Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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000 CXUS53 KFGF 011556 CLSGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 935 AM CST WED MAR 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2022 TO 2/28/2023... 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 67 02/22/2000 LOW -43 01/30/2004 HIGHEST 39 02/11 19 20 47 12/01 LOWEST -26 12/20 1 -27 -37 01/01 02/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 18.3 19.2 -0.9 15.5 AVG. MINIMUM -0.1 0.6 -0.7 -7.1 MEAN 9.1 9.9 -0.8 4.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 74 73.6 0.4 78 DAYS MIN <= 32 90 89.3 0.7 90 DAYS MIN <= 0 49 43.8 5.2 64 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.78 1989 MINIMUM 0.37 2002 TOTALS 1.97 1.66 0.31 2.86 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.03 DAYS >= .01 14 24.0 -10.0 35 DAYS >= .10 6 5.4 0.6 11 DAYS >= .50 1 0.2 0.8 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.82 12/13 TO 12/14 0.41 12/26 TO 12/27 STORM TOTAL 0.57 0.30 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 57.7 1997 24 HR TOTAL 13.5 01/17/1996 TO 01/17/1996 SNOW DEPTH 11 02/07/2022 02/06/2022 TOTALS 23.4 29.3 -5.9 46.8 LIQUID EQUIV 2.30 2.90 -0.60 4.70 SINCE 7/1 30.9 37.5 -6.6 MM LIQUID 7/1 3.09 3.70 -0.61 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 11 7 DAYS >= TRACE 49 28.1 20.9 62 DAYS >= 1.0 6 8.9 -2.9 14 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15R 12/22 11 02/06 02/07 24 HR TOTAL 0.9 MM 12.9 STORM TOTAL 5.4 7.8 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 5008 4959 49 5441 SINCE 7/1 6926 7106 -180 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 09/27 LATEST 05/21 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/300 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 49/350 DATE 02/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/360 DATE 02/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 22 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 36 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 31 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 79 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 10 LIGHT SNOW 48 SLEET 0 FOG 53 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 10 HAZE 42 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE WINTER SEASON AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OVERALL HAD SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL MOISTURE. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SEASON STARTED ON THE COLDER SIDE IN DECEMBER BEFORE SEEING WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGH JANUARY AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN FEBRUARY. OVERALL, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 9.1 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.97 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.31 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. PERIODS OF WARMER TEMPERATURE WHEN RAIN FELL HELPED ACCOUNT FOR THE ABOVE NORMAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 23.4 INCHES WHICH WAS 5.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 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). $$