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FARGO DAILY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
132 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013


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...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2013


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         76   1145 AM  92    2012  70      6       92       
                                      1911                          
  MINIMUM         54    523 AM  22    1890  45      9       65       
  AVERAGE         65                        58      7       79      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          2.10 1996   0.09  -0.09     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.20                      1.42  -1.22     0.27    
  SINCE MAR 1      3.75                      4.11  -0.36     2.15    
  SINCE JAN 1      5.94                      5.42   0.52     3.68    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           0.4  1968   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    0.0                       0.0    0.0      0.0     
  SINCE MAR 1     31.3                      12.4   18.9      2.6     
  SINCE JUL 1     68.4                      50.4   18.0     27.0     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         8     -8        0       
  MONTH TO DATE  203                       183     20       89       
  SINCE MAR 1   2604                      1961    643     1311       
  SINCE JUL 1   9195                      8639    556     6738       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1       14       
  MONTH TO DATE   12                        13     -1       21       
  SINCE MAR 1     12                        16     -4       27       
  SINCE JAN 1     12                        16     -4       27       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    20   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    25   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     E (110)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    72          1000 PM                                     
 LOWEST     31           900 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    52                                                       

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THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   70        96      2012                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   46        25      2002                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 18 2013...........SUNRISE   548 AM CDT   SUNSET   900 PM CDT   
MAY 19 2013...........SUNRISE   547 AM CDT   SUNSET   901 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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FARGO AIRPORT AUTOMATED GAUGE PRECIPITATION
 
DAILY TOTAL PRECIPITATION 0.00 INCHES 
MONTHLY TOTAL  0.20 INCHES 
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION  4.47 INCHES 
 
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