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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
139 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

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...THE FARGO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 27 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         75    455 PM 100    1984  78     -3       67       
  MINIMUM         53    431 AM  33    1982  54     -1       52       
  AVERAGE         64                        66     -2       60      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.70 1927   0.08  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    7.52                      2.20   5.32     1.77    
  SINCE JUN 1     17.05                      8.59   8.46     7.07    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.20                     15.09   7.11    16.48    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0          MM      MM   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUN 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE JUL 1      0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        1                         3     -2        5       
  MONTH TO DATE   24                        24      0      103       
  SINCE JUN 1     59                       114    -55      265       
  SINCE JUL 1     41                        41      0      156       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         4     -4        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  130                       147    -17       32       
  SINCE JUN 1    472                       442     30      235       
  SINCE JAN 1    492                       478     14      235       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    23   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     9.1                                         
                                                                     
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    93           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     46           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    70                                                       
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THE FARGO CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   78       100      1984                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   54        36      1965                    
                                             1893                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
AUGUST 28 2005........SUNRISE   642 AM CDT   SUNSET   814 PM CDT   
AUGUST 29 2005........SUNRISE   643 AM CDT   SUNSET   812 PM CDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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