834 CSUS97 KFGF 240641 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1240 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 35 MM 59 1958 25 10 19 MINIMUM 6 MM -32 1914 8 -2 4 AVERAGE 21 16 5 12 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.23 2001 0.02 -0.02 T MONTH TO DATE 0.39 0.45 -0.06 0.06 SINCE DEC 1 1.19 1.81 -0.62 1.16 SINCE JAN 1 0.65 1.16 -0.51 0.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 3.0 2001 0.3 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 4.3 5.6 -1.3 2.0 SINCE DEC 1 16.6 26.9 -10.3 31.7 SINCE JUL 1 18.0 34.0 -16.0 43.7 SNOW DEPTH 6 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 44 49 -5 53 MONTH TO DATE 1010 1205 -195 1198 SINCE DEC 1 3826 4629 -803 4867 SINCE JUL 1 5534 6723 -1189 6806 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) RESULTANT WIND SPEED MM RESULTANT WIND DIRECTION MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED MM HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION MM AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 25 51 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 8 -29 1950 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 720 AM CST SUNSET 604 PM CST FEBRUARY 25 2012......SUNRISE 718 AM CST SUNSET 606 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$