Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 8/27/2007 through 9/2/2007 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 89 46 65.6 1.6 1.86 1.25 -.00 2.10 2025 61 Moorhead 90 47 67.8 2.9 .92 .38 -.05 3.22 2252 198 Warroad 87 46 62.8 1.6 .09 -.56 -1.09 1.14 1850 133 Grand Rapids 84 42 64.6 3.6 1.12 .35 -1.66 -6.46 2008 289 Intl. Falls 85 35 59.9 .2 .20 -.54 -1.53 -1.69 1694 81 Itasca 87 43 65.6 5.5 1.27 .48 -1.48 .32 1912 298 Duluth 81 44 64.4 4.1 1.15 .14 -2.48 -6.50 1743 237 Grand Marais 85 52 62.9 2.6 1.08 .33 -1.46 -4.21 1065 -73 Hibbing 82 33 62.0 2.3 .39 -.36 -2.67 -9.15 1709 143 Alexandria 86 47 68.0 4.0 0 -.76 -2.85 -8.34 2238 274 Browns Valley 90 43 67.8 1.6 0 -.53 -.36 4.47 2123 -45 Canby 89 48 69.2 1.7 .08 -.52 -.29 -1.08 2362 92 Fergus Falls 89 45 66.7 2.2 .03 -.60 -1.57 1.68 2183 192 Montevideo 89 46 68.9 2.7 .18 -.46 1.54 -2.09 2308 148 Morris 87 44 67.5 2.2 0 -.62 -.21 -2.29 2181 77 Becker 83 48 68.4 5.0 .53 -.37 1.13 -5.87 2346 405 Collegeville 88 48 69.8 3.1 .66 -.19 2.59 -4.13 2465 265 Hutchinson 85 48 69.4 3.6 1.44 .66 1.67 -3.92 2391 210 Olivia 88 49 68.4 3.5 1.36 .62 1.03 -2.46 2270 146 St. Cloud 88 44 67.2 3.8 .10 -.75 .55 -4.49 2246 305 Staples 85 41 65.0 3.1 .48 -.18 -1.88 -2.52 2000 243 Willmar 88 50 69.9 4.6 .15 -.65 2.35 -2.16 2339 220 Aitkin 80 41 63.5 2.5 .88 .09 -1.19 -6.81 1953 290 Forest Lake 85 49 68.2 3.2 .29 -.66 .89 -5.19 2310 238 MSP Airport 85 54 70.4 3.4 1.36 .54 5.57 -.44 2598 336 St. Paul - UofM 86 51 70.4 2.6 2.20 1.29 1.59 -6.83 2595 273 Lamberton 89 47 68.4 2.5 .27 -.44 1.44 -1.33 2346 139 Pipestone 89 48 68.8 3.2 .27 -.42 1.41 -3.20 2306 183 Redwood Falls 91 48 70.4 2.9 .66 -.07 3.02 -1.51 2404 72 Sioux Falls 90 51 71.8 4.7 .33 -.34 -.09 -.24 2517 311 Worthington 88 46 67.2 2.4 .39 -.34 7.22 4.23 2334 265 Faribault 84 51 69.5 4.1 .80 -.13 2.29 -2.91 2350 244 Mankato 88 51 69.2 2.9 .22 -.70 3.05 -4.07 2353 156 Waseca 85 49 69.2 3.4 .98 .04 5.33 2.29 2343 199 Winnebago 89 50 70.5 3.9 .68 -.14 2.38 -4.59 2332 117 La Crosse 93 48 71.5 3.2 1.36 .43 8.35 7.06 2558 185 Preston 90 48 67.9 2.9 2.65 1.65 8.84 8.29 2166 144 Red Wing 84 52 69.2 2.7 1.67 .78 5.69 .06 2365 183 Rochester 86 53 69.0 4.4 1.64 .75 8.15 3.75 2336 337 Rosemount 81 52 68.8 3.5 .72 -.26 4.27 -2.26 2364 282 Winona 88 54 68.6 .1 .46 -.45 7.24 6.50 2291 -119 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 65.4 2.0 .96 .36 2 (North Central) 63.4 3.1 .86 .10 3 (NorthEast) 63.1 3.0 .87 .04 4 (West Central) 68.0 2.4 .05 -.58 5 (Central) 68.3 3.8 .67 -.12 6 (East Central) 68.1 2.9 1.18 .32 7 (SouthWest) 69.3 3.1 .38 -.32 8 (South Central) 69.6 3.6 .67 -.23 9 (SouthEast) 69.2 2.8 1.42 .48 Statewide Average 67.2 3.0 .79 .00 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 August 27, 2007 through September 2, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 84 66 75 (sand) .20 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 67 62 65 NA LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 77 64 71 .23 MORRIS (MORM5) 77 65 71 NA ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) NA NA NA NA RICE NA NA NA (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 73 66 70 .20 STAPLES (STAM5) 71 61 66 NA WASECA (WASM5) 73 66 70 NA All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available