First 80° day!

And to one up on the 75° we achieved on the 15th, yesterday we warmed all the way up to a very nice, 83° at the airport.

Here are more official numbers from KGFK:

 Site      Time      Tmp Dpt %RH W/H Wdr Wsp Wgs Cld
----------------------------------------------------
 KGFK May 16 1753UTC  80  46  30      NW  14  23 SCT
 KGFK May 16 1853UTC  81  44  27      NW  18  31 SCT
 KGFK May 16 1953UTC  82  37  20     NNW  23  37 SCT
 KGFK May 16 2053UTC  77  38  24     NNE  26  38 SCT
 KGFK May 16 2153UTC  76  34  22       N  26  36 FEW
 KGFK May 16 2253UTC  74  33  22       N  29  37 FEW
 KGFK May 16 2353UTC  71  32  24  72   N  24  34 SCT

Warmest yet!

We had quite a day today... Reaching not only temperatures above 70° for the first time in 2008, we reached a toasty 75° F!

Here are the official numbers from KGFK:

 Site      Time      Tmp Dpt %RH W/H Wdr Wsp Wgs 6hX 6hN 
---------------------------------------------------------
 KGFK May 15 1753UTC  70  40  34  74   W   9  16 71  38 
 KGFK May 15 1853UTC  74  38  27      NW  16  22        
 KGFK May 15 1953UTC  71  34  26  73 WNW  13            
 KGFK May 15 2053UTC  70  33  25  72  NW  18  22        
 KGFK May 15 2153UTC  72  34  25  73  NW  12            
 KGFK May 15 2253UTC  68  35  29     NNW  13            
 KGFK May 15 2353UTC  70  35  28  73   N  10     75  68 

that's HOT...!

Yes, I believe it's been quite a while since I last wrote anything in here. We have been basking in some sort of heat wave, if you will, over the past week. Temperatures well into the 90's and 100's over much of the Northern Plains. Temps here in Grand Forks, in fact, have skirted with the record highs over the past couple of days... We set a new record on the morning of the 24th, by recording the highest minimum temperature on that date:

...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT GRAND FORKS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR TUESDAY JULY 24...

A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72 DEGREES WAS
SET AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 70 DEGREES SET IN 1997
AND 1963.

On a side note, I will be out of town through Sunday, so if you need to reach me, please try my cell phone.

Later folks!