Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 10/20/2008 through 10/26/2008 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 63 29 43.0 2.5 .23 -.16 2.94 3.76 2104 -113 Moorhead 58 30 41.8 -.0 .72 .30 2.46 8.98 2290 -43 Warroad 56 29 41.2 2.4 .48 .12 1.25 4.09 1772 -152 Dalton 63 32 43.4 .5 .98 .54 2.14 4.64 2399 66 Grand Rapids 58 23 42.2 1.6 .50 -.08 .37 .52 1990 46 Intl. Falls 55 22 38.5 .0 .53 .14 .50 2.45 1603 -193 Itasca 54 23 40.2 2.0 1.00 .46 3.71 5.40 1852 44 Duluth 56 27 41.8 1.3 .76 .27 .52 2.29 1688 -59 Grand Marais 52 33 43.5 1.5 .77 .24 .39 7.36 1279 -132 Hibbing 56 17 40.2 1.3 .51 .01 .29 -.92 1675 -93 Alexandria 55 30 40.7 -1.1 .67 .21 2.16 .77 2229 -16 Browns Valley 63 25 42.1 -1.2 1.31 .92 2.83 6.10 2396 -89 Canby 66 29 42.4 -3.3 1.63 1.17 2.67 -.30 2602 -49 Fergus Falls 58 23 42.3 .6 .56 .12 3.26 3.70 2256 -16 Montevideo 61 30 41.4 -2.4 1.62 1.19 3.22 .34 2461 -38 Morris 60 29 41.6 -1.1 1.05 .54 2.18 .27 2304 -101 Becker 66 25 44.0 1.1 .42 -.05 -.28 -1.06 2449 176 Collegeville 59 29 43.6 -1.7 .91 .39 1.34 2.02 2518 -40 Hutchinson 67 31 45.4 1.2 .78 .35 .33 -.78 2518 5 Melrose 63 26 42.3 -.4 .87 .35 2.02 1.03 2138 -251 Olivia 68 27 43.3 -.2 1.40 1.01 1.79 1.99 2391 -46 St. Cloud 58 25 42.7 .6 .48 .00 .52 .73 2301 89 Staples 63 27 42.8 1.8 .65 .09 3.81 1.49 2019 19 Willmar 66 32 43.3 -.0 1.10 .64 1.68 -1.90 2470 35 Aitkin M M M M M M M -1.40m 2066m 165m Forest Lake 65 29 46.6 2.2 .27 -.27 -.65 -2.35 2491 89 Hinckley 59 23 42.7 2.1 .45 -.13 .71 7.07 1868 -107 MSP Airport 61 31 45.9 .4 .25 -.22 .05 -4.88 2801 175 St. Paul - UofM 64 28 47.2 .1 .36 -.19 .22 -6.92 2762 31 Lamberton 69 27 44.1 -.4 1.85 1.44 2.76 -1.01 2602 57 Marshall 68 30 43.8 -1.3 1.66 1.23 2.04 1.07 2708 91 Pipestone 68 30 42.4 -.9 1.99 1.52 3.59 1.42 2397 -46 Redwood Falls 63 28 43.6 -2.2 1.44 1.03 1.65 -.59 2639 -71 Sioux Falls 64 27 41.7 -2.9 2.36 1.96 4.24 1.78 2794 223 Worthington 69 29 43.4 .1 2.60 2.17 3.51 4.20 2532 144 Faribault 65 28 46.4 2.2 .34 -.14 -.31 -2.96 2518 74 Mankato 68 32 46.4 1.3 .73 .19 .07 -5.42 2557 6 Waseca 66 29 45.4 1.0 .53 -.02 -.23 -2.84 2512 22 Winnebago 70 28 45.2 -.4 1.13 .59 1.04 -2.92 2685 94 La Crosse 61 28 47.2 -.3 .28 -.17 -.39 -.66 2712 -80 Preston 67 22 46.3 1.4 .21 -.28 .17 4.67 2497 128 Red Wing 67 28 47.5 2.4 .14 -.30 -.42 -3.49 2576 35 Rochester 62 29 44.6 .8 .22 -.25 .72 -.07 2527 202 Rosemount 66 29 46.2 1.3 .30 -.24 -.36 -4.26 2488 58 Winona 66 30 46.0 .1 .10 -.36 -.68 .29 2459 -130 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 42.0 1.6 .48 .09 2 (North Central) 41.1 1.0 .75 .26 3 (NorthEast) 41.8 1.4 .68 .17 4 (West Central) 41.8 -1.4 1.14 .69 5 (Central) 43.4 .3 .83 .35 6 (East Central) 45.6 1.2 .33 -.20 7 (SouthWest) 43.2 -1.3 1.98 1.56 8 (South Central) 45.9 1.0 .68 .16 9 (SouthEast) 46.3 .9 .21 -.27 Statewide Average 43.4 .5 .79 .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 October 20, 2008 through October 26, 2008: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 54 44 49 (sand) .06 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 49 44 46 NA LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 49 42 45 .09 MORRIS (MORM5) 48 40 44 NA ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 58 50 54 NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 52 44 48 .08 STAPLES (STAM5) NA NA NA NA WASECA (WASM5) 50 43 47 .08 All sites report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available