899 CSUS97 KFGF 190656 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 148 AM CDT THU APR 19 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 18 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 53 MM 87 1987 57 -4 38 MINIMUM 36 MM 15 1928 33 3 27 AVERAGE 45 45 0 33 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.36 MM 0.03 -0.03 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.15 0.51 0.64 1.68 SINCE MAR 1 3.08 1.53 1.55 2.23 SINCE JAN 1 3.81 2.83 0.98 2.94 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.4 MONTH TO DATE T 0.8 -0.8 8.5 SINCE MAR 1 6.6 7.2 -0.6 18.8 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.5 -14.9 62.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 20 20 0 32 MONTH TO DATE 366 453 -87 468 SINCE MAR 1 1162 1659 -497 1852 SINCE JUL 1 6997 8619 -1622 8973 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) 57 84 1985 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 7 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 631 AM CDT SUNSET 825 PM CDT APRIL 20 2012.........SUNRISE 629 AM CDT SUNSET 826 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$