231 CSUS97 KFGF 090646 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 143 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 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 56 MM 76 1987 50 6 56 MINIMUM 31 MM 7 1997 28 3 37 AVERAGE 44 39 5 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.26 1894 0.03 -0.03 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.31 0.23 0.08 0.22 SINCE MAR 1 2.24 1.25 0.99 0.77 SINCE JAN 1 2.97 2.55 0.42 1.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 12.6 MM 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.5 -0.5 T SINCE MAR 1 6.6 6.9 -0.3 10.3 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.2 -14.6 54.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 26 -5 18 MONTH TO DATE 129 224 -95 205 SINCE MAR 1 925 1430 -505 1589 SINCE JUL 1 6760 8390 -1630 8710 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) 51 82 1977 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 3 1997 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 9 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT APRIL 10 2012.........SUNRISE 648 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. $$