Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
059 CXUS53 KFGF 010928 RRA CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 358 AM CDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 05/30/1934 LOW 5 05/03/1967 HIGHEST 84 05/17 71 13 89 05/27 LOWEST 37 05/04 45 -8 31 05/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.6 66.5 0.1 75.5 AVG. MINIMUM 45.7 43.5 2.2 49.6 MEAN 56.1 55.0 1.1 62.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 3.8 -3.8 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.96 1896 MINIMUM 0.16 1951 TOTALS 4.84 2.99 1.85 1.22 DAILY AVG. 0.16 0.10 0.06 0.04 DAYS >= .01 15 10.5 4.5 10 DAYS >= .10 9 5.9 3.1 3 DAYS >= .50 4 2.0 2.0 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.08 05/24 TO 05/24 0.72 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 6.7 1924 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE 7/1 29.1 48.7 -19.6 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 272 330 -58 SINCE 7/1 7727 9236 -1509 COOLING TOTAL 5 20 -15 SINCE 1/1 5 21 -16 ................................................................ 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 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 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 MAY AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 56.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED MAINLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 4.84 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.98 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. 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). $$