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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
938 AM CST THU FEB 1 2024

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...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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             54   01/10/1990
 LOW             -43   01/11/1912
HIGHEST           51   01/31         15      36       34  01/26
LOWEST           -16   01/14         -3     -13      -22  01/30
                       01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM    19.1               15.3     3.8     16.7
AVG. MINIMUM     7.4               -1.3     8.7      3.2
MEAN            13.3                7.0     6.3     10.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    25               26.9    -1.9       29
DAYS MIN <= 32    31               30.9     0.1       31
DAYS MIN <= 0     12               17.5    -5.5       11

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.65   1989
 MINIMUM        0.05   2008
TOTALS          0.38               0.49   -0.11     0.20
DAILY AVG.      0.01               0.02   -0.01     0.01
DAYS >= .01        7                6.8     0.2        5
DAYS >= .10        2                1.5     0.5        1
DAYS >= .50        0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.11   01/05 TO 01/05               0.11
                       01/13 TO 01/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          37.9   1996
TOTALS           5.8                9.5    -3.7      3.9
SINCE 7/1       19.2               29.6   -10.4       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     2                                  13
DAYS >= 1.0        2                3.0    -1.0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        3   01/16                          13  01/29
                       01/22
                       01/23
                                                          01/30
                                                          01/31
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1598               1798    -200
 SINCE 7/1      4567               5468    -901
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0
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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


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                       1
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                       2     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 MONTH OF JANUARY AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE
NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES BUT BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND
SNOWFALL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 13.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 6.3
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 51 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 43 DEGREES
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2009. OTHERWISE, THE HIGH OF 38 DEGREES REPORTED
ON JANUARY 28 RANKED AS THE THIRD HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE
WITH THE RECORD OF 39 DEGREES SET IN 1976. THE HIGH OF 43 DEGREES
REPORTED ON JANUARY 29 RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR
THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 39 DEGREES SET IN 1992.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
WAS 0.38 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.11 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION
RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH.

SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH
WAS 5.8 INCHES WHICH IS 3.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE 2.5 INCHES OF
SNOW THAT FELL ON JANUARY 13 WAS THE FOURTH HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE
WITH THE RECORD OF 6.5 INCHES SET IN 1999.

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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