Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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953 CXUS53 KFGF 011547 CLSFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 935 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2023 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023... 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 -27 11/30/1905 HIGHEST 97 09/03 102 -5 87 09/01 LOWEST 1 11/27 -27 28 1 11/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.5 55.3 5.2 55.5 AVG. MINIMUM 39.6 34.7 4.9 34.0 MEAN 50.1 45.0 5.1 44.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 1.2 4.8 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 11.3 -5.3 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 29 38.4 -9.4 42 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.2 -1.2 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.67 2008 MINIMUM 0.97 1976 TOTALS 4.23 5.82 -1.59 1.42 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.02 DAYS >= .01 28 24.8 3.2 17 DAYS >= .10 9 11.9 -2.9 6 DAYS >= .50 2 3.7 -1.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.56 09/23 TO 09/24 0.41 11/10 TO 11/10 STORM TOTAL 1.27 0.41 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 35.3 1896 24 HR TOTAL 14.0 11/14/1909 TO 11/14/1909 SNOW DEPTH 5 11/20/2022 TOTALS 2.8 8.0 -5.2 5.3 LIQUID EQUIV 0.30 0.80 -0.50 0.50 SINCE 7/1 2.8 8.0 -5.2 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.28 0.80 -0.52 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= TRACE 8 6.6 1.4 14 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.2 -1.2 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 10/31 5 11/20 11/01 24 HR TOTAL MM MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 1.2 1.6 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1491 1872 -381 1857 SINCE 7/1 1505 1920 -415 MM COOLING TOTAL 156 53 103 38 SINCE 1/1 997 542 455 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 04/29 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/270 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/350 DATE 11/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/350 DATE 10/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.40 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 46 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 28 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 25 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 0 FOG 27 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 11 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE FALL SEASON AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OVERALL HAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL MOISTURE. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SEASON STARTED ON THE WARMER SIDE AND WAS INTERSPERSED WITH PERIODS OF NEAR NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 50.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE FOURTH HIGHEST SEASONAL AVERAGE ON RECORD WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE OF 51.4 DEGREES SET IN 1963. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 4.23 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.59 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SEPTEMBER WAS THE WETTEST MONTH WITH 2.21 INCHES FOLLOWED BY OCTOBER WITH 1.82 INCHES. CONDITIONS BECAME DRIER IN NOVEMBER WITH ONLY 0.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION REPORTED. SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 2.8 INCHES WHICH IS 5.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, OR APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF SEASONAL AMOUNTS. 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). $$