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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
132 AM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

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...THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 26 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             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         55    402 PM  80    1990  49      6       56       
  MINIMUM         24    704 AM   8    1976  29     -5       41       
  AVERAGE         40                        39      1       49      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.11 1996   0.05  -0.05     0.01    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.13                      1.46   0.67     0.95    
  SINCE SEP 1      3.40                      3.42  -0.02     5.19    
  SINCE JAN 1     22.78                     17.82   4.96    19.09    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.5  1959   0.1   -0.1      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.7                       0.6    0.1       T      
  SINCE SEP 1      0.7                       0.6    0.1       T      
  SINCE JUL 1      0.7                       0.6    0.1       T      
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       25                        26     -1       16       
  MONTH TO DATE  523                       513     10      508       
  SINCE SEP 1    704                       789    -85      694       
  SINCE JUL 1    794                       869    -75      936       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         1     -1        0       
  SINCE SEP 1     39                        28     11       38       
  SINCE JAN 1    410                       420    -10      174       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    13   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.4                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.0                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100           600 AM                                     
 LOWEST     43           400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    72                                                       
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THE GRAND FORKS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        80      1944                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   28         7      1976                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
OCTOBER 27 2005.......SUNRISE   806 AM CDT   SUNSET   618 PM CDT   
OCTOBER 28 2005.......SUNRISE   808 AM CDT   SUNSET   617 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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