344 CSUS97 KFGF 160637 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 134 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 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 84 1926 55 1 36 MINIMUM 33 MM 12 2000 31 2 27 AVERAGE 45 43 2 32 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.91 2011 0.03 -0.03 0.91 MONTH TO DATE 0.69 0.43 0.26 1.63 SINCE MAR 1 2.62 1.45 1.17 2.18 SINCE JAN 1 3.35 2.75 0.60 2.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.6 2011 0.0 0.0 7.6 MONTH TO DATE T 0.7 -0.7 7.6 SINCE MAR 1 6.6 7.1 -0.5 17.9 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.4 -14.8 61.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 22 -2 33 MONTH TO DATE 290 390 -100 370 SINCE MAR 1 1086 1596 -510 1754 SINCE JUL 1 6921 8556 -1635 8875 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) 55 87 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 12 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 16 2012.........SUNRISE 636 AM CDT SUNSET 821 PM CDT APRIL 17 2012.........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 822 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$