Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
146 CXUS53 KFGF 011351 CLMGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 843 AM CDT THU AUG 1 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/12/1936 LOW 30 07/03/1972 HIGHEST 95 07/26 81 14 97 07/26 LOWEST 51 07/17 57 -6 42 07/11 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.5 80.7 3.8 81.0 AVG. MINIMUM 62.0 57.0 5.0 53.7 MEAN 73.2 68.9 4.3 67.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 3.0 0.0 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.08 1995 MINIMUM 0.42 2021 TOTALS 3.18 3.52 -0.34 1.87 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.11 -0.01 0.06 DAYS >= .01 9 10.2 -1.2 7 DAYS >= .10 6 5.6 0.4 4 DAYS >= .50 2 2.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.22 07/19 TO 07/19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM 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 1 27 -26 41 SINCE 7/1 1 32 -31 MM COOLING TOTAL 265 146 119 118 SINCE 1/1 321 240 81 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/230 DATE 07/29 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/230 DATE 07/29 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.39 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 16 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 15 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF JULY AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 3.18 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.34 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ONE PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ON JULY 19TH, A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.22 INCHES WAS SET, WHICH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 1.02 INCHES SET IN 1952. 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). $$