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The climate of Duluth (Minnesota - United States of America)
Duluth is a large city located in the northeastern part of Minnesota on Lake Superior. It is the largest city in the United States located on this lake. Every year about 1 million tourists visit Duluth to admire the rugged coastline. Gooseberry State Falls Park is also an important attraction. The city is connected with the Ocean by the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Duluth was named after one of its founders who had an iron ore mine here. Bob Dylan was born in Duluth.
Duluth has a moderate continental climate with long and cold winters and short but warm summers. The climate of Duluth is influenced by Lake Superior. During the winter temperatures of -25 degrees Celsius (-13 degrees Fahrenheit). During the winter most precipitation falls in the form of snow and glazed frost. Summers are warm. However, they are not as warm here as in the more southerly located cities in Minnesota.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Duluth:

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January -7 -18 4 11 3
February -4 -15 5 9 2
March 2 -8 6 11 2
April 10 -1 8 10 2
May 27 4 9 11 3
June 22 9 9 12 5
July 26 13 10 11 10
August 24 12 9 11 16
September 19 8 7 11 14
October 13 2 5 10 8
November 3 -5 3 10 5
December -3 -14 3 11 3
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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The information at this site was carefully composed from climate data collected by meteorological services, meteorological offices, climate experts and other sources. “More climate info” is based on statistics, climate data and personal experience. No rights can be derived from this site. Weather has no memory and gives no guaranties. Nothing is as changeable and unpredictable as the weather. The authors of this site feel in no way responsible for any damages caused by misinterpretation or other circumstances that may influence your holiday or trip to a certain destination. We provide information, it’s up to the reader to use it to it’s benefit.

 

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