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FARGO EVENING CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS            
516 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013


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...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 2013...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

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)                                                     
 TODAY                                                               
  MAXIMUM         69   1239 PM  90    2010  72     -3       70       
  MINIMUM         48    511 AM  26    2002  48      0       47       
                                      1897                          
  AVERAGE         59                        60     -1       59      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  TODAY            0.01          1.16 1981   0.09  -0.08     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.43                      2.10   0.33     0.66    
  SINCE MAR 1      5.98                      4.79   1.19     2.54    
  SINCE JAN 1      8.17                      6.10   2.07     4.07    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  TODAY            0.0          MM      MM   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                                                             
  TODAY            6                         6      0        6       
  MONTH TO DATE  238                       233      5      106       
  SINCE MAR 1   2639                      2011    628     1328       
  SINCE JUL 1   9230                      8689    541     6755       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  TODAY            0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE   21                        20      1       48       
  SINCE MAR 1     21                        23     -2       54       
  SINCE JAN 1     21                        23     -2       54       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    29   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     S (160)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    38   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     S (160)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    14.8                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.                            
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    61           300 AM                                     
 LOWEST     29          1200 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    45                                                       

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THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   72        92      1959                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   48        30      1983                    
                                             1891                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 24 2013...........SUNRISE   542 AM CDT   SUNSET   906 PM CDT   
MAY 25 2013...........SUNRISE   541 AM CDT   SUNSET   908 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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