515 CSUS97 KFGF 230653 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 149 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 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 86 MM 95 1980 70 16 73 MINIMUM 57 MM 25 1963 46 11 55 AVERAGE 72 58 14 64 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.04 2.13 1992 0.10 -0.06 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 0.65 1.81 -1.16 1.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.42 3.81 0.61 3.80 SINCE JAN 1 5.15 5.11 0.04 4.51 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T SINCE MAR 1 6.6 8.1 -1.5 19.0 SINCE JUL 1 27.6 43.4 -15.8 62.7 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 1 MONTH TO DATE 142 250 -108 262 SINCE MAR 1 1491 2105 -614 2343 SINCE JUL 1 7326 9065 -1739 9464 COOLING YESTERDAY 7 1 6 0 MONTH TO DATE 29 17 12 0 SINCE MAR 1 29 20 9 0 SINCE JAN 1 29 20 9 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) 70 95 1928 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 23 2012...........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 911 PM CDT MAY 24 2012...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 912 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$