Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 9/22/2008 through 9/28/2008 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 16 Norm Crookston 79 37 59.8 6.6 .40 -.08 2.44 .82 1964 -148 Moorhead 81 40 61.8 7.5 .40 -.09 3.03 6.52 2176 -39 Warroad 74 39 55.9 5.4 .87 .30 1.60 2.84 1698 -142 Dalton 86 46 64.6 9.1 1.34 .87 M M M M Grand Rapids 78 42 59.9 8.3 2.50 1.80 1.28 .15 1901 56 Intl. Falls 75 34 55.0 5.3 .66 .01 1.33 1.94 1540 -176 Itasca 77 37 59.6 9.9 .24 -.42 .85 1.68 1768 37 Duluth 79 44 58.0 6.5 2.29 1.42 .23 1.77 1619 -29 Grand Marais 71 47 57.9 5.9 2.82 2.06 .61 6.98 1203 -109 Hibbing 78 32 56.2 6.0 1.80 1.08 .01 -1.21 1597 -86 Alexandria 86 48 63.2 9.0 1.21 .64 .39 -1.39 2130 1 Browns Valley 84 41 63.2 7.2 .53 .13 1.59 3.27 2251 -102 Canby 89 46 65.4 7.4 .25 -.28 -1.33 -2.97 2444 -41 Fergus Falls 80 40 61.4 7.2 .52 .05 1.01 .45 2142 -15 Montevideo 90 43 66.2 9.7 .40 -.08 .68 -2.88 2316 -38 Morris 88 45 64.1 8.7 .60 .12 .77 -1.91 2170 -108 Becker 84 45 63.8 9.3 .76 .12 2.07 -.78 2304 157 Collegeville 85 47 65.4 7.8 1.12 .44 -.34 .68 2372 -24 Hutchinson 85 47 65.6 8.9 .16 -.29 .41 -1.11 2354 -11 Olivia 86 42 64.2 8.5 0 -.57 .28 .19 2216 -83 St. Cloud 84 42 61.8 7.8 .77 .17 .54 .21 2170 76 Staples 82 43 62.8 10.1 .26 -.34 -.30 -2.91 1914 17 Willmar 86 45 64.6 8.7 .31 -.27 -.03 -3.58 2314 15 Aitkin 82 51 64.4 12.4 1.05 .42 -.09 -2.14 1943 150 Forest Lake 85 49 65.5 9.6 .81 .13 -.61 -1.71 2312 59 Hinckley 80 44 60.0 8.2 2.08 1.38 3.45 6.35m 1757 -122 MSP Airport 84 50 66.0 8.5 .67 .13 -.76 -4.92 2634 170 St. Paul - UofM 84 47 66.3 7.2 .61 -.05 -1.15 -7.14 2575 35 Lamberton 88 43 66.0 9.2 .03 -.51 -.65 -3.76 2412 17 Pipestone 87 38 64.8 9.1 .10 -.51 -1.23 -2.17 2229 -79 Redwood Falls 88 46 66.4 8.1 .35 -.15 .08 -2.24 2442 -98 Sioux Falls 89 42 67.0 9.7 .36 -.19 -.99 -2.46 2604 184 Worthington 84 44 65.2 9.5 .74 .22 -.36 .68 2354 103 Faribault 84 49 66.8 10.6 .34 -.30 -1.87 -2.65 2336 39 Mankato 86 50 67.1 10.1 .43 -.20 -1.82 -5.49 2359 -33 Waseca 84 47 65.8 9.0 .28 -.37 -1.83 -2.60 2326 -11 Winnebago 86 49 67.6 9.6 .28 -.26 -1.39 -3.96 2489 63 La Crosse 83 48 67.4 8.1 1.25 .56 -1.60 -.27 2520 -77 Preston 83 42 66.1 9.7 .20 -.52 -2.29 4.50 2305 88 Red Wing 85 48 66.1 8.9 .35 -.38 -1.86 -3.07 2395 14 Rochester 82 50 66.2 10.5 1.07 .44 -1.49 -.78 2352 171 Rosemount 83 49 64.9 8.1 .92 .20 -1.11 -3.90 2313 39 Winona 82 48 66.3 8.6 .06 -.65 -2.24 .96 2295 -125 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 59.2 6.5 .56 .04 2 (North Central) 59.8 8.2 1.19 .57 3 (NorthEast) 57.4 6.1 2.30 1.52 4 (West Central) 63.9 8.2 .59 .10 5 (Central) 64.0 8.7 .48 -.11 6 (East Central) 64.4 9.2 1.04 .40 7 (SouthWest) 65.9 9.1 .32 -.23 8 (South Central) 66.8 9.8 .33 -.28 9 (SouthEast) 66.2 9.0 .64 -.06 Statewide Average 63.1 8.3 .83 .22 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 22, 2008 through September 28, 2008: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 73 59 66 (sand) .13 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 63 58 61 .13 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 69 59 64 .25 MORRIS (MORM5) 67 59 63 .11 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) NA NA NA NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 72 61 67 .14 STAPLES (STAM5) NA NA NA NA WASECA (WASM5) 72 61 67 .16 All sites report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available