December 2012 Climate Summary for Duluth, Minnesota (Airport location)
Average temperature: 18.4F
Normal: 14.8F
Departure: +3.6 degrees
Warmest high temperature: 48F on the 3rd
Warmest low temperature: 34F on the 3rd
Coldest high temperature: 10F on the 25th
Coldest low temperature: -7F on the 25th
8 days with a high temperature of at least 32F
6 days with a low temperature of 0F or colder
Total precipitation: 1.44″
Normal: 1.21″
Departure: +0.23″
Heaviest precipitation total: 0.63″ on the 9th
7 days with at least 0.01″ of precipitation
3 days with at least 0.10″ of precipitation
1 day with at least 0.50″ of precipitation
Total snowfall: 13.2″
Normal: 17.7″
Departure: -4.5″
Heaviest snowfall total: 6.5″ on the 9th
12 days with at least 0.1″ of snow
2 days with at least 1.0″ of snow
LRC verification for December 2012:
Mean temperature: 15.1F
Actual: 18.4F
Score: -3.3
Days with snow (0.1″ or greater) 11
Actual total: 12
Score: -1
Total snowfall: 13.7″
Actual total: 13.2″
Score: 0.5
Number of days with a low temperature of 0F or colder: 6
Actual total: 6
Score: Perfection
*December 2012 temperature departure map. Western areas of Minnesota had temperatures that were pretty close to average last month while the rest of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for that matter had warmer than normal temperatures.
*December 2012 precipitation departure map. Northwest Minnesota had a pretty dry December, the rest of Minnesota didn’t do too bad.
December 2011 Climate Summary for Duluth, Minnesota (Airport location)
Average temperature: 21.7F
Departure: +6.9 degrees
Total precipitation: 0.55″
Departure: -0.66″
Total snowfall: 8.1″
Departure: -9.6″
10 days with a high temperature of at least 32F
3 days with a low temperature of 0F or colder
10 days with at least 0.1″ of snow
4 days with at least 1.0″ of snow
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2012-month by month temperature/precipitation/snowfall summary for Duluth, Minnesota.
Note: Months in bold had above normal precipitation.
January:
Average temperature: 18.0F
Departure: +7.8 degrees
Precipitation total: 0.37″
Departure: -0.59″
Total snowfall: 5.1″
Departure: -14.3″
February:
Average temperature: 23.7F
Departure: +8.6 degrees
Precipitation total: 1.41″
Departure: +0.60″
Total snowfall: 19.7″
Departure: +7.3″
March:
Average temperature: 39.2F
Departure: +13.3 degrees
Precipitation total: 1.62″
Departure: +0.13″
Total snowfall: 11.9″
Departure: -1.3″
April:
Average temperature: 42.4F
Departure: +2.8 degrees
Precipitation total: 3.70″
Departure: +1.27″
Total snowfall: 0.6″
Departure: -6.3″
May:
Average temperature: 55.0F
Departure: +3.6 degrees
Precipitation total: 6.61″
Departure: +3.38″
Total snowfall: 0.0″
Departure: -1.3″
June:
Average temperature: 64.2F
Departure: +4.1 degrees
Precipitation total: 10.03″
Departure: +5.80″
July:
Average temperature: 71.9F
Departure: +6.1 degrees
Precipitation total: 3.09″
Departure: -0.76″
August:
Average temperature: 66.1F
Departure: +1.8 degrees
Precipitation total: 1.42″
Departure: -2.28″
September:
Average temperature: 56.2F
Departure: +0.6 degrees
Precipitation total: 0.84″
Departure: -3.27″
Total snowfall: 0.1″
Departure: Average
October:
Average temperature: 42.5F
Departure: -0.7 degrees
Precipitation total: 1.34″
Departure: -1.51″
Total snowfall: 1.1″
Departure: -1.2″
November:
Average temperature: 30.9F
Departure: +2.1 degrees
Precipitation total: 1.33″
Departure: -0.76″
Total snowfall: 10.1″
Departure: -3.6″
December:
Average temperature: 18.4F
Departure: +3.6 degrees
Precipitation total: 1.44″
Departure: +0.23″
Total snowfall: 13.2″
Departure: -4.5″
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Average annual temperature: 39.7F
Actual: 44.3F
Departure: +4.6 degrees
Average annual precipitation total: 30.96″
Actual: 33.20″
Departure: +2.24″
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