Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 8/6/2007 through 8/12/2007 Temperature Precipitation G D D High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Since Depart Ave from Total Past Four Since May from Norm Week Weeks 4/1 3 Norm Crookston 89 47 70.3 .5 .42 -.27 -1.12 1.84 1721 112 Moorhead 92 51 71.2 .4 .66 .08 -1.37 3.35 1915 232 Warroad 83 48 68.2 .8 1.00 .32 -1.86 2.55 1586 179 Grand Rapids 93 52 70.4 3.6 .09 -.78 -2.89 -5.58 1707 289 Intl. Falls 88 46 65.3 -.3 .61 -.09 -1.97 -.25 1430 99 Itasca 91 49 67.8 1.7 .21 -.65 -1.43 1.15 1626 303 Duluth 88 51 68.8 3.5 .13 -.80 -2.65 -4.82 1455 230 Grand Marais 83 50 64.8 1.3 0 -.69 -2.68 -3.44 813 -50 Hibbing 87 43 66.2 .9 .03 -.79 -2.19 -7.27 1438 150 Alexandria 95 58 73.5 4.0 .16 -.65 -2.64 -6.14 1894 281 Browns Valley 92 54 71.6 -.2 .90 .22 -.40 5.04 1799 20 Canby 88 56 71.6 -1.0 .04 -.60 -.06 -1.39 2002 142 Fergus Falls 92 42 69.2 -.8 .65 -.09 -1.83 3.16 1856 226 Montevideo 89 55 72.2 .9 1.82 1.08 1.49 -2.54 1944 171 Morris 91 53 71.2 .5 1.35 .55 -1.78 -1.53 1847 117 Becker 95 59 75.0 6.1 2.14 1.15 -1.25 -5.85 1983 381 Collegeville 96 59 76.2 4.5 2.88 2.02 .18 -4.70 2083 278 Hutchinson 92 58 74.1 3.2 2.10 1.15 .01 -4.44 2010 208 Olivia 91 58 72.4 2.3 .82 .04 -.80 -3.44 1913 154 St. Cloud 96 55 74.2 5.3 1.46 .57 -1.51 -4.47 1903 301 Staples 91 52 70.6 3.5 .29 -.45 -1.83 -1.09 1707 262 Willmar 91 60 73.5 3.1 1.06 .19 -1.23 -4.32 1971 223 Aitkin 92 49 69.3 3.1 .61 -.33 -2.21 -5.95 1655 287 Forest Lake 98 60 76.0 5.9 .98 -.09 -2.83 -6.17 1949 242 MSP Airport 94 67 79.2 6.9 1.73 .78 -.23 -5.23 2189 329 St. Paul - UofM 94 63 78.6 6.0 .70 -.31 -1.64 -8.74 2189 280 Lamberton 95 57 72.0 1.1 .04 -.75 -1.22 -3.51 1964 137 Pipestone 94 58 73.2 2.2 .08 -.62 -.47 -5.23 1922 177 Redwood Falls 93 60 74.6 2.0 .01 -.84 -1.97 -5.37 2005 82 Sioux Falls 92 61 75.2 2.7 .18 -.50 .52 -.65 2057 255 Worthington 92 59 72.4 2.6 .04 -.76 .95 -3.75 1948 239 Faribault 90 61 74.6 4.3 1.18 .15 .80 -5.05 1960 225 Mankato 90 62 74.0 2.6 .03 -1.00 -.47 -8.12 1991 182 Waseca 88 62 73.8 3.5 .96 -.13 -.05 -3.17 1939 170 Winnebago 90 61 73.8 2.8 0 -1.00 -.95 -7.97 1903 77 La Crosse 90 66 78.0 4.9 1.62 .64 .95 -.66 2131 178 Preston 87 60 73.4 3.8 .88 -.21 1.76 -.76 1790 130 Red Wing 92 62 74.8 3.3 2.18 1.28 -.17 -4.36 1977 185 Rochester 88 63 74.8 5.5 1.67 .65 .54 -3.74 1947 303 Rosemount 92 62 75.7 5.6 1.68 .61 -1.95 -5.93 1991 278 Winona 86 62 73.4 -.0 3.08 2.13 3.70 1.40 1912 -71 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 69.9 .6 .69 .04 2 (North Central) 67.8 1.6 .30 -.51 3 (NorthEast) 66.6 1.9 .05 -.76 4 (West Central) 71.6 .6 .82 .08 5 (Central) 73.7 4.0 1.54 .67 6 (East Central) 75.8 5.5 1.01 .01 7 (SouthWest) 73.5 2.1 .07 -.70 8 (South Central) 74.1 3.3 .54 -.49 9 (SouthEast) 75.0 3.8 1.85 .85 Statewide Average 72.0 2.6 .76 -.09 Some of the departures from normal are derived through estimates. Data in this summary are courtesy of National Weather Service Offices and Cooperators, and the Unversity of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. This summary is prepared by the Minnesota Extension Service Agricultural Meteorologist and the Department of Natural Resources State Climatology Office. Phone: (612) 625-4724 URL://climate.umn.edu Weekly mean max/min/average soil temperatures (degrees F) at the 4 inch depth and average daily pan evaporation (inches) from University of Minnesota field research locations. For the week of August 6, 2007 through August 12, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 89 74 82 (sand) .31 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 72 67 69 .19 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 81 71 76 .21 MORRIS (MORM5) 81 70 75 .16 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) NA NA NA NA RICE 78 71 74 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 91 75 80 .26 STAPLES (STAM5) 80 69 75 NA WASECA (WASM5) 83 77 80 .21 All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available