950 CSUS97 KFGF 050635 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 132 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 62 MM 80 1912 47 15 44 MINIMUM 27 MM 1 1995 27 0 29 AVERAGE 45 37 8 37 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.66 1927 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 0.12 0.19 0.09 SINCE MAR 1 2.24 1.14 1.10 0.64 SINCE JAN 1 2.97 2.44 0.53 1.35 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.0 1977 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.3 -0.3 T SINCE MAR 1 6.6 6.7 -0.1 10.3 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.0 -14.4 54.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 28 -8 28 MONTH TO DATE 62 116 -54 113 SINCE MAR 1 858 1322 -464 1497 SINCE JUL 1 6693 8282 -1589 8618 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) 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) 48 76 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 1 1979 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT APRIL 6 2012.........SUNRISE 656 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$