Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
015 CXUS53 KFGF 011547 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 938 AM CST THU FEB 1 2024 ................................... ...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 ................................................................ 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 ................................................................ 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). $$