Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 9/24/2007 through 9/30/2007 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 91 36 58.6 6.1 .19 -.29 .49 2.59 2314 85 Moorhead 81 37 58.2 4.6 .85 .36 1.36 4.58 2589 249 Warroad 87 35 56.0 6.1 .36 -.19 -.64 .60 2115 186 Grand Rapids 80 35 57.2 6.2 1.02 .33 3.20 -3.26 2287 342 Intl. Falls 75 31 53.2 4.1 2.26 1.63 2.16 .47 1919 111 Itasca 84 34 55.4 6.4 .75 .10 -.08 .24 2176 360 Duluth 81 36 57.0 6.1 1.08 .25 .54 -5.96 2018 289 Grand Marais 67 40 54.1 2.7 1.18 .43 2.97 -.85 1260 -104 Hibbing 82 28 55.4 5.8 .66 -.05 -.46 -9.98 1968 198 Alexandria 74 39 55.8 2.3 1.35 .79 1.00 -7.34 2574 328 Browns Valley 90 34 59.1 3.9 .61 .21 3.76 8.23 2491 4 Canby 89 43 63.0 5.7 .20 -.32 -.97 -2.05 2769 144 Fergus Falls 91 41 58.6 5.1 .31 -.16 -1.05 .63 2502 225 Montevideo 82 37 59.2 3.4 1.09 .61 1.66 -.43 2711 225 Morris 90 37 59.2 4.6 .64 .15 3.51 1.22 2540 131 Becker 85 39 59.8 6.6 1.46 .84 2.20 -3.67 2722 510 Collegeville 81 40 61.6 4.7 .90 .23 .28 -3.85 2861 321 Hutchinson 87 38 62.7 6.8 .75 .30 .53 -3.39 2817 314 Olivia 88 38 60.7 5.7 .68 .13 -.21 -2.67 2672 240 St. Cloud 84 36 58.9 5.7 1.11 .52 1.41 -3.08 2602 390 Staples 84 33 55.6 3.6 .90 .30 3.61 1.09 2303 299 Willmar 87 39 59.4 4.2 .73 .16 1.05 -1.11 2721 290 Aitkin 82 32 58.7 7.4 1.41 .78 2.56 -4.25 2301 412 Forest Lake 87 40 60.4 5.2 1.27 .60 1.44 -2.94 2695 312 MSP Airport 83 45 62.4 5.6 1.76 1.23 3.57 3.13 3019 411 St. Paul - UofM 85 42 63.3 4.9 1.96 1.31 3.73 -3.10 3046 352 Lamberton 89 36 61.0 4.9 .72 .20 -.55 -1.96 2754 219 Pipestone 87 37 61.2 6.3 .78 .18 .02 -3.18 2690 253 Redwood Falls 81 37 60.4 2.9 1.08 .59 .70 -.81 2810 118 Sioux Falls 81 36 61.2 4.7 .65 .11 -.12 -.36 2930 380 Worthington 87 37 61.1 6.1 1.02 .51 .80 5.03 2734 359 Faribault 85 41 61.2 5.7 2.67 2.05 1.68 -1.23 2761 338 Mankato 87 40 61.5 5.2 1.95 1.33 .63 -3.44 2772 242 Waseca 87 36 62.3 6.2 1.93 1.30 .77 3.13 2770 297 Winnebago 87 41 61.5 4.2 2.07 1.53 .96 -3.63 2761 194 La Crosse 86 45 64.4 5.8 1.45 .79 .11 7.17 3004 248 Preston 82 37 60.5 4.8 1.01 .31 -.65 7.64 2570 234 Red Wing 85 42 60.5 4.1 1.84 1.14 -.03 .81 2781 264 Rochester 84 42 62.6 7.6 4.33 3.72 4.53 8.28 2757 454 Rosemount 85 41 61.8 5.7 1.26 .56 .45 -.96 2768 366 Winona 84 45 62.9 4.1 1.51 .83 .61 6.32 2690 -107 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 57.6 5.6 .47 -.04 2 (North Central) 55.3 5.6 1.34 .69 3 (NorthEast) 55.5 4.9 .97 .21 4 (West Central) 59.2 4.2 .70 .21 5 (Central) 59.8 5.3 .93 .36 6 (East Central) 61.2 5.8 1.60 .98 7 (SouthWest) 61.0 5.0 .85 .32 8 (South Central) 61.6 5.3 2.16 1.55 9 (SouthEast) 62.1 5.4 1.90 1.23 Statewide Average 59.3 5.2 1.21 .61 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 24, 2007 through September 30, 2007: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 71 55 63 (sand) .16 CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 59 54 57 .16 LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 64 54 59 .14 MORRIS (MORM5) 62 54 58 .11 ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 77 70 73 NA RICE 62 58 60 (sand) NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 68 58 63 .18 STAPLES (STAM5) 60 53 57 NA WASECA (WASM5) 67 63 65 .17e All sites except Rice report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available