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CDUS43 KGRR 230608
CLIGRR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI
208 AM EDT FRI MAY 23 2008
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 22 2008
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2008
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 64 443 PM 91 1925 72 -8 85
MINIMUM 43 522 AM 34 1917 49 -6 53
AVERAGE 54 60 -6 69
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.10 1917 0.11 -0.11 0.00
MONTH TO DATE 1.48 2.36 -0.88 1.11
SINCE MAR 1 7.51 8.43 -0.92 8.88
SINCE JAN 1 15.43 12.00 3.43 13.05
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2007 0.0 0.0 0.0
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0
SINCE MAR 1 9.2 11.8 -2.6 20.3
SINCE JUL 1 107.0 72.2 34.8 83.3
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 11 6 5 0
MONTH TO DATE 242 209 33 128
SINCE MAR 1 1663 1736 -73 1504
SINCE JUL 1 6310 6792 -482 6288
COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 4
MONTH TO DATE 0 20 -20 23
SINCE MAR 1 3 28 -25 29
SINCE JAN 1 3 28 -25 29
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 68 PERCENT
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 80
LOWEST 43
AVERAGE 62
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 90 1977
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 30 1963
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
MAY 23 2008...........SUNRISE 612 AM EDT SUNSET 907 PM EDT
MAY 24 2008...........SUNRISE 611 AM EDT SUNSET 908 PM EDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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