Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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CXUS53 KFGF 011542
CLMGFK
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
938 AM CST THU FEB 1 2024
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...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 52 01/10/1990
LOW -43 01/30/2004
HIGHEST 49 01/31 15 34 36 01/26
LOWEST -15 01/14 -4 -11 -25 01/30
AVG. MAXIMUM 20.1 15.8 4.3 17.6
AVG. MINIMUM 7.7 -3.1 10.8 1.0
MEAN 13.9 6.3 7.6 9.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 25 27.0 -2.0 28
DAYS MIN <= 32 31 30.8 0.2 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 13 17.5 -4.5 16
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 1.76 1967
MINIMUM 0.05 2008
TOTALS 0.26 0.49 -0.23 0.12
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.00
DAYS >= .01 4 8.4 -4.4 3
DAYS >= .10 1 1.6 -0.6 0
DAYS >= .50 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 01/05 TO 01/05
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 30.9 1989
TOTALS 4.3 9.9 -5.6 0.9
SINCE 7/1 13.1 30.4 -17.3 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 12
DAYS >= 1.0 2 3.0 -1.0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 01/23 12 01/29
01/24
01/25
01/30
01/31
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1578 1818 -240 1716
SINCE 7/1 4567 5582 -1015 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/180 DATE 01/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/180 DATE 01/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.72
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 16
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 74
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 1
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 18
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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THE MONTH OF JANUARY AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS
ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES BUT WELL BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION
AND SNOWFALL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 13.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.6
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTH THEN DIPPED BELOW
NORMAL DURING AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK THAT LASTED UNTIL AROUND THE 21ST
BEFORE RISING TO ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN.
ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ON JANUARY 31, THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES BROKE OLD RECORD OF 44 DEGREES
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2009. OTHERWISE, A HIGH OF 42 DEGREES REPORTED ON
JANUARY 29 RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE
WITH THE RECORD OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 1992.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.26 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.23 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.
SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE
MONTH WAS 4.3 INCHES WHICH IS 5.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE 1.1
INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL ON JANUARY 5 IS THE FOURTH HIGHEST TOTAL
FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 5.2 INCHES SET IN 1994.
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).
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