Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 7/23/2007 through 7/29/2007 Temperature Precipitation G D D High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Since Depart Ave from Total Past Four Since May from Norm Week Weeks 4/1 3 Norm Crookston 95 53 75.8 5.6 .03 -.64 -.93 2.03 1418 87 Moorhead 96 55 77.1 5.8 .13 -.47 -1.40 3.63 1611 219 Warroad 95 56 76.1 8.2 0 -.76 .96 2.84 1291 134 Grand Rapids 94 57 76.4 8.5 .69 -.28 -2.64 -3.87 1411 237 Intl. Falls 92 49 71.8 5.2 .09 -.61 -1.50 .53 1188 87 Itasca 92 53 73.5 6.8 .92 .07 .73 2.59 1359 270 Duluth 88 61 75.2 8.9 .43 -.49 -1.91 -3.11 1176 176 Grand Marais 87 57 67.2 4.7 .01 -.72 -1.99 -2.24 621 -43 Hibbing 92 50 72.0 5.5 .01 -.98 -2.16 -5.57 1194 132 Alexandria 95 64 78.4 7.7 .01 -.69 -2.26 -4.85 1583 247 Browns Valley 94 52 76.0 3.1 .96 .21 -1.34 5.32 1511 35 Canby 94 62 78.4 4.7 .58 -.10 -1.96 -1.67 1691 144 Fergus Falls 97 57 77.4 6.7 .09 -.63 -2.08 3.99 1564 215 Montevideo 92 59 76.3 4.0 1.20 .48 -1.77 -4.24 1650 174 Morris 93 55 77.0 5.4 .11 -.75 -2.63 -1.25 1563 123 Becker 93 62 78.9 8.7 .11 -.83 -1.88 -6.22 1653 322 Collegeville 96 63 79.6 6.9 .23 -.54 -2.09 -5.95 1747 245 Hutchinson 95 57 77.4 5.1 .45 -.39 -2.92 -5.66 1690 184 Olivia 94 58 77.1 5.6 .30 -.44 -2.45 -3.85 1608 134 St. Cloud 94 57 77.9 7.7 .11 -.62 -1.36 -4.24 1600 269 Staples 93 60 75.8 7.8 .72 -.04 -1.93 .10 1418 220 Willmar 96 63 78.9 7.3 .60 -.18 -2.48 -4.05 1654 194 Aitkin 94 48 73.2 6.0 1.12 .10 -1.77 -4.64 1383 252 Forest Lake 98 63 78.4 7.2 .05 -.97 -1.94 -5.20 1620 197 MSP Airport 96 66 80.2 6.6 .80 -.10 -.35 -5.23 1825 275 St. Paul - UofM 95 61 79.2 5.4 .07 -.89 -1.79 -7.67 1831 237 Lamberton 92 58 77.6 5.4 0 -.79 -2.46 -3.10 1663 130 Pipestone 94 56 77.2 5.2 0 -.70 -2.69 -5.90 1606 155 Redwood Falls 95 59 78.1 4.3 .06 -.77 -3.27 -4.91 1690 79 Sioux Falls 95 58 79.2 5.6 0 -.64 -2.32 -2.14 1713 221 Worthington 90 54 75.4 4.2 .06 -.69 -1.16 -4.16 1640 212 Faribault 94 58 77.2 5.6 2.11 1.13 -1.56 -5.63 1639 192 Mankato 90 59 75.8 3.4 1.85 .92 -1.44 -7.18 1674 165 Waseca 90 56 75.4 3.9 .28 -.76 -1.73 -3.90 1625 143 Winnebago 91 58 75.2 2.9 1.36 .43 -1.79 -7.16 1584 54 La Crosse 96 61 77.6 3.3 1.50 .54 -.29 -1.87 1768 135 Preston 89 54 72.0 1.3 3.24 2.18 -.49 -1.30 1487 106 Red Wing 97 59 75.9 3.4 .18 -.76 -2.95 -5.82 1654 164 Rochester 89 61 75.1 4.7 .35 -.70 -3.10 -5.44 1628 258 Rosemount 95 60 77.2 6.0 .03 -1.03 -1.93 -5.95 1656 228 Winona 90 56 74.2 -.8 2.50 1.55 -.08 -1.61 1587 -70 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 76.3 6.5 .05 -.62 2 (North Central) 73.9 6.8 .57 -.27 3 (NorthEast) 71.5 6.4 .15 -.73 4 (West Central) 77.3 5.3 .49 -.25 5 (Central) 77.9 7.0 .36 -.43 6 (East Central) 77.8 6.3 .51 -.47 7 (SouthWest) 77.5 5.0 .02 -.72 8 (South Central) 75.9 3.9 1.40 .43 9 (SouthEast) 75.3 3.0 1.30 .30 Statewide Average 75.9 5.6 .54 -.31 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://climate.umn.edu Weekly mean max/min/average soil temperatures (degrees F) at the 4 inch depth and average daily pan evaporation (inches) from University of Minnesota field research locations. For the week of July 23, 2007 through July 29, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 95 84 89 (sand) .33 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 77 70 74 .26 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 82 72 77 .30 MORRIS (MORM5) 85 73 79 .18 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 92 87 89 NA RICE 79 72 76 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 92 77 84 .27 STAPLES (STAM5) 84 71 78 NA WASECA (WASM5) 85 77 81 .23 All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available