000 CDUS43 KGID 302237 CLIGRI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 536 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 2009 ................................... ...THE GRAND ISLAND NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 30 2009... VALID TODAY AS OF 0500 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 73 353 PM 103 1922 82 -9 88 MINIMUM 45 446 AM 40 1935 58 -13 54 AVERAGE 59 70 -11 71 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.00 4.12 1977 0.09 -0.09 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.40 2.99 -0.59 1.07 SINCE JUN 1 13.37 9.85 3.52 13.55 SINCE JAN 1 19.30 19.79 -0.49 27.35 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 6 1 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 11 6 5 0 SINCE JUN 1 61 36 25 1 SINCE JUL 1 11 13 -2 0 COOLING TODAY 0 7 -7 6 MONTH TO DATE 223 279 -56 256 SINCE JUN 1 659 838 -179 837 SINCE JAN 1 741 896 -155 878 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (50) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 15 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (10) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.2 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 300 AM LOWEST 41 400 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE GRAND ISLAND NE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 82 106 1922 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 43 1967 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 30 2009........SUNRISE 658 AM CDT SUNSET 809 PM CDT AUGUST 31 2009........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 807 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$