Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011344 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 843 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2023 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 05/30/1934 LOW 14 05/01/1890 HIGHEST 93 05/23 70 23 84 05/28 05/31 LOWEST 33 05/02 45 -12 28 05/21 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.3 68.7 9.6 66.0 AVG. MINIMUM 51.9 44.4 7.5 44.3 MEAN 65.1 56.6 8.5 55.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 0.9 6.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2.8 -2.8 4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.85 2015 MINIMUM 0.37 2021 TOTALS 2.57 3.09 -0.52 3.18 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.10 -0.02 0.10 DAYS >= .01 13 11.4 1.6 13 DAYS >= .10 7 6.1 0.9 6 DAYS >= .50 1 1.9 -0.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.14 05/06 TO 05/07 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 5.1 1935 SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 T SINCE 7/1 67.4 51.4 16.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 119 291 -172 313 SINCE 7/1 9279 8746 533 MM COOLING TOTAL 128 29 99 16 SINCE 1/1 128 30 98 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/340 DATE 05/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/120 DATE 05/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.27 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF MAY AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 65.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WITH THE RECORD OF 66.5 DEGREES SET IN 1977. THE TEMPERATURES REMAINED MAINLY NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH. ON MAY 23, THE HIGH OF 93 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 92 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1928. ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 91 DEGREES REPORTED ON MAY 22 RANKED SECOND FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 93 DEGREES SET IN 2012. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 2.57 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.52 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE 0.96 INCHES REPORTED ON MAY 6 RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 1.06 INCHES SET BACK IN 1919. NO SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH. REMEMBER, THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$