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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
1244 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2005

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...THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         11   1240 PM  49    1944  15     -4       27       
  MINIMUM          7   1159 PM -35    1970  -5     12        4       
  AVERAGE          9                         5      4       16      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.05          0.21 1976   0.03   0.02     0.03    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.51                      0.44   0.07     0.26    
  SINCE DEC 1      1.47                      0.99   0.48     0.94    
  SINCE JAN 1      0.51                      0.44   0.07     0.26    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        1.0           2.1  1976   0.4    0.6      0.4     
  MONTH TO DATE   11.0                       7.4    3.6      6.1     
  SINCE DEC 1     24.5                      15.7    8.8     13.1     
  SINCE JUL 1     25.8                      25.3    0.5     25.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       7                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       56                        60     -4       49       
  MONTH TO DATE 1419                      1208    211     1183       
  SINCE DEC 1   2955                      2868     87     2645       
  SINCE JUL 1   4995                      5065    -70     4865       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (20)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    17   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NE (30)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    92           200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     80          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    86                                                       
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THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   15        45      1942                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   -5       -35      1970                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
JANUARY 21 2005.......SUNRISE   808 AM CST   SUNSET   512 PM CST   
JANUARY 22 2005.......SUNRISE   807 AM CST   SUNSET   514 PM CST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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