881 CSUS97 KFGF 270650 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1246 AM CST WED FEB 27 2013 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 26 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2013 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 20 MM 51 1958 26 -6 22 MINIMUM 11 MM -27 1919 9 2 11 AVERAGE 16 18 -2 17 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.73 2004 0.03 -0.03 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.44 0.53 -0.09 0.47 SINCE DEC 1 1.09 1.89 -0.80 1.27 SINCE JAN 1 0.82 1.24 -0.42 0.73 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 4.1 2001 0.3 -0.3 2.1 MONTH TO DATE 14.0 6.4 7.6 7.3 SINCE DEC 1 23.6 27.7 -4.1 19.6 SINCE JUL 1 33.6 34.8 -1.2 21.0 SNOW DEPTH 5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 49 47 2 48 MONTH TO DATE 1406 1348 58 1168 SINCE DEC 1 4792 4772 20 3984 SINCE JUL 1 6924 6866 58 5692 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 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 SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE 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) 26 56 1932 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -29 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 27 2013......SUNRISE 713 AM CST SUNSET 610 PM CST FEBRUARY 28 2013......SUNRISE 711 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$