CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 748 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2007... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1885 TO 2007 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/12/1936 LOW -43 01/11/1912 HIGHEST 94 07/07 MM MM LOWEST -27 02/05 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 50.5 50.5 0.0 AVG. MINIMUM 30.9 28.8 2.1 MEAN 40.7 39.8 0.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 12.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 108 101.0 7.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 170 183.0 -13.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 51 57.0 -6.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 23.80 19.65 4.15 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.05 0.02 DAYS >= .01 110 83.0 27.0 DAYS >= .10 50 44.0 6.0 DAYS >= .50 17 11.0 6.0 DAYS >= 1.00 6 3.0 3.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.50 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 55.3 47.3 8.0 DAYS >= TRACE 72 MM MM DAYS >= 1.0 11 MM MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 17 03/02 24 HR TOTAL 9.0 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9198 9314 -116 SINCE 7/1 3677 3675 2 COOLING TOTAL 499 549 -50 SINCE 1/1 499 549 -50 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST MM LATEST MM ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 5 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 39 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 15 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.