Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
330 CXUS53 KFGF 021546 CLAFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 932 AM CST THU JAN 2 2020 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/12/1936 LOW -43 01/11/1912 HIGHEST 96 06/07 52 44 LOWEST -34 01/30 31 -65 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.3 51.2 -3.9 AVG. MINIMUM 29.3 30.8 -1.5 MEAN 38.3 41.0 -2.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 8.5 -2.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 118 99.0 19.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 179 178.2 0.8 DAYS MIN <= 0 63 45.0 18.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 33.92 2019 MINIMUM 9.34 1910 TOTALS 33.92 21.62 12.30 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.06 0.03 DAYS >= .01 120 92.5 27.5 DAYS >= .10 62 46.2 15.8 DAYS >= .50 20 12.2 7.8 DAYS >= 1.00 7 4.0 3.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.73 09/20 TO 09/20 STORM TOTAL 5.42 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 120.5 1996 24 HR TOTAL 15.7 MM TOTALS 98.6 42.8 55.8 LIQUID EQUIV 9.90 4.30 5.60 SINCE 7/1 41.8 18.0 23.8 LIQUID 7/1 4.18 DAYS >= TRACE 108 30.9 77.1 DAYS >= 1.0 25 13.1 11.9 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 24 HR TOTAL 10.1 12/29 TO 12/29 STORM TOTAL 12.9 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 10061 9222 839 SINCE 7/1 3828 3731 97 COOLING TOTAL 486 462 24 SINCE 1/1 486 463 23 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 05/10 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM 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 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 15 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 16 LIGHT RAIN 46 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 10 LIGHT SNOW 56 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2019 AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 38.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET THIS YEAR WITH 33.29 INCHES BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 31.27 INCHES SET IN 2016. THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL RAINFALL OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 20 WITH 4.73 INCHES, WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL OBSERVED. THE CURRENT RECORD IS 5.07 INCHES WHICH WAS SET ON JUNE 9, 2002. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS 98.6 INCHES WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL RECORDED. THE CURRENT SNOWFALL RECORD IS 121.9 INCHES SET BACK IN 1996. THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 10.1 INCHES WAS OBSERVED ON DECEMBER 29. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$