Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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042 CXUS53 KFGF 011542 CLSGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 935 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023... 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 -31 11/29/1985 HIGHEST 97 09/02 103 -6 90 09/01 LOWEST 0 11/27 -31 31 -1 11/18 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.5 53.3 4.2 55.7 AVG. MINIMUM 35.8 31.9 3.9 32.6 MEAN 46.6 42.6 4.0 44.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 6 1.0 5.0 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 12.8 -2.8 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 38 44.2 -6.2 45 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 2.1 -1.1 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 12.57 2019 MINIMUM 0.79 2020 TOTALS 4.87 5.06 -0.19 1.22 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 23 24.0 -1.0 22 DAYS >= .10 13 10.5 2.5 4 DAYS >= .50 3 2.8 0.2 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.10 0.25 11/10 TO 11/10 STORM TOTAL 0.69 0.25 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 35.8 1985 24 HR TOTAL 12.4 11/18/1998 TO 11/18/1998 SNOW DEPTH 5 11/20/2022 TOTALS 4.4 8.2 -3.8 7.5 LIQUID EQUIV 0.40 0.80 -0.40 0.80 SINCE 7/1 4.4 8.2 -3.8 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.44 0.80 -0.36 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= TRACE 9 7.0 2.0 19 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.4 -0.4 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 10/27 5 11/20 10/30 10/31 24 HR TOTAL MM MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 3.1 3.9 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1736 2069 -333 1902 SINCE 7/1 1798 2146 -348 MM COOLING TOTAL 87 31 56 25 SINCE 1/1 634 383 251 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/08 LATEST 05/02 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/300 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 0.55 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 27 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 36 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 28 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 10 LIGHT RAIN 25 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 44 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 26 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE FALL SEASON AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OVERALL HAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WELL BELOW NORMAL MOISTURE. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SEASON STARTED ON THE WARMER SIDE AND WAS INTERSPERSED WITH PERIODS OF NEAR NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 46.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST SEASONAL AVERAGE ON RECORD WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE OF 62.3 DEGREES SET IN 1997. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 4.87 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.19 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WERE THE WETTEST MONTHS WITH 2.60 AND 2.17 INCHES, RESPECTIVELY. PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION HELPED PUSH TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. CONDITIONS BECAME MUCH DRIER IN NOVEMBER WITH ONLY 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH KEEPING SEASONAL TOTALS BELOW NORMAL. SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 4.4 INCHES WHICH IS 3.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, OR APPROXIMATELY HALF OF SEASONAL AMOUNTS. 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). $$