000 CDUS43 KFGF 010642 CLIFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1240 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2005 ................................... ...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 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 19 1252 AM 58 1905 27 -8 39 MINIMUM 3 1154 PM -35 1891 11 -8 30 AVERAGE 11 19 -8 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.57 1951 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.59 0.02 0.67 SINCE DEC 1 2.74 1.92 0.82 2.58 SINCE JAN 1 1.73 1.35 0.38 1.40 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 10.8 1951 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 7.4 7.0 0.4 5.9 SINCE DEC 1 26.6 27.4 -0.8 37.3 SINCE JUL 1 27.1 35.6 -8.5 42.7 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 54 46 8 30 MONTH TO DATE 1328 1441 -113 1430 SINCE DEC 1 4602 4861 -259 4726 SINCE JUL 1 6379 6911 -532 6702 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 73 600 PM AVERAGE 83 .......................................................... THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 58 1990 1918 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 12 -23 1980 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2005.........SUNRISE 707 AM CST SUNSET 613 PM CST MARCH 2 2005.........SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$