000 CDUS43 KFGF 250648 CLIFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1240 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2005 ................................... ...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 24 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 22 1027 PM 51 1976 26 -4 31 MINIMUM -5 701 AM -28 1889 10 -15 25 AVERAGE 9 18 -9 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.42 1930 0.02 -0.02 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.60 0.48 0.12 0.65 SINCE DEC 1 2.73 1.81 0.92 2.56 SINCE JAN 1 1.72 1.24 0.48 1.38 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.1 1982 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.1 6.0 1.1 5.7 SINCE DEC 1 26.3 26.4 -0.1 37.1 SINCE JUL 1 26.8 34.6 -7.8 42.5 SNOW DEPTH 7 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 56 48 8 37 MONTH TO DATE 1125 1254 -129 1305 SINCE DEC 1 4399 4674 -275 4601 SINCE JUL 1 6176 6724 -548 6577 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (160) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 95 500 AM LOWEST 68 300 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 66 1958 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -30 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 25 2005......SUNRISE 714 AM CST SUNSET 607 PM CST FEBRUARY 26 2005......SUNRISE 712 AM CST SUNSET 609 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$