085 CSUS97 KFGF 080640 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 137 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 54 MM 88 1953 66 -12 76 1928 MINIMUM 44 MM 19 1976 40 4 47 AVERAGE 49 53 -4 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.24 0.75 1930 0.07 0.17 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.64 0.46 0.18 T SINCE MAR 1 4.39 2.46 1.93 2.21 SINCE JAN 1 5.12 3.76 1.36 3.03 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1923 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 14.6 8.1 6.5 25.9 SINCE JUL 1 60.3 43.4 16.9 59.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 16 13 3 3 MONTH TO DATE 136 96 40 145 SINCE MAR 1 2387 1951 436 2622 SINCE JUL 1 10133 8911 1222 9639 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 5 -5 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 5 -5 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. 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) 66 92 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 22 1929 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2014...........SUNRISE 600 AM CDT SUNSET 851 PM CDT MAY 9 2014...........SUNRISE 558 AM CDT SUNSET 852 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$