Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 8/20/2007 through 8/26/2007 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 2 Norm Crookston 86 46 63.4 -3.2 .07 -.58 -1.18 .85 1922 57 Moorhead 90 45 65.6 -2.0 .31 -.25 -.79 2.84 2137 186 Warroad 81 47 61.5 -2.5 .31 -.33 -1.14 1.70 1760 128 Grand Rapids 85 44 62.2 -1.3 .10 -.69 -2.94 -6.81 1905 269 Intl. Falls 84 42 61.2 -1.1 .46 -.26 -1.68 -1.16 1605 68 Itasca 82 45 60.4 -2.4 .32 -.50 -2.76 -.16 1799 265 Duluth 83 49 63.0 .6 .06 -.91 -3.54 -6.64 1639 212 Grand Marais 72 48 60.2 -1.8 .30 -.41 -2.30 -4.54 973 -84 Hibbing 83 35 57.4 -4.7 0 -.75 -3.21 -8.79 1606 117 Alexandria 85 52 65.5 -.9 .11 -.70 -2.73 -7.58 2117 251 Browns Valley 81 41 61.7 -6.8 .24 -.35 -.32 4.99 2002 -56 Canby 76 52 64.2 -5.5 .54 -.07 1.11 -.56 2233 80 Fergus Falls 83 47 62.6 -4.3 .12 -.57 -1.71 2.27 2069 179 Montevideo 84 52 66.2 -2.2 .15 -.54 2.62 -1.63 2184 134 Morris 80 49 63.4 -4.2 .48 -.21 -.42 -1.67 2059 60 Becker 78 56 65.2 -.5 1.14 .19 .72 -5.50 2223 376 Collegeville 84 52 67.1 -1.7 .58 -.29 2.01 -3.94 2333 245 Hutchinson 80 56 66.4 -1.5 .97 .09 1.08 -4.58 2262 188 Olivia 79 55 65.0 -2.1 .46 -.31 .77 -3.08 2148 127 St. Cloud 83 53 65.7 -.0 .39 -.52 .51 -3.73 2128 281 Staples 83 47 61.0 -3.2 .10 -.59 -2.45 -2.35 1890 220 Willmar 80 54 64.1 -3.4 3.65 2.79 2.54 -1.51 2206 192 Aitkin 84 43 62.9 -.4 .30 -.54 -2.26 -6.90 1856 275 Forest Lake 78 55 65.2 -2.0 .64 -.38 .67 -4.53 2189 220 MSP Airport 82 59 68.5 -.7 1.40 .51 4.24 -.99 2462 314 St. Paul - UofM 81 58 68.2 -1.6 .52 -.45 -.45 -8.12 2458 254 Lamberton 84 56 66.9 -1.1 1.80 1.05 2.21 -.89 2222 123 Pipestone 83 52 66.6 -1.3 2.16 1.46 3.12 -2.78 2182 166 Redwood Falls 84 55 68.5 -1.2 .41 -.38 3.47 -1.44 2272 57 Sioux Falls 83 56 70.3 .9 1.19 .50 2.25 .10 2376 286 Worthington 84 54 67.6 .8 3.70 2.92 8.73 4.57 2220 254 Faribault 82 54 67.3 -.2 1.13 .14 2.85 -2.78 2221 221 Mankato 80 50 66.5 -2.0 1.40 .40 3.80 -3.37 2227 140 Waseca 84 55 68.2 .5 1.15 .13 6.15 2.25 2215 178 Winnebago 84 55 69.4 1.0 .97 .05 2.71 -4.45 2200 97 La Crosse 83 56 70.6 .3 .79 -.17 8.50 6.63 2418 165 Preston 81 50 67.2 .2 2.14 1.09 7.94 6.64 2051 133 Red Wing 80 56 67.0 -1.6 1.44 .55 5.10 -.73 2239 167 Rochester 82 54 68.2 1.6 .32 -.62 8.44 3.00 2209 311 Rosemount 78 57 65.8 -1.5 1.39 .36 3.94 -2.01 2240 263 Winona 79 56 67.0 -3.5 .82 -.11 8.56 6.95 2170 -118 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 63.5 -2.6 .23 -.39 2 (North Central) 61.3 -1.6 .29 -.49 3 (NorthEast) 60.2 -2.0 .12 -.69 4 (West Central) 63.9 -4.0 .27 -.41 5 (Central) 64.9 -1.8 1.04 .19 6 (East Central) 66.2 -1.1 .72 -.22 7 (SouthWest) 68.0 -.4 1.85 1.11 8 (South Central) 67.9 -.2 1.16 .18 9 (SouthEast) 67.6 -.7 1.15 .19 Statewide Average 64.8 -1.6 .76 -.06 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 20, 2007 through August 26, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 76 64 70 (sand) .15 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 66 62 64 .19 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 72 62 67 .12 MORRIS (MORM5) 72 62 67 .11 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 83 79 81 NA RICE 70 64 67 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 73 66 70 .10 STAPLES (STAM5) 71 61 66 NA WASECA (WASM5) 73 66 70 .23 All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available