Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
273 CXUS53 KFGF 011545 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 938 AM CST THU FEB 1 2024 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 55 01/05/2012 LOW -48 01/08/1887 HIGHEST 52 01/31 16 36 35 01/15 01/27 LOWEST -14 01/14 -2 -12 -22 01/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 23.2 18.2 5.0 17.9 AVG. MINIMUM 11.2 0.2 11.0 3.5 MEAN 17.2 9.2 8.0 10.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 19 25.7 -6.7 27 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 30.8 0.2 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 10 15.9 -5.9 11 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.85 1989 MINIMUM 0.09 2008 TOTALS 0.15 0.71 -0.56 0.23 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.02 -0.02 0.01 DAYS >= .01 5 8.9 -3.9 4 DAYS >= .10 0 2.0 -2.0 0 DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.07 01/13 TO 01/13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 31.5 1989 SNOW DEPTH 14 01/03/2023 01/02/2023 01/01/2023 TOTALS 1.4 10.3 -8.9 2.7 SINCE 7/1 7.0 30.0 -23.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 12 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.6 -2.6 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 01/25 14 01/01 01/26 01/27 01/02 01/03 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1474 1730 -256 1674 SINCE 7/1 4009 5175 -1166 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/160 DATE 01/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/140 DATE 01/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.59 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 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 14 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 15 - 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 FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 17.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.0 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. TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. ON JANUARY 28, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 44 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 41 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1927. A HIGH OF 52 DEGREES REPORTED ON JANUARY 31 BROKE THE OLD THE RECORD OF 44 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2009. ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 46 DEGREES ON JANUARY 29 RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 52 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931. ALSO, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 41 ON JANUARY 30 RANKED AS THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 45 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID WAS 0.15 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.56 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.4 INCHES WHICH IS 8.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SIXTH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH THE RECORD LOW SNOWFALL ON 0.8 INCHES SET IN 1990 AND 1942. 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). $$