Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 10/1/2007 through 10/7/2007 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 82 35 54.8 4.9 .22 -.24 -.77 2.35 2376 111 Moorhead 87 40 58.3 7.2 .22 -.27 .44 4.31 2663 283 Warroad 72 34 51.5 3.9 .64 .15 -.67 .75 2159 202 Grand Rapids 72 41 58.5 9.7 .78 .10 1.66 -3.16 2354 377 Intl. Falls 70 37 54.0 7.2 .49 -.06 1.54 .41 1963 129 Itasca 76 37 54.0 7.3 .69 .05 -.02 .29 2234 392 Duluth 75 44 56.7 8.2 1.77 1.08 2.28 -4.88 2073 311 Grand Marais 63 50 56.2 7.1 3.80 3.12 4.93 2.27 1306 -92 Hibbing 71 41 56.2 9.0 .90 .25 .38 -9.73 2025 226 Alexandria 83 43 60.5 9.6 1.56 1.02 2.38 -6.32 2658 372 Browns Valley 88 40 58.6 6.2 .09 -.32 2.90 7.91 2574 41 Canby 88 45 63.3 8.7 1.08 .58 .03 -1.47 2868 188 Fergus Falls 85 44 60.1 9.3 .47 -.01 -.54 .62 2586 270 Montevideo 89 42 65.4 12.4 1.84 1.38 3.44 .95 2825 291 Morris 86 39 59.8 7.9 1.52 .99 4.28 2.21 2627 175 Becker 86 46 63.6 12.9 2.04 1.49 3.26 -2.18 2822 570 Collegeville 85 45 64.5 10.1 1.46 .84 1.57 -3.01 2968 375 Hutchinson 87 43 65.4 12.2 1.50 1.07 1.63 -2.32 2929 377 Olivia 85 42 63.5 11.1 1.72 1.23 1.49 -1.44 2780 302 St. Cloud 85 41 63.8 13.1 1.98 1.42 3.00 -1.66 2705 453 Staples 81 41 57.8 8.1 .54 -.07 3.74 1.02 2377 337 Willmar 86 40 61.4 9.0 1.59 1.06 2.65 -.05 2821 344 Aitkin 84 52 67.2 18.2 .93 .33 2.07 -3.92 2423 499 Forest Lake 88 45 63.9 11.1 3.74 3.12 5.05 .18 2798 366 MSP Airport 87 47 67.4 13.2 1.54 1.05 4.09 4.18 3144 483 St. Paul - UofM 86 47 67.8 11.9 1.98 1.37 5.05 -1.73 3174 419 Lamberton 88 43 65.2 11.8 2.90 2.41 2.11 .45 2871 287 Pipestone 87 40 63.9 11.7 1.84 1.28 1.30 -1.90 2804 322 Redwood Falls 87 44 65.5 10.6 3.75 3.30 4.30 2.49 2925 177 Sioux Falls 88 42 65.5 11.8 1.97 1.48 .83 1.12 3048 447 Worthington 84 44 61.8 9.6 1.09 .62 1.10 5.65 2828 407 Faribault 86 45 65.2 12.5 2.04 1.49 2.87 .26 2874 403 Mankato 88 44 65.6 11.9 1.27 .69 1.19 -2.75 2888 306 Waseca 88 43 65.4 12.1 3.06 2.47 2.89 5.60 2885 361 Winnebago 88 44 65.5 11.0 1.34 .80 2.01 -2.83 2876 254 La Crosse 89 50 70.0 14.1 1.35 .79 1.33 7.96 3145 327 Preston 84 43 65.5 12.3 2.02 1.42 .87 9.06 2685 300 Red Wing 89 47 66.4 12.6 2.01 1.42 1.63 2.23 2898 329 Rochester 88 47 66.8 14.4 .55 .00 2.95 8.28 2877 527 Rosemount 87 44 65.2 11.5 1.83 1.21 2.09 .25 2879 426 Winona 86 48 66.6 10.5 1.07 .50 .53 6.82 2808 -52 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 54.9 5.3 .36 -.12 2 (North Central) 55.5 8.0 .65 .03 3 (NorthEast) 56.4 8.1 2.16 1.48 4 (West Central) 61.3 9.0 1.09 .61 5 (Central) 62.9 10.9 1.55 1.00 6 (East Central) 66.6 13.6 2.05 1.47 7 (SouthWest) 64.4 11.1 2.31 1.82 8 (South Central) 65.4 11.9 1.93 1.36 9 (SouthEast) 66.8 12.6 1.47 .89 Statewide Average 61.6 10.1 1.51 .95 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 October 1, 2007 through October 7, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 70 58 64 (sand) .14 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 57 53 55 .13 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 65 55 60 .29 MORRIS (MORM5) 63 55 59 NA ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 77 72 74 NA RICE 62 58 60 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 70 60 65 .13 STAPLES (STAM5) 61 54 58 NA WASECA (WASM5) 65 62 63 .08 All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available