000 CDUS43 KFGF 180642 CLIGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 138 AM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 69 410 PM 80 1977 55 14 49 MINIMUM 36 553 AM 11 1953 32 4 26 AVERAGE 53 43 10 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.47 1967 0.04 -0.04 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 0.63 -0.05 0.18 SINCE MAR 1 0.88 1.52 -0.64 1.77 SINCE JAN 1 1.74 2.78 -1.04 2.84 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1967 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.7 -1.7 T SINCE MAR 1 5.1 8.5 -3.4 10.7 SINCE JUL 1 36.2 43.4 -7.2 59.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 12 22 -10 27 MONTH TO DATE 265 451 -186 454 SINCE MAR 1 1538 1684 -146 1675 SINCE JUL 1 8584 8869 -285 8924 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 SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (150) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 600 AM LOWEST 49 400 PM AVERAGE 71 .......................................................... THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 89 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 17 1988 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2005.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT APRIL 19 2005.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$