000 CDUS43 KFGF 020747 CLIFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 140 AM CST WED MAR 2 2005 ................................... ...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 1 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 19 509 PM 58 1990 28 -9 35 1918 MINIMUM -4 648 AM -23 1980 12 -16 30 1962 AVERAGE 8 20 -12 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.32 1908 0.03 -0.03 0.26 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.03 -0.03 0.26 SINCE MAR 1 0.00 0.03 -0.03 0.26 SINCE JAN 1 1.73 1.38 0.35 1.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.0 1908 0.2 -0.2 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.2 SINCE JUL 1 27.1 35.8 -8.7 42.9 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 57 46 11 32 MONTH TO DATE 57 46 11 32 SINCE MAR 1 57 46 11 32 SINCE JUL 1 6436 6957 -521 6766 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (90) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 9 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (90) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 87 100 AM LOWEST 58 1200 PM AVERAGE 73 .......................................................... THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 56 1905 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 12 -24 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 2 2005.........SUNRISE 705 AM CST SUNSET 615 PM CST MARCH 3 2005.........SUNRISE 703 AM CST SUNSET 616 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$