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Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011029 CLAFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 415 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2021 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 103 06/04 52 51 LOWEST -27 12/31 31 -58 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.8 51.2 3.6 AVG. MINIMUM 33.2 30.8 2.4 MEAN 44.0 41.0 3.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 26 8.5 17.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 84 99.0 -15.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 178 178.2 -0.2 DAYS MIN <= 0 40 45.0 -5.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 33.92 2019 MINIMUM 9.34 1910 TOTALS 18.86 21.62 -2.76 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 84 92.5 -8.5 DAYS >= .10 43 46.2 -3.2 DAYS >= .50 11 12.2 -1.2 DAYS >= 1.00 4 4.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.60 STORM TOTAL 1.60 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 120.5 1996 24 HR TOTAL 15.7 MM TOTALS 42.0 42.8 -0.8 LIQUID EQUIV 4.20 4.30 -0.10 SINCE 7/1 34.3 18.0 16.3 LIQUID 7/1 3.43 DAYS >= TRACE 78 30.9 47.1 DAYS >= 1.0 12 13.1 -1.1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 11 12/28 12/29 24 HR TOTAL 2.9 STORM TOTAL 7.9 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8284 9222 -938 SINCE 7/1 3188 3732 -544 COOLING TOTAL 799 462 337 SINCE 1/1 799 463 336 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/20 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 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 41 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 31 SLEET 1 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2021 AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 44.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 18.86 INCHES WHICH IS WELL BELOW NORMAL. A WETTER PERIOD OCCURRED FROM APRIL TO JUNE WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS INCREASING AGAIN FROM THE AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER PERIOD. AUGUST SAW THE MOST PRECIPITATION WITH 4.37 INCHES OF RAIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS 42.6 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 6.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL SAW THE LEAST SNOW WITH A TOTAL OF 7.7 INCHES. NOVEMBER SAW 6.7 INCHES AND SEVERAL SYSTEMS DURING DECEMBER MADE UP THE BULK OF SNOWFALL WITH 27.6 INCHES, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN HALF THE ANNUAL SNOWFALL. $$