393  
CDUS43 KGRR 250607  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI  
205 AM EDT SUN MAY 25 2008  
 
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 24 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 72 510 PM 89 2007 73 -1 89  
1977  
MINIMUM 42 537 AM 33 1963 49 -7 62  
1925  
AVERAGE 57 61 -4 76  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.25 1981 0.11 -0.11 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.48 2.58 -1.10 1.11  
SINCE MAR 1 7.51 8.65 -1.14 8.88  
SINCE JAN 1 15.43 12.22 3.21 13.05  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1925 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 8 6 2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 261 221 40 128  
SINCE MAR 1 1682 1748 -66 1504  
SINCE JUL 1 6329 6804 -475 6288  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 11  
MONTH TO DATE 0 24 -24 44  
SINCE MAR 1 3 32 -29 50  
SINCE JAN 1 3 32 -29 50    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (290)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 90 PERCENT  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 89  
LOWEST 31  
AVERAGE 60  
 
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 91 1977  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 31 1992  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
MAY 25 2008...........SUNRISE 610 AM EDT SUNSET 909 PM EDT  
MAY 26 2008...........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 909 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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