Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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000 CXUS53 KFGF 011417 CLSGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 920 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2022 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 101 05/21/1964 LOW -38 03/10/1948 HIGHEST 84 05/27 53 31 89 05/19 05/28 LOWEST -14 03/12 31 -45 -10 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 45.4 50.9 -5.5 57.2 AVG. MINIMUM 26.9 28.6 -1.7 28.3 MEAN 36.2 39.7 -3.5 42.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 23 14.9 8.1 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 58 51.2 6.8 64 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 5.2 0.8 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.95 1999 MINIMUM 1.41 1980 TOTALS 10.86 4.92 5.94 3.41 DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.05 0.07 0.04 DAYS >= .01 33 25.7 7.3 17 DAYS >= .10 20 11.9 8.1 11 DAYS >= .50 8 2.8 5.2 3 DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.7 1.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.02 0MM11 TO 05/12 0.91 STORM TOTAL 1.73 0.75 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 34.9 1966 24 HR TOTAL 17.0 03/04/1966 TO 03/04/1966 SNOW DEPTH 2 04/14/2021 TOTALS 14.1 10.9 3.2 2.7 LIQUID EQUIV 1.40 1.00 0.40 0.30 SINCE 7/1 67.8 48.4 19.4 MM LIQUID 7/1 6.78 4.80 1.98 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 0 DAYS >= TRACE 26 8.3 17.7 18 DAYS >= 1.0 2 3.4 -1.4 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 10R 04/13 2 04/14 24 HR TOTAL MM MM STORM TOTAL 9.0 2.4 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2638 2340 298 2041 SINCE 7/1 9726 9443 283 MM COOLING TOTAL 11 15 -4 20 SINCE 1/1 11 15 -4 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/17 LATEST 05/28 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/330 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 56/160 DATE 05/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 72/160 DATE 05/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.66 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 43 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 37 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 14 LIGHT RAIN 30 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 24 SLEET 0 FOG 47 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 15 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SPRING SEASON AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 36.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ALL THREE MONTHS OF THE SEASON WERE BELOW NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 10.86 INCHES WITH APRIL AND MAY HAVING THE MOST RAINFALL AS APRIL ENDED WITH 5.47 AND MAY WITH 5.09 INCHES REPORTED. OVERALL, PRECIPITATION WAS 5.94 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 14.1 INCHES WHICH WAS 3.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL HAD THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE SEASON WITH 13.1 INCHES DUE TO A LATE SEASON STORM. 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). $$