January 2019 Climate Summaries for Duluth and the Northland. Very warm first half of the month; Bitterly cold second half

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January 2019 Climate Summary for Duluth, Minnesota

Average temperature:  7.6 degrees
Normal:  10.2 degrees
Departure:  -2.6 degrees below normal

Highest temperature:  40 F on the 4th
Lowest temperature:  -31 F on the 31st

5 days with a high temperature of at least 32 F (Normal is 5 days)
16 days with a subzero low temperature (Normal is 14 days)

Total precipitation:  0.80 inches
Normal:  0.96 inches
Departure:  -0.16 inches below normal

Greatest daily precipitation total:  0.29 inches on the 7th

Number of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation:  9
Number of days with at least 0.10 inch of precipitation:  3
Number of days with at least 0.50 inch of precipitation:  0
Number of days with at least 1.00 inch of precipitation:  0

Total snowfall:  10.4 inches
Normal:  19.4 inches
Departure:  -9.0 inches below normal

Greatest daily snowfall total:  4.6 inches on the 22nd

11 days with snowfall of at least 0.1 inch (Normal is 13 days)
3 days with snowfall of at least 1.0 inch (Normal is 5 days)

Source:  https://mrcc.illinois.edu

January 2019 Average temperature (Departure from normal)  A very warm 1st half of the month followed by a bitterly cold 2nd half of the month, in the end the month finished below average.




















Source:  https://mrcc.illinois.edu

January 2019 total precipitation (Percent of normal)




















Source:  https://mrcc.illinois.edu

January 2019 total snowfall (Percent of normal)




















January 2019 Climate Summaries for the Northland

International Falls, Minnesota

Average temperature:  0.2 degrees
Departure:  -4.2 degrees below normal

Total precipitation:  0.68 inches
Departure:  +0.06 inches above normal

Total snowfall:  8.1 inches
Departure:  -6.9 inches below normal

Brainerd, Minnesota

Average temperature:  5.3 degrees
Departure:  -5.9 degrees below normal

Total precipitation:  0.39 inches
Departure:  -0.38 inches below normal

Total snowfall:  8.6 inches
Departure:  -1.0 inch below normal

Hibbing, Minnesota

Average temperature:  1.0 degree
Departure:  -5.7 degrees below normal

Note:  14th coldest January on record in station history dating back to 1939.  Coldest January -5.2 degrees set in 1966.

Ashland, Wisconsin

Average temperature:  10.0 degrees
Departure:  -3.3 degrees below normal

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