000 CSUS97 KFGF 212156 CLIFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 450 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 84 MM 97 1947 81 3 80 MINIMUM 67 MM 35 1920 55 12 62 AVERAGE 76 68 8 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 0.08 -0.08 T MONTH TO DATE 2.35 1.77 0.58 1.15 SINCE JUN 1 8.87 7.77 1.10 7.78 SINCE JAN 1 12.21 13.27 -1.06 17.04 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 0 2 -2 0 MONTH TO DATE 2 28 -26 28 SINCE JUN 1 128 110 18 91 SINCE JUL 1 19 47 -28 35 COOLING TODAY 11 5 6 6 MONTH TO DATE 106 130 -24 69 SINCE JUN 1 268 418 -150 423 SINCE JAN 1 268 462 -194 435 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) 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 TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST MM LOWEST MM AVERAGE MM .......................................................... THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 80 99 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 34 1908 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 21 2008........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 830 PM CDT AUGUST 22 2008........SUNRISE 634 AM CDT SUNSET 828 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$