000 CDUS43 KFGF 160643 CLIFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 143 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2005 ................................... ...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 64 546 PM 87 1913 54 10 75 MINIMUM 44 1159 PM 15 1935 32 12 36 AVERAGE 54 43 11 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.00 1910 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 0.85 0.60 0.25 0.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.98 1.77 -0.79 1.60 SINCE JAN 1 2.71 3.12 -0.41 3.05 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.9 1910 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.5 -1.5 0.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 10.2 -8.7 11.1 SINCE JUL 1 28.6 45.8 -17.2 53.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 11 22 -11 9 MONTH TO DATE 188 385 -197 346 SINCE MAR 1 1325 1570 -245 1414 SINCE JUL 1 7704 8481 -777 8148 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 500 AM LOWEST 23 300 PM AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 89 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 13 1973 1953 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2005.........SUNRISE 637 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT APRIL 17 2005.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 819 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$