634 CSUS97 KFGF 180711 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 205 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 59 MM 82 1931 56 3 36 1915 MINIMUM 25 MM 12 1953 32 -7 25 AVERAGE 42 44 -2 31 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 1.06 MM 0.02 0.44 T MONTH TO DATE 1.15 0.48 0.67 1.66 SINCE MAR 1 3.08 1.50 1.58 2.21 SINCE JAN 1 3.81 2.80 1.01 2.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.6 MM 0.1 -0.1 0.2 MONTH TO DATE T 0.8 -0.8 8.1 SINCE MAR 1 6.6 7.2 -0.6 18.4 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.5 -14.9 62.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 21 2 34 MONTH TO DATE 346 433 -87 436 SINCE MAR 1 1142 1639 -497 1820 SINCE JUL 1 6977 8599 -1622 8941 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. RAIN 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) 57 87 1987 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 15 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 824 PM CDT APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$