Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011302 CLMFAR BISCLMFAR 000 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 756 AM CDT SUN OCT 1 2023 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 09/08/1959 LOW 17 09/30/1883 HIGHEST 97 09/03 70 27 87 09/01 LOWEST 40 09/17 46 -6 35 09/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.1 72.0 7.1 73.7 AVG. MINIMUM 55.0 48.1 6.9 48.4 MEAN 67.0 60.0 7.0 61.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 1.1 2.9 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.50 1999 MINIMUM 0.12 2012 TOTALS 2.21 2.68 -0.47 0.50 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.09 -0.02 0.02 DAYS >= .01 10 8.7 1.3 5 DAYS >= .10 5 4.7 0.3 3 DAYS >= .50 1 1.9 -0.9 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.56 09/23 TO 09/24 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 46 198 -152 150 SINCE 7/1 60 247 -187 MM COOLING TOTAL 117 49 68 37 SINCE 1/1 958 538 420 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/350 DATE 09/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/150 DATE 09/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.31 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 67.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS SETS A NEW MONTHLY RECORD BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 65.6 DEGREES SET IN 2015 AND 1897. THE MONTH STARTED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH. OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REST OF MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 3 WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 98 DEGREES SET IN 1925. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 2.21 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.47 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A LATE MONTH SYSTEM PRODUCING RAINFALL OVER SEVERAL DAYS HELPED PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE 1.27 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 23 WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 1.60 INCHES SET IN 2010. 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). $$