Temperature Summary for December 1-18, 1997
All locations rank in the warmest 10 percent this century for the calendar period.
Location Mean Temperature Departure Comments
(rounded in F) From Norm
MSP 28 +9 warmest since 1993
Interl Falls 22 +12 warmest ever
Rochester 26 +7 warmest since 1993
Duluth 25 +10 warmest since 1993
St Cloud 26 +10 warmest since 1959
Fargo-Moorhead 24 +10 warmest since 1967
LaCrosse 31 +8 warmest since 1993
Mark Seeley
Professor and Extension Climatologist
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
University of Minnesota
St Paul, MN 55108
Here's a list of some temperature records set between December 14 and December 18, 1997
RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA 315 PM CST SUN DEC 14 1997 ...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA... AT 252 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE AT THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS AIRPORT CLIMBED TO 41 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE OF 37 WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1976.
RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA 410 PM CST MON DEC 15 1997 ...RECORD WARMTH CONTINUES AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA... FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS. AT 219 PM THIS AFTERNOON THE MERCURY REACHED 44 DEGREES EXCEEDING THE PREVIOUS HIGH FOR TODAY OF 38 SET BACK IN 1959.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA
845 PM CST MON DEC 15 1997
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT THE DULUTH INTL AIRPORT...
ANOTHER RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED AT THE THE DULUTH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON...WHEN THE MERCURY ROSE TO 46
DEGREES. THIS WAS THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW THAT THE AIRPORT RECORD HAS
BEEN BROKEN.
NEW AIRPORT PREVIOUS DULUTH ALL TIME
RECORD AIRPORT RECORD RECORD HIGH TEMP
DATE HIGH TEMP (1941-PRESENT) (1870-PRESENT)
DEC 13 33/1997 31/1988 52/1913
DEC 14 40/1997 39/1960 52/1894
DEC 15 46/1997 44/1959 48/1877
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RECORDS FOR DULUTH MINNESOTA DATE BACK
TO 1870. THE OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE DULUTH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1941.
RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA 452 PM CST TUE DEC 16 1997 ...RECORD WARMTH CONTINUES AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA... FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW...A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ESTABLISHED AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS. AT 253 PM THE MERCURY REACHED 38 DEGREES WHICH EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS HIGH FOR TODAY OF 37 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1963.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA
150 PM CST WED DEC 17 1997
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT THE DULUTH MINNESOTA INTL AIRPORT...
THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS TIED AT THE THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT AT 100 PM...WHEN THE MERCURY ROSE TO 38 DEGREES. THE AIRPORT
RECORD HAS BEEN BROKEN OR TIED ON 4 OUT OF THE LAST 5 DAYS.
NEW AIRPORT PREVIOUS DULUTH ALL TIME
RECORD AIRPORT RECORD RECORD HIGH TEMP
DATE HIGH TEMP (1941-PRESENT) (1870-PRESENT)
DEC 17 *38/1997 *38/1967 *TIE 44/1939
DEC 15 46/1997 44/1959 48/1877
DEC 14 40/1997 39/1960 52/1984
DEC 13 33/1997 31/1988 52/1913
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RECORDS FOR DULUTH MINNESOTA DATE BACK
TO 1870. THE OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE DULUTH
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1941.
RECORD EVENT REPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA 315 PM CST WED DEC 17 1997 ...THE RECORD WARM SPELL CONTINUES AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MINNESOTA... AT 254 PM THE MERCURY REACHED 37 DEGREES AT THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS AIRPORT...WHICH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1977. THIS IS THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW IN WHICH THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS EITHER BEEN EXCEEDED OR TIED.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 215 AM CDT THU DEC 18 1997 ...RECORD HIGH IN EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN... YESTERDAYS HIGH WAS 47 IN EAU CLAIRE. THAT TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR DEC 17 SET IN 1939.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MINNESOTA
350 PM CST THU DEC 18 1997
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT THE DULUTH MINNESOTA INTL
AIRPORT...
THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS BROKEN AT THE DULUTH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT AT 300 PM...WHEN THE MERCURY ROSE TO 44 DEGREES. THE AIRPORT
RECORD HAS BEEN BROKEN OR TIED ON 5 OUT OF THE LAST 6 DAYS.
NEW AIRPORT PREVIOUS DULUTH ALL TIME
RECORD AIRPORT RECORD RECORD HIGH TEMP
DATE HIGH TEMP (1941-PRESENT) (1870-PRESENT)
DEC 18 44/1997 41/1962 48/1931
DEC 17 *38/1997 *38/1967 *TIE 44/1939
DEC 15 46/1997 44/1959 48/1877
DEC 14 40/1997 39/1960 52/1984
DEC 13 33/1997 31/1988 52/1913
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RECORDS FOR DULUTH MINNESOTA DATE
BACK TO 1870. THE OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE
DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SINCE 1941.
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