PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR FOR PRECIP DEPATURE FROM NORMAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
155 PM CST TUE JAN 2 2001
...THE YEAR 2000 WEATHER IN REVIEW FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS...
...INTERNATIONAL FALLS YEARLY DATA...
AVERAGE ANNUAL TEMP.........38.3 DEGREES
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.......+1.5 DEGREES
HIGH TEMP FOR THE YEAR...... 87 ON JULY 30TH
LOW TEMP FOR THE YEAR.......-31 ON JANUARY 21ST
TOTAL ANNUAL PRECIPITATION...22.87 INCHES
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL........-1.49 INCHES
GREATEST DAILY PRECIP........ 0.95 INCHES ON AUGUST 5TH
GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL...... 4.0 INCHES ON JANUARY 6TH
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH........... 13 INCHES ON DECEMBER 21ST
PEAK WIND SPEED.............. 44 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MAY 23RD.
...MONTHLY DATA...
AVG MAX MIN TOTAL TOTAL
TEMP/DEPARTURE/TEMP/TEMP/PRECIP/DEPARTURE/SNOWFALL
JANUARY..... 4.7/ +3.7 / 38 /-31 / 0.60 / -0.28 / 17.0 INCHES
FEBRUARY.... 18.9/ +11.0 / 58 /-19 / 0.23 / -0.43 / 1.9 INCHES
MARCH....... 32.2/ +10.1 / 67 / -4 / 0.73 / -0.33 / 1.4 INCHES
APRIL....... 39.2/ +0.2 / 75 / 14 / 1.65 / +0.07 / 3.5 INCHES
MAY......... 53.8/ +1.7 / 83 / 29 / 2.57 / +0.10 / 0.1 INCHES
JUNE........ 57.5/ -3.9 / 83 / 33 / 4.06 / +0.13 / 0.0 INCHES
JULY........ 66.2/ -0.5 / 87 / 44 / 2.74 / -0.85 / 0.0 INCHES
AUGUST...... 63.8/ +0.1 / 84 / 42 / 4.12 / +1.01 / 0.0 INCHES
SEPTEMBER... 52.1/ -1.3 / 82 / 23 / 2.01 / -1.14 / 0.0 INCHES
OCTOBER..... 44.3/ +1.9 / 75 / 20 / 1.21 / -0.76 / T
NOVEMBER.... 28.8/ +3.9 / 60 / -3 / 2.75 / +1.60 / 3.4 INCHES
DECEMBER.... -1.4/ -8.6 / 33 /-26 / 0.20 / -0.64 / 15.4 INCHES
...YEARLY HIGHLIGHTS AND RECORDS...
THE INFLUENCES OF EL NINO AND LA NINA LEFT THE ICEBOX OF THE NATION
DURING THE NEW CENTURY. THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS WEATHER RETURNED TO
NEAR ITS CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS AS THE YEAR PROGRESSED.
JANUARY...WAS WARMER...BUT DRIER THAN NORMAL. NO TEMPERATURE OR
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN FOR THE MONTH.
HOWEVER...SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY WAS 4.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
FEBRUARY...THE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS CONTINUED
THROUGH FEBRUARY. THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY
WAS BROKEN ON THE 22ND WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 58 DEGREES...THE
OLD RECORD WAS 55 SET IN 1991. FEBRUARY 2000 WAS THE 9TH WARMEST
FEBRUARY AND THE 6TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. OTHER DAILY
HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 21ST WITH A HIGH OF 50...ON
THE 23RD WITH A HIGH OF 49...AND ON THE 27TH WITH A HIGH OF 43. THE
RECORD HIGH WAS TIED ON THE 28TH WITH 44 DEGREES. FEBRUARY MARKED
THE SEASONAL END OF WINTER (DEC 1999-FEB 2000)...WHICH WENT INTO THE
RECORD BOOK AS THE 9TH WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 13.7 DEGREES FOR THE SEASON.
MARCH...ALSO WENT INTO THE RECORD BOOKS...AS THE 4TH WARMEST MARCH
OF ALL TIME. NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON 5 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS...A HIGH OF 60 ON THE 3RD BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 52 SET IN
1994...56 ON THE 4TH BROKE THE HIGH OF 52 SET IN 1994...67 ON THE
5TH BROKE THE HIGH OF 53 SET IN 1994...66 ON THE 6TH BROKE THE HIGH
OF 60 SET IN 1987...AND 67 ON THE 7TH BROKE THE HIGH OF 56 SET IN
1987. ANOTHER RECORD BOOK ENTRY FOR MARCH WAS THE FACT THAT 1.4
INCHES OF SNOWFALL MADE IT THE 3RD LEAST SNOWIEST MARCH OF ALL-TIME.
APRIL...THE CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN STARTED TO TAKE HOLD AT
INTERNATIONAL FALLS IN APRIL. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED...WITH A TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE OF +0.2
DEGREES FROM NORMAL...AND THE PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE OF +0.07
INCHES FROM NORMAL. THERE WERE NO NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE OR
PRECIPITATION RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.
MAY...NEAR NORMAL CONDITIONS CONTINUED THROUGH MAY. ALTHOUGH ONLY
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
AND PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY 0.10 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NO
NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED DURING
THE MONTH OF MAY.
JUNE...THE CLIMATE CHANGED TO A COOLING TREND IN JUNE. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 3.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION WAS 0.13 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. A NEW RECORD LOW OF 33 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 5TH...WHERE
THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW WAS 35 SET IN 1985. ALSO...A NEW RECORD LOW
OF 35 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 19TH...THE PREVIOUS WAS 38 SET IN
1952.
JULY...WAS ONLY 0.5 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND THE
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.85 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO DAILY RECORDS FOR
TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITION WERE TIED OR BROKEN.
AUGUST...NO NEW DAILY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET OR
TIED DURING AUGUST, 2000. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER OF
2000 WAS 62.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WAS 10.92 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.29
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
SEPTEMBER...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 1.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND
THE PRECIPITATION WAS 1.14 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES WAS TIED ON THE 27TH...THE LOW PREVIOUSLY
OCCURRED IN 1991.
OCTOBER...THE TEMPERATURE RETURNED TO ABOVE NORMAL WITH 1.9 DEGREES
ABOVE AND THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO BE BELOW NORMAL WITH 0.76
INCHES BELOW THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL. A NEW RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 8TH WITH 20 DEGREES...THE PREVIOUS RECORD
LOW FOR THE DATE WAS 21 SET IN 1990.
NOVEMBER...NO DAILY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET OR
TIED. HOWEVER...A WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL MONTH WAS
EXPERIENCED. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 3.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND THE PRECIPITATION WAS 1.60 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
DECEMBER...SOMEONE LEFT THE FRIDGE DOOR OPEN...THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF -1.4 DEGREES WAS A DEPARTURE OF -8.6 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE TIED OR
BROKEN...BUT THE -1.4 DEGREE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH RANKS
DECEMBER, 2000 INTO THE TOP 5 OF COLDEST DECEMBERS EVER RECORDED AT
THE FALLS.
WJC/SS
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