064 CSUS97 KFGF 080644 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 141 AM CDT SUN APR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7 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 54 MM 76 1988 49 5 54 MINIMUM 35 MM -5 1936 28 7 30 AVERAGE 45 38 7 42 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.20 MM 0.02 -0.02 0.07 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 0.20 0.11 0.16 SINCE MAR 1 2.24 1.22 1.02 0.71 SINCE JAN 1 2.97 2.52 0.45 1.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 1948 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.4 -0.4 T SINCE MAR 1 6.6 6.8 -0.2 10.3 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.1 -14.5 54.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 27 -7 23 MONTH TO DATE 108 198 -90 187 SINCE MAR 1 904 1404 -500 1571 SINCE JUL 1 6739 8364 -1625 8692 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. LIGHT RAIN 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) 50 76 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 7 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 8 2012.........SUNRISE 652 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT APRIL 9 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$