000 CDUS43 KFGF 240648 CLIFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1246 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 ................................... ...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 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 .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 25 537 PM 56 1958 26 -1 31 MINIMUM 5 752 AM -35 1889 9 -4 24 AVERAGE 15 17 -2 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.15 0.73 1977 0.02 0.13 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.46 0.14 0.65 SINCE DEC 1 2.73 1.79 0.94 2.56 SINCE JAN 1 1.72 1.22 0.50 1.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 4.0 6.3 1991 0.2 3.8 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 7.1 5.8 1.3 5.7 SINCE DEC 1 26.3 26.2 0.1 37.1 SINCE JUL 1 26.8 34.4 -7.6 42.5 SNOW DEPTH 8 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 50 48 2 37 MONTH TO DATE 1069 1206 -137 1268 SINCE DEC 1 4343 4626 -283 4564 SINCE JUL 1 6120 6676 -556 6540 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 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 800 PM LOWEST 68 300 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 51 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -28 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2005......SUNRISE 716 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 714 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$