Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 9/10/2007 through 9/16/2007 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 69 32 48.8 -9.1 .01 -.52 1.16 2.60 2168 44 Moorhead 77 35 52.9 -6.0 .01 -.50 .29 3.37 2419 194 Warroad 71 29 47.6 -7.4 .47 -.16 -.87 1.26 1979 131 Grand Rapids 73 28 48.0 -7.6 .18 -.54 .75 -5.36 2140 286 Intl. Falls 73 28 46.0 -8.0 .25 -.49 -.71 -1.61 1801 69 Itasca 66 29 45.7 -8.4 .09 -.61 -.64 -.30 2042 304 Duluth 69 28 47.8 -7.7 .03 -.99 -2.42 -8.15 1873 235 Grand Marais 63 32 47.6 -8.3 .25 -.56 .52 -3.21 1170 -101 Hibbing 71 21 44.4 -10.0 .21 -.55 -2.25 -10.66 1828 139 Alexandria 74 34 52.6 -6.1 0 -.64 -2.46 -9.34 2409 277 Browns Valley 74 29 52.8 -7.9 0 -.43 -.76 4.58 2313 -44 Canby 73 35 53.4 -9.0 0 -.56 -1.57 -2.06 2561 85 Fergus Falls 70 27 49.8 -9.0 .02 -.49 -2.17 .67 2350 188 Montevideo 78 29 53.5 -7.6 0 -.53 -1.94 -3.03 2496 146 Morris 72 29 50.1 -9.9 0 -.49 -1.10 -2.56 2358 74 Becker 69 30 50.8 -7.5 .03 -.73 -.48 -6.16 2537 435 Collegeville 75 33 54.2 -7.6 .07 -.69 -1.62 -5.27 2654 257 Hutchinson 70 30 52.5 -8.6 0 -.55 .16 -4.51 2588 220 Olivia 71 30 51.8 -8.2 0 -.66 -.82 -3.59 2466 162 St. Cloud 73 27 50.9 -7.4 .04 -.66 -2.10 -5.31 2416 314 Staples 67 28 47.6 -9.2 .01 -.59 -1.56 -3.32 2154 250 Willmar 71 32 51.4 -8.9 0 -.67 .93 -3.37 2529 228 Aitkin 68 29 51.2 -4.8 0 -.69 -.32 -6.68 2127 330 Forest Lake 71 33 52.4 -7.7 .20 -.59 -2.11 -5.46 2508 256 MSP Airport 74 36 55.0 -6.9 0 -.64 .94 -.56 2803 341 St. Paul - UofM 74 32 56.5 -6.6 0 -.76 .13 -7.54 2812 278 Lamberton 72 29 50.8 -10.3 .03 -.58 -.22 -2.24 2539 142 Pipestone 72 31 50.6 -9.6 .14 -.52 .53 -3.71 2492 185 Redwood Falls 78 28 52.3 -10.3 .01 -.58 -1.34 -2.39 2595 55 Sioux Falls 77 30 52.8 -9.1 .09 -.53 .16 -.24 2704 297 Worthington 72 33 51.0 -9.0 .27 -.34 2.56 4.21 2525 278 Faribault 68 32 52.3 -8.4 .04 -.73 -.43 -3.35 2545 255 Mankato 70 31 52.4 -8.9 .03 -.71 -.88 -4.65 2556 166 Waseca 69 29 51.6 -9.6 .10 -.66 -.15 2.05 2550 216 Winnebago 71 30 54.0 -8.3 .16 -.46 -.80 -5.30 2547 130 La Crosse 81 34 55.0 -8.6 .66 -.17 -.34 6.46 2773 182 Preston 77 28 51.4 -9.1 .54 -.33 2.31 7.85 2362 159 Red Wing 70 31 53.5 -8.0 0 -.85 .25 -.25 2578 202 Rochester 73 32 53.8 -6.1 .42 -.33 1.38 5.00 2534 359 Rosemount 67 32 53.2 -7.5 .02 -.83 -1.14 -2.66 2566 300 Winona 73 35 52.8 -11.1 .67 -.17 -.15 6.12 2490 -141 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 49.8 -7.5 .16 -.39 2 (North Central) 46.6 -8.0 .17 -.55 3 (NorthEast) 46.6 -8.7 .16 -.70 4 (West Central) 52.0 -8.2 .00 -.52 5 (Central) 51.3 -8.2 .02 -.65 6 (East Central) 53.8 -6.5 .05 -.67 7 (SouthWest) 51.5 -9.7 .11 -.51 8 (South Central) 52.6 -8.8 .08 -.64 9 (SouthEast) 53.3 -8.4 .39 -.45 Statewide Average 50.8 -8.2 .13 -.56 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 September 10, 2007 through September 16, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 74 53 64 (sand) .18 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 58 53 56 .21 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 66 54 60 .23 MORRIS (MORM5) 61 53 57 .14 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 74 67 70 NA RICE 62 58 60 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 69 56 63 .17 STAPLES (STAM5) 65 53 59 NA WASECA (WASM5) 67 65 66 .17 All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available