Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 10/26/2009 through 11/1/2009 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 55 31 40.6 4.0 .64 .29 .20 2.76 2060 -290 Moorhead 58 29 43.0 4.9 1.22 .84 1.52 -1.49 2289 -186 Warroad 54 28 39.7 4.5 .96 .62 -.41 .64 1712 -312 Dalton 56 30 40.6 1.3 1.60 1.19 2.64 .72 2241 -233 Grand Rapids 54 29 39.4 2.2 1.74 1.21 1.37 -3.91 1958 -99 Intl. Falls 54 30 40.0 4.9 2.11 1.74 .85 -2.64 1652 -249 Itasca 55 28 38.8 4.1 2.03 1.54 2.03 -1.64 1849 -54 Duluth 56 29 39.8 2.4 1.08 .58 1.84 -4.57 1729 -109 Grand Marais 53 30 42.6 3.1 1.80 1.29 1.14 -4.55 1202 -266 Hibbing 54 26 39.0 3.4 1.05 .60 .34 -6.54 1737 -129 Alexandria 52 32 41.6 3.2 1.13 .71 1.64 -6.30 2218 -159 Browns Valley 57 27 40.2 .3 1.75 1.38 3.02 5.15 2181 -456 Canby 58 31 41.6 -.6 1.71 1.25 3.07 -1.05 2438 -374 Montevideo 59 27 41.6 1.3 1.02 .60 2.41 2.28 2310 -338 Morris 57 28 39.9 .7 1.44 .98 2.24 -3.09 2212 -340 Wadena 56 29 40.2 3.3 1.64 1.12 2.31 -2.64m 1658m -458m Wheaton 58 31 41.2 1.9 1.76 1.39 3.02 -1.09m 1958m -640m Becker 57 32 43.8 4.2 .93 .45 2.46 -3.85 2423 8 Collegeville 56 31 42.6 .9 .93 .43 1.97 2.07 2407 -315 Hutchinson 56 32 43.0 2.2 .66 .23 2.35 -.99 2491 -180 Melrose 56 30 42.5 3.2 1.41 .92 2.20 .36 2098 -431 Olivia 57 32 42.8 2.7 .76 .37 2.17 .81 2268 -320 St. Cloud 57 31 42.9 4.1 .82 .37 1.62 -1.09 2259 -88 Staples 56 28 41.6 4.2 1.78 1.26 2.83 .04 2094 -29 Willmar 57 32 43.5 3.6 .91 .46 1.93 -.15 2419 -166 Aitkin 56 30 44.4 6.5 1.62 1.10 2.10 -.82 1957 -55 Forest Lake 60 33 44.6 3.4 .79 .26 2.06 -5.58 2508 -44 Hinckley 55 28 40.7 2.9 .90 .33 1.02 .32 1883 -203 MSP Airport 60 35 45.4 3.2 .75 .27 2.19 -3.26 2712 -79 St. Paul - UofM 57 32 44.6 .9 .94 .40 2.14 -6.79 2554 -357 Lamberton 58 27 42.8 1.7 .68 .28 1.78 -.88 2437 -268 Marshall 58 31 42.8 1.6 1.42 .99 2.51 -.21 2483 -287 Pipestone 55 24 39.2 -.7 1.46 1.01 2.42 -.01 2236 -354 Redwood Falls 61 32 44.8 2.5 .75 .33 2.07 -3.91 2581 -305 Sioux Falls 64 27 45.5 4.3 1.07 .68 2.61 -1.17 2464 -254 Worthington 55 29 42.9 3.0 .55 .12 1.89 2.10 2310 -218 Faribault 60 31 45.7 4.6 .75 .26 2.27 -1.02 2402 -185 Mankato 59 33 46.8 5.0 .53 -.00 1.39 -7.49 2380 -330 Waseca 60 31 45.0 3.9 .80 .24 2.56 -5.98 2367 -278 Winnebago 58 33 45.6 3.2 .52 -.00 2.42 -2.88 2533 -220 La Crosse 64 30 45.8 1.3 .31 -.16 2.72 -2.24 2572 -404 Preston 63 24 46.0 4.2 .60 .10 3.87 -.85 2327 -179 Red Wing 60 33 45.6 3.8 .82 .38 3.08 .38 2419 -278 Rochester 62 28 44.5 3.8 1.29 .81 3.84 .76 2262 -202 Rosemount 58 32 44.2 2.8 .79 .23 2.09 -2.80 2327 -250 Winona 64 31 46.0 3.1 .38 -.10 3.81 1.26 2434 -313 m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 41.1 4.5 .94 .59 2 (North Central) 39.7 3.1 1.87 1.42 3 (NorthEast) 40.5 3.0 1.31 .83 4 (West Central) 40.9 1.4 1.49 1.06 5 (Central) 42.8 3.1 1.03 .56 6 (East Central) 43.9 3.4 1.00 .47 7 (SouthWest) 43.0 2.1 .99 .57 8 (South Central) 45.8 4.2 .65 .12 9 (SouthEast) 45.4 3.2 .70 .21 Statewide Average 42.6 3.1 1.11 .65 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 26, 2009 through November 1, 2009: LOCATION NWS SID MAX MIN AVG AVG DAILY EVAP BECKER (BECM5) 50 41 45 (sand) NA CROOKSTON (CRKM5) 47 44 46 NA LAMBERTON (LMBM5) 47 40 44 .04 MORRIS (MORM5) 44 37 41 NA ROSEMOUNT (RSMM5) 46 42 44 NA ST PAUL (UMNM5) 47 42 45 NA STAPLES (STAM5) NA NA NA NA WASECA (WASM5) 49 41 45 NA All sites report daily soil temperatures under bare soil. e=estimated, NA=not available