135 CSUS97 KFGF 010650 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 148 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 30 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 69 MM 92 1992 63 6 53 MINIMUM 41 MM 16 1905 37 4 24 AVERAGE 55 50 5 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 3.48 MM 0.05 -0.05 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 1.84 0.98 0.86 2.25 SINCE MAR 1 3.77 2.00 1.77 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 4.50 3.30 1.20 3.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.5 MM 0.0 0.0 0.2 MONTH TO DATE T 1.6 -1.6 8.7 SINCE MAR 1 6.6 8.0 -1.4 19.0 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 43.3 -15.7 62.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 10 15 -5 26 MONTH TO DATE 553 663 -110 697 SINCE MAR 1 1349 1855 -506 2081 SINCE JUL 1 7184 8815 -1631 9202 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 3 -3 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 3 -3 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 3 -3 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) 63 89 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 18 1958 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 1 2012...........SUNRISE 610 AM CDT SUNSET 842 PM CDT MAY 2 2012...........SUNRISE 608 AM CDT SUNSET 843 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$