The first week of April was dominated by an artic air mass that plunged temperatures to the single digits in the north with a low of zero at Itasca on April 5th. Some snow accompanied the cold as well. Temperatures rebounded by the middle of the month and highs in the 60's and 70's were common.
Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 4/2/2007 through 4/8/2007 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 1 Norm Crookston 36 9 20.0 -15.8 .65 .41 1.35 .81 M M Moorhead 38 10 20.8 -17.1 .50 .22 1.21 .61 M M Warroad 34 3 17.8 -13.9 .48 .26 1.60 1.40 M M Grand Rapids 36 6 21.8 -14.2 .66 .28 1.39 .44 M M Intl. Falls 32 3 18.6 -15.2 .21 -.06 .88 .15 M M Itasca 38 0 18.4 -14.1 .68 .31 1.91 1.23 M M Duluth 38 5 21.0 -13.1 .71 .25 .47 .34 M M Grand Marais 51 9 25.4 -9.4 .29 .03 .58 .46 M M Hibbing 35 4 19.3 -15.0 .72 .41 .70 .37 M M Alexandria 37 7 19.4 -17.8 .25 -.16 1.16 .22 M M Browns Valley 40 10 22.6 -16.5 1.01 .55 2.30 2.09 M M Canby 42 12 24.1 -16.4 .26 -.25 1.79 1.56 M M Fergus Falls 39 6 21.8 -15.2 .74 .39 2.75 1.99 M M Montevideo 41 12 22.8 -16.3 .05 -.42 2.49 -.34 M M Morris 39 8 21.1 -17.5 .66 .23 1.56 1.77 M M Becker 44 13 26.6 -11.8 .22 -.31 1.31 -.18 M M Collegeville 42 11 25.4 -14.8 .55 .09 1.94 .34 M M Hutchinson 46 14 27.6 -12.3 .12 -.36 .49 .08 M M Olivia 46 12 27.1 -12.0 .10 -.40 .74 .23 M M St. Cloud 43 10 23.7 -14.7 .29 -.17 1.66 -.08 M M Staples 41 3 20.8 -15.9 .60 .17 1.19 .28 M M Willmar 42 13 24.6 -14.2 .35 -.11 1.44 1.10 M M Aitkin 42 6 23.0 -13.0 .52 .09 .40 .47 M M Forest Lake 54 13 29.0 -10.1 .24 -.26 1.03 .98 M M MSP Airport 51 15 28.6 -13.1 .07 -.44 .84 -.42 M M St. Paul - UofM 50 14 29.2 -13.8 .12 -.42 1.09 -.04 M M Lamberton 47 13 26.4 -13.6 .43 -.16 .73 .87 M M Pipestone 47 10 24.4 -15.3 .08 -.43 .25 .21 M M Redwood Falls 44 13 24.7 -17.1 .08 -.46 1.24 -.37 M M Sioux Falls 50 14 27.6 -13.6 .02 -.54 3.06 -.51 M M Worthington 46 12 26.8 -11.7 .20 -.40 .88 .36 M M Faribault 56 15 30.6 -8.6 .12 -.47 .87 -.13 M M Mankato 49 15 29.0 -11.8 .18 -.51 .14 .20 M M Waseca 48 14 28.8 -11.1 .03 -.68 .48 .30 M M Winnebago 49 14 29.0 -11.3 .05 -.57 .74 -.29 M M La Crosse 52 19 33.4 -10.3 .13 -.60 .66 -.64 M M Preston 50 16 31.0 -9.6 .40 -.27 .41 .79 M M Red Wing 51 13 30.5 -10.3 .34 -.23 .57 -.26 M M Rochester 48 15 28.5 -11.5 .02 -.62 .34 -.70 M M Rosemount 50 14 29.8 -10.6 .30 -.32 1.11 .59 M M Winona 51 18 34.3 -8.6 .88 .20 .69 .61 M M m=some data missing District Averages ----------------- Avg. Dept. Avg. Dept. Temp. from Prec. from Norm. Norm. 1 (NorthWest) 19.5 -15.6 .54 .29 2 (North Central) 19.6 -14.5 .52 .17 3 (NorthEast) 21.9 -12.5 .57 .23 4 (West Central) 22.0 -16.6 .50 .06 5 (Central) 25.1 -13.7 .32 -.16 6 (East Central) 27.5 -12.5 .24 -.26 7 (SouthWest) 26.0 -14.3 .16 -.40 8 (South Central) 29.4 -10.7 .10 -.56 9 (SouthEast) 31.3 -10.2 .35 -.31 Statewide Average 24.7 -13.4 .37 -.10 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 University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
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