Updated rainfall reports for September 5-6

Brandon Weatherz WDIO

Tuesday brought some much needed rain to the Northland with many areas picking up between one and three inches.

Duluth set a daily record for September 5 with 2.77″. The previous record was 2.51″ in 1876. This one day brought Duluth almost as much rain as we had for all of July and August. The two month total was 3.05″.

Ashland was another official climate site that set a daily record. Ashland’s 1.74″ beat the previous 1.48″ in 1911.

Storm Damage reports:

  • 3:15 PM – Wind gusts of 45 mph – 1 SSE Virginia – St. Louis County
  • 3:30 PM – Numerous trees uprooted, snapped – 6 SE Mckinley – St. Louis County
  • 4:17 PM – Wind damaged white pine – 12 WNW Isabella – Lake County
  • 4:22 PM – Wind gusts of 54 mph – Skibo – St. Louis County
  • 5:43 PM – Wind snapped several trees – 3 NNW Glory – Aitkin County
  • 6:00 PM – Wind gusts of 46 mphy – 13 NE Sand Bay – Ashland County

The following are rain totals as reported by the National Weather Service as of 11 AM on Wednesday:

  • 7:00 AM – Rice Lake – 3.92 inch – St. Louis County
  • 7:30 AM – Blueberry – 3.26 inch – Douglas County
  • 8:00 AM – 1 ESE Nashwauk – 3.03 inch – Itasca County
  • 10:32 AM – 4 NE Hermantown (Duluth International Airport) – 2.86 inch – St. Louis County
  • 7:00 AM – 2 S Hawthorne – 2.81 inch – Douglas County
  • 9:00 PM – 2 NNE Duluth – 2.80 inch – St. Louis County (Sept. 5 reading)
  • 7:00 AM – 1 W Solon Springs – 2.76 inch – Douglas County
  • 7:00 AM – 1 SSE Hawthorne – 2.69 inch – Douglas County
  • 7:00 AM – 4 NNW Amnicon Falls – 2.66 inch – Douglas County
  • 7:00 AM – 2 NNW Delta – 2.66 inch – Bayfield County
  • 8:00 AM – 2 ESE Markham – 2.66 inch – St. Louis County
  • 6:59 AM – 4 WNW Delta – 2.62 inch – Bayfield County
  • 10:36 AM – 3 ESE Zim – 2.51 inch – St. Louis County
  • 6:00 AM – 2 WNW Seeley – 2.48 inch – Sawyer County
  • 7:00 AM – 4 NW French River – 2.47 inch – St. Louis County
  • 9:45 AM – 1 NNW Beaver Bay – 2.36 inch – Lake County
  • 7:00 AM – 3 S Aitkin – 2.35 inch – Aitkin County
  • 8:00 AM – 7 ENE Hertel – 2.30 inch – Burnett County
  • 7:00 AM – 1 WNW Proctor – 2.24 inch – St. Louis County
  • 6:49 AM – 4 W Grand Marais – 2.21 inch – Cook County
  • 10:30 AM – 1 E Odanah – 2.16 inch – Ashland County