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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
1246 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2005

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...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 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         13    719 AM  48    2002  24    -11       26       
  MINIMUM         -2   1156 PM -30    1979   6     -8       -4       
  AVERAGE          6                        15     -9       11      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.34 1904   0.02  -0.02     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.26                      0.34  -0.08     0.45    
  SINCE DEC 1      2.39                      1.67   0.72     2.36    
  SINCE JAN 1      1.38                      1.10   0.28     1.18    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.4  1904   0.2   -0.2      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                       4.6   -4.0      5.4     
  SINCE DEC 1     19.8                      25.0   -5.2     36.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     20.3                      33.2  -12.9     42.2     
  SNOW DEPTH       2                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       59                        51      8       54       
  MONTH TO DATE  744                       911   -167     1037       
  SINCE DEC 1   4018                      4331   -313     4333       
  SINCE JUL 1   5795                      6381   -586     6309       
                                                                     
 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    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (10)       
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (20)       
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.1                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    75           700 PM                                     
 LOWEST     53           500 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    64                                                       
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THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   24        52      1981                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    7       -31      1966                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 18 2005......SUNRISE   726 AM CST   SUNSET   557 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 19 2005......SUNRISE   724 AM CST   SUNSET   558 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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