Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 2/26/2007 through 3/4/2007 Temperature Precipitation H D D High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Since Depart Week Ave from Total Past Four Since July from Total Norm Week Weeks 11/1 1 Norm Crookston 35 -1 18.7 1.6 .15 .01 -.04 -.58 7089 -387 322 Moorhead 35 4 21.8 1.9 .71 .51 .76 -.42 6515 -576 302 Warroad 30 -4 18.2 3.9 .27 .14 .29 -.57 7326m -632m 326 Grand Rapids 35 3 22.4 2.7 .86 .67 .96 .03 6619 -701 297 Intl. Falls 31 0 19.0 2.3 .10 -.07 -.07 -.68 7466 -405 321 Itasca 34 1 20.8 4.7 .78 .57 .95 -.06 7019m -850m 307 Duluth 32 6 22.1 2.5 1.32 1.05 1.70 -.01 6735 -539 300 Grand Marais 36 12 25.5 3.0 .33 .14 .02 -.18 6084m -617m 275 Hibbing 32 3 20.2 1.9 .22 .05 -.12 -1.63 7345 -256 311 Alexandria 33 3 21.2 .5 .53 .30 .26 -1.74 6414 -566 304 Browns Valley 31 -3 20.4 -2.1 1.40 1.15 2.03 .63 6246m -391m 309 Canby 29 5 22.5 -2.9 1.69 1.41 2.53 .70 6006 -87 296 Fergus Falls 35 1 20.7 1.7 .76 .54 1.22 .00 6561 -564 309 Montevideo 32 -1 20.6 -1.8 .85 .57 1.75 -1.06 6092 -517 308 Morris 32 0 20.2 -.9 .66 .42 1.57 .60 6560 -263 313 Becker M M M M 1.04 .78 1.28 .55 5610m-1241m M Collegeville 40 6 25.1 1.5 .95 .67 1.78 .57 5892 -513 276 Hutchinson 35 3 23.2 .3 1.10 .87 1.41 .75 5922 -613 291 Olivia 31 -1 20.8 -1.5 1.02 .82 1.91 1.93 6157 -516 308 St. Cloud 36 1 22.7 1.0 .51 .29 1.28 .64 6266 -585 294 Staples 34 2 20.4 1.2 .39 .15 .55 -.78 6796 -500 311 Willmar 35 2 22.0 .2 .99 .76 1.94 .75 6199 -526 300 Aitkin 37 9 23.3 3.4 1.54 1.31 1.67 .80 6438 -786 290 Forest Lake 41 3 25.2 2.9 1.20 .95 1.37 .55 5946 -599 277 MSP Airport 37 4 25.3 -.2 1.25 .96 1.50 .77 5747 -427 275 St. Paul - UofM 37 4 25.2 -1.7 1.12 .83 1.26 .10 5619 -162 278 Lamberton 31 2 21.1 -3.1 .68 .45 .92 .98 6036 -328 306 Pipestone 32 -4 18.8 -4.7 1.28 1.04 2.13 2.19 6397 -156 322 Redwood Falls 32 2 21.6 -3.8 .26 .03 .57 .17 6016 -156 302 Sioux Falls 37 2 20.7 -5.6 .77 .52 1.06 1.77 5917 -189 308 Worthington 30 2 19.3 -3.9 1.30 1.04 1.85 2.42 6180 -368 318 Faribault 36 2 26.4 3.4 1.19 .91 2.07 1.73 5998m -378m 269 Mankato 34 0 23.2 -1.7 1.12 .85 2.06 2.74 5944 -314 291 Waseca 33 -7 22.2 -1.3 2.17 1.80 2.83 2.31 6106 -329 296 Winnebago 32 -1 21.5 -2.8 1.56 1.30 2.98 4.50 5996 -302 303 La Crosse 39 2 25.8 -2.3 .52 .22 1.25 .63 5495 -272 273 Preston 32 0 23.4 -1.4 1.04 .76 2.21 2.18 6028 -239 290 Red Wing 39 3 26.2 2.1 1.22 .98 1.55 2.20 5907 -356 268 Rochester 34 -2 21.4 -2.6 .91 .64 1.61 2.94 5961 -488 304 Rosemount 36 -4 23.2 .1 1.22 .88 1.97 .92 5926m -593m 291 Winona 39 1 25.8 -1.5 1.02 .75 1.76 1.54 5600 -100 272 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 19.6 2.5 .38 .22 2 (North Central) 20.7 3.2 .58 .39 3 (NorthEast) 22.6 2.5 .62 .41 4 (West Central) 20.9 -.9 .98 .73 5 (Central) 22.4 .5 .86 .62 6 (East Central) 24.8 1.1 1.28 1.01 7 (SouthWest) 20.3 -4.2 .86 .62 8 (South Central) 23.3 -.6 1.51 1.22 9 (SouthEast) 24.3 -.9 .99 .71 Statewide Average 22.1 .3 .89 .66 Some of the departures from normal are derived through estimates. Data in this summary are courtesy of National Weather Service Offices and Cooperators, and the Unversity of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. This summary is prepared by the Minnesota Extension Service Agricultural Meteorologist and the Department of Natural Resources State Climatology Office. Phone: (612) 625-4724 URL://134.84.160.120 Mean max/min soil temperatures (F) at the 4 in. depth and average daily pan evaporation from Univ. of MN field research locations, week ending 03/04/07. LOCATION MAX MIN BECKER M M (sand) CROOKSTON 28 27 LAMBERTON 31 30 MORRIS 31 30 STAPLES 27 26 WASECA 31 31 ST PAUL 31 30 ROSEMOUNT 31 30 RICE 28 27 (sand) All sites report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available