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FARGO DAILY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
113 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010


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...THE FARGO ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 9 2010...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2010


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM          6    319 PM  42    1918  21    -15       39       
  MINIMUM        -11   1159 PM -47    1888   3    -14       34       
  AVERAGE         -2                        12    -14       37      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00          0.26 2009   0.02  -0.02     0.26    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.83                      0.18   0.65     0.26    
  SINCE DEC 1      4.25                      1.51   2.74     2.61    
  SINCE JAN 1      2.40                      0.94   1.46     0.81    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           3.0  1939   0.3   -0.3      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    9.7                       2.7    7.0       T      
  SINCE DEC 1     44.6                      24.1   20.5     40.8     
  SINCE JUL 1     46.0                      31.3   14.7     43.3     
  SNOW DEPTH      20                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       67                        54     13       28       
  MONTH TO DATE  482                       495    -13      461       
  SINCE DEC 1   3936                      3892     44     4243       
  SINCE JUL 1   5645                      5930   -285     6016       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    15   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     N (340)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     N (340)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     8.6                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    87           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     72          1100 AM                                     
 AVERAGE    80                                                       

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THE FARGO ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   21        45      1924                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)    3       -29      1899                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 10 2010......SUNRISE   739 AM CST   SUNSET   544 PM CST   
FEBRUARY 11 2010......SUNRISE   738 AM CST   SUNSET   546 PM CST   

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




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