053 CDUS43 KFGF 290640 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1238 AM CST MON FEB 29 2016 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 37 MM 54 1905 27 10 22 MINIMUM 15 MM -32 1962 10 5 1 AVERAGE 26 18 8 12 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.35 1987 0.03 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 0.35 0.59 -0.24 0.26 SINCE DEC 1 1.77 1.95 -0.18 0.66 SINCE JAN 1 0.65 1.30 -0.65 0.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.1 3.0 1996 0.3 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 4.4 6.9 -2.5 4.7 SINCE DEC 1 23.9 28.2 -4.3 12.5 SINCE JUL 1 27.3 35.3 -8.0 16.3 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 47 -8 53 MONTH TO DATE 1227 1442 -215 1688 SINCE DEC 1 4264 4866 -602 4729 SINCE JUL 1 5873 6960 -1087 6849 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 RAIN LIGHT SNOW 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) 27 51 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 10 -24 1980 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 29 2016......SUNRISE 710 AM CST SUNSET 612 PM CST MARCH 1 2016.........SUNRISE 708 AM CST SUNSET 614 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$