July Remains on Track for the Record Books

July of 2009 is proving once again that International Falls is rightly nick-named the “Nation’s Icebox”. As of July 22nd, International Falls, MN has had an average temperature this month of 57.6 degrees F. This is 8.2 degrees F below normal and a sturdy place to go into the record books as the coldest July ever observed at International Falls. July of 1992 currently hold this record where the monthly average temperature was 59.4 degrees F. There have been zero cooling degrees day this July. The average number of cooling degrees days for July is 91. The average monthly temperature at the Duluth Airport as of July 22nd was 61.3 degrees F; 3.9 degrees below normal. This July is in a favorable running to make the top ten coldest July’s on record since observations began in 1871. In comparison, the Minneapolis/St Paul Airport was 3.5 degrees below normal for July as of the 22nd. Since June 1st, there have been five new daily record low temperatures set this summer at International Falls. One quite impressive record this month is the new record coldest daytime maximum temperature of 53 degrees F that was set on July 16th. This was a full 10 degrees F below the previous record set in 1956. July 16th 2009 also now holds the record for the coldest daily average temperature of 51 degree F for this date. So far this July each daily average has been at or below the 30 year normal. The International Falls Airport did reach 80 degrees F once this month, on the 10th, but has also seen four nights in the 30s, two of which fell to 35 degrees F. (NWS)