517 CSUS97 KFGF 270655 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 148 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26 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 55 MM 91 1952 61 -6 59 MINIMUM 28 MM 18 1931 36 -8 40 AVERAGE 42 48 -6 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.12 MM 0.04 -0.04 T MONTH TO DATE 1.29 0.79 0.50 2.19 SINCE MAR 1 3.22 1.81 1.41 2.74 SINCE JAN 1 3.95 3.11 0.84 3.45 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.3 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.9 -0.9 8.5 SINCE MAR 1 6.6 7.3 -0.7 18.8 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 42.6 -15.0 62.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 17 6 15 MONTH TO DATE 495 600 -105 632 SINCE MAR 1 1291 1806 -515 2016 SINCE JUL 1 7126 8766 -1640 9137 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) 61 95 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 7 1909 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 27 2012.........SUNRISE 616 AM CDT SUNSET 836 PM CDT APRIL 28 2012.........SUNRISE 615 AM CDT SUNSET 838 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$