601 CSUS97 KFGF 240636 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 132 AM CDT WED OCT 24 2012 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 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 51 MM 77 1963 50 1 61 MINIMUM 43 MM 1 1917 31 12 37 AVERAGE 47 41 6 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.22 0.99 MM 0.06 0.16 T MONTH TO DATE 2.42 1.55 0.87 0.78 SINCE SEP 1 2.63 3.60 -0.97 3.35 SINCE JAN 1 16.66 19.70 -3.04 20.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.1 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 3.5 0.5 3.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 3.5 0.5 3.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 3.5 0.5 3.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 24 -6 16 MONTH TO DATE 479 436 43 281 SINCE SEP 1 726 676 50 511 SINCE JUL 1 746 740 6 526 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. 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) 50 79 1989 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 11 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 24 2012.......SUNRISE 802 AM CDT SUNSET 623 PM CDT OCTOBER 25 2012.......SUNRISE 803 AM CDT SUNSET 621 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$