741 CSUS97 KFGF 030647 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 144 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2 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 73 MM 91 1959 64 9 53 MINIMUM 46 MM 14 1907 38 8 29 AVERAGE 60 51 9 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 1.87 1927 0.06 0.05 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.12 0.02 T SINCE MAR 1 3.91 2.12 1.79 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 3.42 1.22 3.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.3 1950 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 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 5 14 -9 24 MONTH TO DATE 10 29 -19 61 SINCE MAR 1 1359 1884 -525 2142 SINCE JUL 1 7194 8844 -1650 9263 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 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. 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) 64 91 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 5 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 3 2012...........SUNRISE 606 AM CDT SUNSET 845 PM CDT MAY 4 2012...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$