Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 8/17/2009 through 8/23/2009 Temperature Precipitation G D D High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Since Depart Ave from Total Past Four Since Apr from Norm Week Weeks 4/1 30 Norm Crookston 77 46 61.4 -6.2 .82 .16 .80 2.42 1445 -383 Moorhead 82 47 63.6 -4.9 .21 -.35 -.01 -4.27 1663 -249 Warroad 72 45 59.5 -5.5 .88 .23 3.09 2.39 1167 -430 Dalton 76 51 63.2 -4.9 .43 -.28 .17 -1.82 1634 -245 Grand Rapids 79 42 60.9 -3.5 .38 -.43 -.32 -2.24 1423 -181 Intl. Falls 79 37 58.0 -5.2 .74 .03 .92 -1.92 1171 -336 Itasca 74 48 61.7 -2.1 .66 -.18 -.28 -3.00 1329 -172 Duluth 76 45 59.6 -3.6 3.24 2.28 1.63 -3.87 1249 -146 Grand Marais 70 43 57.1 -5.5 1.21 .51 -.26 -1.48 836 -186 Hibbing 77 37 57.4 -5.6 1.45 .70 -.26 -3.89 1271 -188 Alexandria 79 51 64.6 -2.6 .96 .14 .87 -6.92 1657 -171 Browns Valley 79 47 62.8 -6.6 .41 -.20 1.89 -1.26 1613 -405 Canby 81 52 66.2 -4.3 1.11 .49 -.48 -5.33 1833 -276 Montevideo 79 49 63.6 -5.6 1.54 .83 2.18 -3.48 1710 -299 Morris 76 49 62.6 -5.9 .89 .17 .74 -7.10 1651 -309 Wadena 73 50 61.2 -4.0 .60 -.10 -.72 -4.00m 1149m -495m Wheaton 79 51 63.5 -6.0 .55 -.01 .49 -5.98m 1377m -616m Becker 78 51 65.0 -2.0 2.54 1.57 1.67 -3.12 1796 -65 Collegeville 78 52 64.6 -5.0 1.22 .34 2.70 -.72 1791 -257 Hutchinson 81 52 65.3 -3.4 1.13 .22 2.16 -4.33 1859 -176 Melrose 77 50 62.2 -6.1 1.19 .40 2.33 -1.71 1570 -374 Olivia 78 49 62.7 -5.2 1.51 .74 3.12 -2.41 1711 -272 St. Cloud 78 49 64.3 -2.3 1.41 .49 1.95 -1.84 1677 -135 Staples 76 52 64.0 -1.0 .96 .26 .38 -1.38 1530 -107 Willmar 77 52 63.8 -4.4 1.20 .33 4.42 -1.84 1798 -177 Aitkin 76 48 62.8 -1.3 1.07 .21 -.89 -1.11 1459 -90 Forest Lake 83 46 64.8 -3.1 2.60 1.56 1.37 -5.66 1802 -129 Hinckley 80 47 60.7 -3.9 6.05 5.12 4.66 .38 1372 -252 MSP Airport 81 52 66.2 -3.8 2.09 1.17 2.74 -4.06 2032 -74 St. Paul - UofM 79 50 64.4 -6.1 1.89 .90 1.14 -7.60 1913 -249 Lamberton 79 52 65.2 -3.5 1.56 .80 .32 -3.86 1815 -245 Marshall 81 52 65.5 -4.4 .58 -.10 -.67 -4.75 1844 -247 Pipestone 77 45 62.3 -6.4 .68 -.02 1.40 -1.11 1672 -305 Redwood Falls 81 52 65.8 -4.6 1.88 1.07 -.41 -7.49 1958 -216 Sioux Falls 79 49 64.9 -5.3 1.00 .31 -.35 -2.79 1869 -178 Worthington 77 51 63.6 -4.0 2.07 1.27 1.05 .13 1741 -187 Faribault 87 47 64.4 -3.8 1.41 .40 1.32 -3.22 1784 -177 Mankato 80 51 64.2 -5.1 2.06 1.04 -.40 -8.19 1767 -280 Waseca 77 49 62.8 -5.6 1.26 .21 -.79 -7.82 1753 -245 Winnebago 81 50 64.8 -4.3 2.03 1.07 -.83 -6.72 1911 -152 La Crosse 80 51 66.2 -4.8 .63 -.34 1.43 -2.74 1934 -277 Preston 80 43 63.7 -4.0 1.20 .14 .75 -2.52 1715 -165 Red Wing 82 51 65.2 -4.2 3.07 2.18 4.11 -.68 1777 -254 Rochester 76 48 62.6 -4.7 .98 .02 .70 -1.75 1695 -166 Rosemount 79 50 64.0 -4.1 1.45 .41 3.04 -3.20 1730 -208 Winona 81 51 65.9 -3.6 2.54 1.61 2.36 -.58 1802 -259 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 61.5 -5.5 .64 .01 2 (North Central) 61.0 -3.9 .55 -.21 3 (NorthEast) 58.0 -4.9 1.97 1.16 4 (West Central) 63.5 -5.0 .87 .19 5 (Central) 64.0 -3.7 1.40 .54 6 (East Central) 63.8 -3.7 2.74 1.79 7 (SouthWest) 64.6 -4.7 1.30 .55 8 (South Central) 64.1 -4.7 1.69 .68 9 (SouthEast) 64.6 -4.2 1.65 .67 Statewide Average 62.8 -4.5 1.42 .60 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 17, 2009 through August 23, 2009: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 79 63 71 (sand) .15 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 68 62 65 .13 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 73 61 67 .19 MORRIS (MORM5) 72 60 66 .15 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) NA NA NA NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 77 64 71 .18 STAPLES (STAM5) NA NA NA NA WASECA (WASM5) 76 61 69 .17 All sites report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available