Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 9/3/2007 through 9/9/2007 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 94 36 63.8 2.9 1.58 1.01 1.28 3.11 2128 76 Moorhead 96 38 65.2 3.4 1.18 .66 .52 3.87 2361 214 Warroad 88 35 61.0 3.0 .83 .18 -1.22 1.33 1939 149 Grand Rapids 91 42 62.1 3.8 2.38 1.64 .76 -4.82 2100 307 Intl. Falls 90 34 58.1 1.3 1.32 .57 -.87 -1.12 1769 90 Itasca 89 38 62.8 5.8 .73 -.01 -.84 .31 2011 328 Duluth 88 46 63.0 5.1 .38 -.66 -2.33 -7.16 1840 262 Grand Marais 75 49 61.2 3.1 1.96 1.17 .39 -3.04 1147 -63 Hibbing 87 36 59.6 2.6 .17 -.59 -2.47 -9.74 1794 161 Alexandria 93 48 68.0 6.6 .34 -.36 -2.56 -8.70 2357 302 Browns Valley 96 44 69.4 6.0 1.02 .55 -.03 5.01 2256 -14 Canby 93 47 71.8 6.8 .16 -.42 -.11 -1.50 2508 128 Fergus Falls 95 43 67.2 5.6 .04 -.52 -2.00 1.16 2301 217 Montevideo 94 46 69.2 5.6 .17 -.41 .04 -2.50 2439 177 Morris 93 46 69.4 6.7 .76 .22 -.54 -2.07 2312 111 Becker 90 48 71.2 10.3 1.26 .43 .41 -5.44 2490 462 Collegeville 93 47 69.6 5.4 .35 -.45 .12 -4.58 2597 291 Hutchinson 94 48 72.5 9.0 .62 -.03 .48 -3.95 2538 257 Olivia 93 46 71.1 8.6 .23 -.47 .51 -2.93 2413 193 St. Cloud 91 44 68.0 7.1 .60 -.17 -.19 -4.66 2368 340 Staples 90 42 66.1 6.8 .42 -.20 -1.64 -2.73 2117 280 Willmar 93 49 71.6 8.7 .19 -.54 1.62 -2.70 2482 265 Aitkin 88 48 68.3 9.8 1.56 .82 -.04 -5.99 2081 345 Forest Lake 93 49 71.4 8.9 .38 -.49 .49 -5.68 2453 284 MSP Airport 92 52 72.0 7.5 1.25 .53 5.32 .08 2747 378 St. Paul - UofM 91 50 72.8 7.3 .89 .06 1.96 -6.78 2747 313 Lamberton 92 46 70.7 7.1 .41 -.25 1.94 -1.58 2490 181 Pipestone 89 48 70.4 7.5 .68 .00 2.04 -3.19 2449 226 Redwood Falls 94 47 70.2 5.1 .36 -.30 3.56 -1.81 2538 95 Sioux Falls 89 49 69.0 4.5 1.18 .53 .94 .29 2648 334 Worthington 89 46 70.3 7.8 .99 .32 8.30 4.55 2479 315 Faribault 91 49 71.1 8.0 1.14 .29 2.43 -2.62 2493 288 Mankato 92 50 72.0 8.2 .95 .13 4.18 -3.94 2503 202 Waseca 91 48 72.2 8.7 1.20 .35 5.81 2.64 2495 250 Winnebago 91 51 72.6 8.1 .46 -.25 3.13 -4.84 2486 163 La Crosse 92 56 73.0 7.0 .46 -.43 7.29 6.63 2715 226 Preston 89 48 70.8 8.0 .83 -.11 8.94 8.18 2312 193 Red Wing 93 52 72.9 8.9 .65 -.23 4.18 -.18 2518 232 Rochester 88 52 69.8 7.5 2.40 1.58 9.08 5.33 2476 383 Rosemount 90 51 71.6 8.6 .49 -.42 3.24 -2.69 2513 333 Winona 89 54 72.2 5.9 1.47 .58 5.69 7.08 2443 -85 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 63.3 3.1 1.20 .62 2 (North Central) 61.0 3.7 1.48 .73 3 (NorthEast) 61.3 3.6 .84 -.03 4 (West Central) 69.2 6.2 .42 -.16 5 (Central) 70.0 8.0 .52 -.21 6 (East Central) 71.1 8.4 1.02 .23 7 (SouthWest) 70.1 6.4 .72 .06 8 (South Central) 72.0 8.2 .94 .13 9 (SouthEast) 71.7 7.6 1.05 .16 Statewide Average 67.7 6.1 .91 .17 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 September 3, 2007 through September 9, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) NA NA NA (sand) .21 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 68 62 65 .18 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 77 66 72 .26 MORRIS (MORM5) 76 67 72 .15 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 86 80 83 NA RICE 72 66 69 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 78 68 73 .20e STAPLES (STAM5) 75 64 60 NA WASECA (WASM5) 79 74 76 NA All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available