000 CDUS43 KFGF 100646 CLIGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 143 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 9 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 73 416 PM 83 1977 49 24 33 MINIMUM 44 1158 PM 5 1997 28 16 25 AVERAGE 59 39 20 29 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.20 1951 0.04 -0.04 T 1950 MONTH TO DATE 0.00 0.31 -0.31 0.08 SINCE MAR 1 0.30 1.20 -0.90 1.67 SINCE JAN 1 1.16 2.46 -1.30 2.74 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.4 1953 0.1 -0.1 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.9 -0.9 T SINCE MAR 1 5.1 7.7 -2.6 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 36.2 42.6 -6.4 59.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 6 26 -20 36 MONTH TO DATE 148 259 -111 225 SINCE MAR 1 1421 1492 -71 1446 SINCE JUL 1 8467 8677 -210 8695 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 68 700 AM LOWEST 47 200 PM AVERAGE 58 .......................................................... THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 81 1955 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 10 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 10 2005.........SUNRISE 649 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT APRIL 11 2005.........SUNRISE 647 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$