178  
CDUS43 KGRR 260608  
CLIGRR  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MI  
207 AM EDT MON MAY 26 2008  
 
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..THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 25 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 77 527 PM 91 1977 73 4 75  
MINIMUM 45 511 AM 31 1992 50 -5 55  
AVERAGE 61 61 0 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.00 1.27 1970 0.11 -0.11 0.13  
MONTH TO DATE 1.48 2.69 -1.21 1.24  
SINCE MAR 1 7.51 8.76 -1.25 9.01  
SINCE JAN 1 15.43 12.33 3.10 13.18  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1950 0.0 0.0 0.0  
1924  
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 4 6 -2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 265 227 38 128  
SINCE MAR 1 1686 1754 -68 1504  
SINCE JUL 1 6333 6810 -477 6288  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 2 -2 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 26 -26 44  
SINCE MAR 1 3 34 -31 50  
SINCE JAN 1 3 34 -31 50    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 81 PERCENT  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 83  
LOWEST 31  
AVERAGE 57  
 
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THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 73 89 1978  
1911  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 34 1974  
1897  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
MAY 26 2008...........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 909 PM EDT  
MAY 27 2008...........SUNRISE 609 AM EDT SUNSET 910 PM EDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
 
MJK  
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