895 CSUS97 KFGF 040641 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 141 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 3 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 67 MM 91 1952 64 3 59 MINIMUM 43 MM 5 1967 39 4 31 AVERAGE 55 51 4 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.18 1899 0.06 -0.06 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.18 -0.04 T SINCE MAR 1 3.91 2.18 1.73 2.80 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 3.48 1.16 3.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.7 1954 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 10 14 -4 20 MONTH TO DATE 20 43 -23 81 SINCE MAR 1 1369 1898 -529 2162 SINCE JUL 1 7204 8858 -1654 9283 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. 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) 64 94 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 21 1921 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 4 2012...........SUNRISE 605 AM CDT SUNSET 846 PM CDT MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 848 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$