHLAND...RECORD DRY JULY AT DULUTH

JULY 2005 BROUGHT DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS TO DULUTH, 
WHILE INTERNATIONAL FALLS ENDED RIGHT AROUND NORMAL.  
PRECIPITATION
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DULUTH FINISHED AS THE 4TH DRIEST JULY IN THE ALL TIME RECORD, WHICH 
DATES BACK 135 YEARS.  JULY 2005 ALSO TOOK OVER THE NUMBER ONE SPOT AS 
THE DRIEST JULY IN THE AIRPORT RECORD, WHICH BEGAN IN 1941.

THE DRIEST JULY IN THE ALL TIME RECORD AT DULUTH WAS 1875 WITH JUST 0.47 
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.  THIS JULY, THE DULUTH AIRPORT RECORDED 0.82 INCHES 
OF PRECIPITATION. THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR THIS MONTH AT DULUTH IS
4.2 INCHES, PLACING THIS JULY 3.38 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
HOWEVER, INTERNATIONAL FALLS REGISTERED NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR JULY, 
WITH A TOTAL OF 3.46 INCHES.  THIS IS 0.09 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.  

TEMPERATURE
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ALTHOUGH DULUTH AND INTERNATIONAL FALLS REACHED THE UPPER 80S AND EVEN 90 
MULTIPLE TIME THIS JULY, BOTH LOCATIONS ENDED FAIRLY CLOSE TO NORMAL.  DULUTH 
CAME IN WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 67.6, WHICH IS 2.1 DEGREES 
ABOVE NORMAL.  INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 66 
DEGREES, WHICH IS JUST 0.1 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. DAILY RECORDS
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THERE WERE EVEN A FEW DAILY LOW RECORDS SET THIS MONTH AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES WAS SET AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS JULY 29TH,
AROUND 410 AM. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 39 DEGREES SET IN 1997.
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 DEGREES WAS SET AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS JULY 28TH.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 44 SET IN 1952.





 
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