656 CSUS97 KFGF 210635 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 131 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 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 89 1980 58 -5 48 MINIMUM 36 MM 18 1938 34 2 31 AVERAGE 45 46 -1 40 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.94 MM 0.03 -0.03 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 1.15 0.57 0.58 1.70 SINCE MAR 1 3.08 1.59 1.49 2.25 SINCE JAN 1 3.81 2.89 0.92 2.96 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 9.0 MM 0.0 0.0 T 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 19 1 25 MONTH TO DATE 405 492 -87 523 SINCE MAR 1 1201 1698 -497 1907 SINCE JUL 1 7036 8658 -1622 9028 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) 58 98 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 34 16 1945 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 21 2012.........SUNRISE 627 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT APRIL 22 2012.........SUNRISE 625 AM CDT SUNSET 829 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$