Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011251 CLMGFK BISCLMGFK 000 TTAA00 FGF 010806 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 735 AM CDT SUN OCT 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 103 09/02/1983 LOW 18 09/28/1942 HIGHEST 97 09/02 69 28 90 09/01 LOWEST 36 09/12 44 -8 31 09/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 76.9 70.4 6.5 73.4 AVG. MINIMUM 50.4 45.3 5.1 46.9 MEAN 63.7 57.9 5.8 60.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 0.9 4.1 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 1.4 -1.4 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.14 2019 MINIMUM 0.20 2012 TOTALS 2.60 2.26 0.34 0.53 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.08 0.01 0.02 DAYS >= .01 8 8.6 -0.6 7 DAYS >= .10 6 4.1 1.9 3 DAYS >= .50 2 1.3 0.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.6 -0.6 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.10 09/04 TO 09/05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.2 1991 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 101 244 -143 165 SINCE 7/1 163 321 -158 MM COOLING TOTAL 69 29 40 25 SINCE 1/1 616 381 235 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/260 DATE 09/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 77/260 DATE 09/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.47 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 16 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. THE MONTH STARTED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH. OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REST OF MONTH. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED FOR THE MONTH. THE HIGH OF 95 DEGREES REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 4 TIED THE RECORD OF 95 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1979. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 2.60 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.34 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A LATE MONTH SYSTEM PRODUCING RAINFALL OVER SEVERAL DAYS HELPED PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING 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). $$