629 CSUS97 KFGF 080640 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 138 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 7 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 57 MM 87 1975 59 -2 79 MINIMUM 31 MM 20 1989 38 -7 62 1952 AVERAGE 44 48 -4 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.60 MM 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.74 0.52 0.22 T SINCE SEP 1 0.95 2.57 -1.62 2.57 SINCE JAN 1 14.98 18.67 -3.69 19.64 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.5 0.0 3.5 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 3.5 0.0 3.5 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 3.5 0.0 3.5 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 17 4 0 MONTH TO DATE 139 107 32 11 SINCE SEP 1 386 347 39 241 SINCE JUL 1 406 411 -5 256 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 6 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 27 SINCE SEP 1 30 30 0 58 SINCE JAN 1 607 462 145 470 .................................................................. 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) 59 85 1943 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 11 1917 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 8 2012.......SUNRISE 738 AM CDT SUNSET 653 PM CDT OCTOBER 9 2012.......SUNRISE 740 AM CDT SUNSET 651 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$