970 CSUS97 KFGF 200634 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 133 AM CDT SAT OCT 20 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19 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 42 MM 80 1956 53 -11 45 1942 1927 MINIMUM 39 MM 0 1917 33 6 25 AVERAGE 41 43 -2 35 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.09 1.46 MM 0.06 0.03 0.00 2001 MONTH TO DATE 2.07 1.32 0.75 0.78 SINCE SEP 1 2.28 3.37 -1.09 3.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.31 19.47 -3.16 20.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 7.5 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.5 0.3 3.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 3.5 0.3 3.2 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 3.5 0.3 3.2 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 22 2 30 MONTH TO DATE 397 342 55 201 SINCE SEP 1 644 582 62 431 SINCE JUL 1 664 646 18 446 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 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. 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) 52 79 1978 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 9 1916 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 20 2012.......SUNRISE 756 AM CDT SUNSET 630 PM CDT OCTOBER 21 2012.......SUNRISE 757 AM CDT SUNSET 628 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$