993 CSUS97 KFGF 050639 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 136 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 60 MM 94 1985 64 -4 53 MINIMUM 44 MM 21 1921 39 5 40 AVERAGE 52 52 0 47 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.40 1905 0.07 -0.07 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.25 -0.11 0.10 SINCE MAR 1 3.91 2.25 1.66 2.90 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 3.55 1.09 3.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 1.0 1944 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 13 14 -1 18 MONTH TO DATE 33 57 -24 99 SINCE MAR 1 1382 1912 -530 2180 SINCE JUL 1 7217 8872 -1655 9301 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. 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) 65 96 1926 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 20 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2012...........SUNRISE 603 AM CDT SUNSET 848 PM CDT MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 849 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$