153 CSUS97 KFGF 060657 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 155 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 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 72 MM 96 1926 65 7 63 MINIMUM 50 MM 20 1929 39 11 37 AVERAGE 61 52 9 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.31 2007 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.14 0.32 -0.18 0.10 SINCE MAR 1 3.91 2.32 1.59 2.90 SINCE JAN 1 4.64 3.62 1.02 3.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1906 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 4 13 -9 15 MONTH TO DATE 37 70 -33 114 SINCE MAR 1 1386 1925 -539 2195 SINCE JUL 1 7221 8885 -1664 9316 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) 65 86 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 19 1976 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2012...........SUNRISE 602 AM CDT SUNSET 849 PM CDT MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 850 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$