000 CDUS43 KFGF 170638 CLIGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1237 AM CST THU FEB 17 2005 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 15 357 PM 49 1981 23 -8 21 MINIMUM 2 1119 PM -33 1967 4 -2 -4 AVERAGE 9 14 -5 9 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.26 1956 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.32 -0.24 0.26 SINCE DEC 1 1.73 1.55 0.18 1.67 SINCE JAN 1 0.77 1.00 -0.23 0.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T MM MM 0.2 -0.2 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 0.2 3.8 -3.6 5.4 SINCE DEC 1 27.7 22.9 4.8 36.1 SINCE JUL 1 29.0 32.5 -3.5 48.2 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 56 52 4 56 MONTH TO DATE 790 876 -86 1025 SINCE DEC 1 4297 4396 -99 4519 SINCE JUL 1 6337 6593 -256 6739 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 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 1100 PM LOWEST 56 400 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 46 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 5 -33 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 17 2005......SUNRISE 731 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE 729 AM CST SUNSET 556 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$