Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
976 CXUS53 KFGF 011507 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 852 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 73 11/05/1975 11/04/1975 LOW -35 11/30/1905 HIGHEST 56 11/14 34 22 68 11/02 11/15 LOWEST 4 11/26 19 -15 2 11/18 11/27 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 38.9 35.0 3.9 33.0 AVG. MINIMUM 22.5 19.6 2.9 18.7 MEAN 30.7 27.3 3.4 25.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 12.4 -6.4 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 27.1 -0.1 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.4 -1.4 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.22 2000 MINIMUM 0.00 1993 TOTALS 0.10 0.83 -0.73 0.87 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.03 -0.03 0.03 DAYS >= .01 3 6.4 -3.4 9 DAYS >= .10 0 2.3 -2.3 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.04 11/09 TO 11/09 0.66 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 24.1 1958 TOTALS 0.6 5.1 -4.5 12.7 SINCE 7/1 8.4 6.6 1.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 3 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.7 -1.7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 11/01 5 11/21 11/22 11/23 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1021 1131 -110 SINCE 7/1 1771 2076 -305 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 673 431 242 ................................................................ 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 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 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND WELL BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST FIVE DAYS AND ENTERED A WARMING TREND THAT PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, ON NOVEMBER 14, THE TEMPERATURE OF 56 DEGREES RANKED AS THE FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 62 DEGREES SET IN 1939. ON NOVEMBER 15, THE TEMPERATURE OF 56 DEGREES RANKED AS THE SIXTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 66 DEGREES SET IN 1939. ON NOVEMBER 20, THE TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES RANKED AS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 62 DEGREES SET IN 1908. ON NOVEMBER 29, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 49 DEGREES SET IN 1899. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.10 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.73 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 11TH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL ON RECORD WITH THE RECORD OF TRACE SET IN 1999, 1904 AND 1898. SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER WAS MUCH BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.6 INCHES WHICH IS 4.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 18TH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL ON RECORD WITH THE RECORD OF 0.0 INCHES SET IN 1990 AND 1969. 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). $$