5:03 PM Friday, March 1, 2024
Average temperature ranks in the Northland for February 2024
- Ashland, WI: Warmest on record (28.5 degrees)
- Brainerd, MN: 2nd warmest on record (28.0 degrees)
- Hibbing, MN: 3rd warmest on record (23.6 degrees)
- International Falls, MN: 3rd warmest on record (22.3 degrees)
- Duluth, MN: 4th warmest on record (27.3 degrees)
February 2024 was a warm one in the Northland with average monthly temperatures for the month finishing some +11 to +13 degrees above normal.
Note: Duluth recorded its least snowy February on record with just 1.6 inches of snow last month. The previous record was 2.1 inches set February of 1896.
2023-2024 seasonal snowfall total at Duluth sits at 18.7 inches which is nearly -50 inches below normal to date (-49.3″ below normal)
By this time last year, nearly 100 inches of snow had fallen in Duluth (99.5 inches) We’ve seen -80.8 inches less snow this winter compared to last winter through March 1st.
Average temperature ranks by state for February 2024
- Wisconsin: 2nd warmest on record
- Iowa: 2nd warmest on record
- Michigan: 2nd warmest on record
- Minnesota: 3rd warmest on record
- Missouri: 3rd warmest on record
- Ohio: 3rd warmest on record
- North Dakota: 4th warmest on record
- Illinois: 4th warmest on record
- Kansas: 4th warmest on record
26 out of 29 days or 90% of days in February were warmer than average in Duluth compared to just 3 out of 29 days or 10% of days which were colder than average.
There wasn’t much snow in most of the Northland last month, although far northern Minnesota did see higher snow totals compared to the rest of the Northland.
Duluth: 1.6 inches (normal 15.1 inches)
International Falls: 8.9 inches (normal 12.6 inches)
Percent of normal snowfall for February 2024
Duluth: 11% of normal
International Falls: 70% of normal
Thanks for reading!
Tim