552 CSUS97 KFGF 240638 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 135 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 23 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 76 MM 95 1928 70 6 62 MINIMUM 55 MM 27 1917 46 9 45 AVERAGE 66 58 8 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 1.59 1943 0.10 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.72 1.91 -1.19 1.00 SINCE MAR 1 4.49 3.91 0.58 3.80 SINCE JAN 1 5.22 5.21 0.01 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 11 MONTH TO DATE 142 258 -116 273 SINCE MAR 1 1491 2113 -622 2354 SINCE JUL 1 7326 9073 -1747 9475 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 1 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 30 18 12 0 SINCE MAR 1 30 21 9 0 SINCE JAN 1 30 21 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. THUNDERSTORM 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) 71 90 1980 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 2002 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 24 2012...........SUNRISE 539 AM CDT SUNSET 912 PM CDT MAY 25 2012...........SUNRISE 538 AM CDT SUNSET 913 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$