We’ve seen a lot of anecdotal evidence of a cooler than usual summer in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. This one caught my eye though, because I can’t ever recall of hearing a freeze warning being issued for this region before Labor Day.
Here are the normals and records for Monday, August 25th:
THE DULUTH CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 95 1888
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 52 40 1950
It looks like a new record could be set for Duluth, and likely Ely, also.
Here is the latest warning from the NWS in Duluth:
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
146 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY.
.A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS UNDERNEATH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL
PERSIST ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT
AND MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR CALM
WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING
IN MANY LOCATIONS EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 28 TO 32
DEGREE RANGE… WITH A PERIOD OF 2 TO 3 HOURS OF READINGS BELOW
THE FREEZING MARK. SOME FAVORED LOW LYING AREAS NEAR AND JUST
NORTH OF THE IRON RANGE MAY SEE TEMPERATURES DROP AS LOW AS THE
MID 20S FOR A SHORT TIME. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY
REBOUND INTO THE 40S AND 50S BY MID MORNING MONDAY.
Here are the numbers for the region provided on a nice map they provide:
“Bet the wind machines will be out in force tonight.” Pamela
I’m doing my best. But since California is insanely green, a light coating of white might be good for them
Wind machines are used to prevent frost damage in orchards. I wasn’t speaking of blow hards. But the double meaning is a hoot!!!
[…] Upper Wisconsin and Minnesota Forecast: Frost and Freeze Before Labor Day […]
Latest news from N. Minnesota (10 miles east of Hibbing): lakes did not freeze over as predicted, low last night was 38F at my residence. Dunno where the official temp is taken, must be at the top of the local radio tower (not much in the way of hills around here) to get that below freezing temp. With all the windows open, the trailer only got down to 60F this morning, and it was in the 70’s today during the day. I think the weather service extrapolates these temps somehow, based on a weather station in Duluth and calls them ‘official’. Sounds like the methods of someone else involved in the global warming climate change scientology debate that we’ve heard about……….
RJ:
“Lakes did not freeze over as predicted…”
Um… were there really those predicting that lakes would freeze over? It takes more than a few hour dip below freezing for that to happen.
We will know it is global warming when the orange orchards are back in Georgia and South Carolina. Right now the winters are to cold for the oranges.
In the book “1421” the author talks about how the Chinese Armada sailed across the northern edge of Canada. They mapped the land mass. The only way they could sail across is because it was warmer. If you recall the English explorer Henry Hudson could not find passage across Canada. A mini ice age started by 1430.
At one time wine vineyards were growing in Greenland and in Nova Scotia.
Not any more.
Coleman and Franken going at it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fAcNA8XVOs&feature=related