Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
620 CXUS53 KFGF 011404 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 847 AM CDT WED NOV 1 2023 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 97 10/11/2015 LOW -4 10/26/1919 HIGHEST 96 10/01 56 40 77 10/05 10/11 10/23 LOWEST 15 10/28 35 -20 10 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.6 55.8 2.8 59.4 AVG. MINIMUM 39.8 35.2 4.6 34.4 MEAN 49.2 45.5 3.7 46.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.1 1.9 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 3 0.7 2.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 7 12.0 -5.0 14 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.03 1982 MINIMUM 0.05 1986 TOTALS 1.82 2.17 -0.35 0.18 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.07 -0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 13 8.5 4.5 4 DAYS >= .10 4 4.5 -0.5 1 DAYS >= .50 1 1.4 -0.4 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.69 10/17 TO 10/18 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.1 1951 SNOW DEPTH 4 10/23/2020 TOTALS 2.0 1.2 0.8 T SINCE 7/1 2.0 1.2 0.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.4 0.6 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 10/31 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 522 609 -87 555 SINCE 7/1 582 856 -274 MM COOLING TOTAL 39 4 35 1 SINCE 1/1 997 542 455 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/330 DATE 10/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/330 DATE 10/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 49.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE LAST WEEK WHEN A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION DROPPING DEPARTURES TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL. TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THE MONTH. THE HIGH OF 96 DEGREES REPORTED ON OCTOBER 1 BROKE THE RECORD OF 90 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1953. THE HIGH OF 90 DEGREES REPORTED ON OCTOBER 2 TIED THE RECORD OF 90 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1897. ADDITIONALLY, ON OCTOBER 2, A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES WAS SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 59 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2016. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 1.82 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.0 INCHES WHICH IS 0.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NO SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR 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). $$