Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 010900 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 345 AM CDT SAT JUL 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 06/18/1933 LOW 28 06/01/1888 HIGHEST 98 06/20 77 21 101 06/19 LOWEST 52 06/11 55 -3 37 06/03 06/12 AVG. MAXIMUM 85.9 78.1 7.8 81.3 AVG. MINIMUM 63.7 55.6 8.1 55.5 MEAN 74.8 66.8 8.0 68.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 2.1 5.9 4 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 11.71 2000 MINIMUM 0.30 1929 TOTALS 3.75 4.29 -0.54 2.27 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.14 -0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 11 11.8 -0.8 11 DAYS >= .10 5 7.3 -2.3 6 DAYS >= .50 2 2.9 -0.9 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.79 06/24 TO 06/24 DEGREE DAYS COOLING TOTAL 303 116 187 159 SINCE 1/1 431 146 285 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/170 DATE 06/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/170 DATE 06/01 44/140 06/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.22 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF JUNE AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 74.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS SETS A RECORD FOR THE MONTH, MAKING JUNE 2023 THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 73.8 DEGREES SET IN 1988. THE TEMPERATURES REMAINED MAINLY NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 85.9 DEGREES WHICH IS 4TH WARMEST FOR JUNE. THE RECORD IS JUNE 1988 WITH AN AVERAGE MAX TEMP OF 87.6 DEGREES. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 63.7 DEGREES WHICH IS THE WARMEST EVER RECORDED FOR JUNE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 60.1 DEGREES IN 1995. TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED DURING THE MONTH. ON JUNE 1, THE HIGH OF 97 DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 2020. ON JUNE 20, THE HIGH OF 98 DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1910. ALSO, ON JUNE 20, A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS SET. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 77 THAT MORNING BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71 DEGREES SET IN 1995. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 3.75 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.40 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ON JUNE 24, THE 1.78 INCHES REPORTED BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.53 INCHES SET IN 1935. ALSO, THE RAIN TOTAL OF 1.09 INCHES REPORTED ON JUNE 23 RANKS AS THE THIRD HIGHEST WITH THE RECORD OF 1.27 INCHES SET IN 1997. 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). $$