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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
911 AM CST THU DEC 1 2022

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...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2022 TO 11/30/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            102   09/05/1978
 LOW             -35   11/30/1905
HIGHEST           89   09/01        100     -11       91  09/28
LOWEST             2   11/18        -35      37        0  11/25
                       11/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    54.7               52.6     2.1     58.1
AVG. MINIMUM    34.5               33.8     0.7     38.5
MEAN            44.6               43.2     1.4     48.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                1.0    -1.0        1
DAYS MAX <= 32    16               13.0     3.0        9
DAYS MIN <= 32    40               40.7    -0.7       34
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                2.0    -2.0        1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       14.73   2019
 MINIMUM        0.37   1993
TOTALS          1.51               5.29   -3.78     5.84
DAILY AVG.      0.02               0.06   -0.04     0.06
DAYS >= .01       23               21.7     1.3       17
DAYS >= .10        3               10.9    -7.9       12
DAYS >= .50        1                2.5    -1.5        5
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.9    -0.9        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.66                                1.18  10/09 TO 10/09
 STORM TOTAL    0.66                                1.18
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          24.1   1958
 24 HR TOTAL    12.4   11/18/1998 TO 11/18/1998
 SNOW DEPTH        4   11/14/2021
TOTALS          12.7                6.9     5.8      6.7
 LIQUID EQUIV   1.30               0.60    0.70     0.70
SINCE 7/1       12.7                6.6     6.1       MM
 LIQUID 7/1     1.27               0.60    0.67       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1                                   0
DAYS >= TRACE     21                5.0    16.0       11
DAYS >= 1.0        1                2.0    -1.0        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        5R  11/21                           4  11/14
                       11/22
                       11/23
 24 HR TOTAL     0.0                                  MM
 STORM TOTAL     9.1                                 3.5
 (MM/DD(HH))            MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1861               2016    -155     1560
 SINCE 7/1      1874               2083    -209       MM
COOLING TOTAL     27                 33      -6       65
 SINCE 1/1       539                431     108       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     MM
 LATEST       MM
EARLIEST                        10/06
LATEST                          05/21
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              MM
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION  MM
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    MM        DATE   MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    MM        DATE   MM

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER             MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              0
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     MM

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                8     SLEET                      0
FOG                       0     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE FALL SEASON AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) OVERALL HAD
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL MOISTURE. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 44.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.4 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 1.51 INCHES WHICH WAS 3.78 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER RECORDED BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH
VALUES OF 0.43 AND 0.21 INCHES RESPECTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE
BELOW NORMAL SEASONAL RAINFALL. NOVEMBER HAD NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH ALTHOUGH WITH 0.87 INCHES. THIS FALL
SEASON RANKS AS THE EIGHTH DRIEST ON RECORD WITH THE RECORD OF 0.37
INCHES SET BACK IN 1993.

SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS
12.7 INCHES WHICH WAS 5.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. A RECORD DAILY
SNOWFALL EVENT IN EARLY NOVEMBER SAW 9.1 INCHES RECORDED WHICH
EXCEEDED THE NORMAL SNOWFALL VALUE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.

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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