PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
 750 AM CST MON DEC 25 2006 
 
 ...FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH NO SNOW ON THE GROUND AT DULUTH SINCE 
 SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN...
 
 SNOWFALL OBSERVATIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AT DULUTH SINCE 1875 AND 
 WERE TAKEN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THROUGH 1959. IN 1943 HOWEVER...THE 
 SNOWFALL OBSERVATION SITE BECAME THE AIRPORT LOCATION...ABOUT 600 FT 
 IN ELEVATION ABOVE THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF 
 RECORD SINCE 1875 DULUTH HAS EXPERIENCED A BROWN CHRISTMAS ON FOUR 
 OCCASIONS...1923...1939...1979 AND NOW 2006. A BROWN CHRISTMAS IS 
 DEFINED AS HAVING ONLY A TRACE OR LESS OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE 
 CHRISTMAS MORNING OBSERVATION. AT THE TIME OF THE 1923...1939...AND 
 1979 OBSERVATIONS...A TRACE OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND. HOWEVER...AT 
 THE 6 AM OBSERVATION THIS MORNING...NO SNOW WAS REPORTED ON THE 
 GROUND...MAKING THIS THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED AT DULUTH 
 SINCE SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN.