895 CDUS43 KFGF 050659 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 1258 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2016 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 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 35 MM 53 2000 28 7 4 MINIMUM 21 MM -33 1917 12 9 -10 AVERAGE 28 20 8 -3 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.62 1966 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE T 0.12 -0.12 T SINCE MAR 1 T 0.12 -0.12 T SINCE JAN 1 0.65 1.42 -0.77 0.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 7.0 2013 0.3 -0.3 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.1 -1.1 T SINCE MAR 1 T 1.1 -1.1 T SINCE JUL 1 27.3 36.4 -9.1 16.3 SNOW DEPTH T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 37 45 -8 68 MONTH TO DATE 170 182 -12 227 SINCE MAR 1 170 182 -12 227 SINCE JUL 1 6102 7142 -1040 7076 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 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. 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) 29 63 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 12 -22 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2016.........SUNRISE 700 AM CST SUNSET 620 PM CST MARCH 6 2016.........SUNRISE 658 AM CST SUNSET 621 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$