Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011518 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 957 AM CDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 08/07/1983 LOW 30 08/30/1931 HIGHEST 94 08/01 81 13 89 08/05 08/31 LOWEST 49 08/30 56 -7 48 08/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 79.5 79.2 0.3 80.0 AVG. MINIMUM 58.5 56.5 2.0 58.6 MEAN 69.0 67.8 1.2 69.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 2.2 -0.2 0 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 12.16 1944 MINIMUM 0.07 1915 TOTALS 1.40 3.03 -1.63 1.09 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.10 -0.05 0.04 DAYS >= .01 14 8.8 5.2 8 DAYS >= .10 4 5.4 -1.4 2 DAYS >= .50 1 1.7 -0.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.73 08/06 TO 08/06 0.71 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM 2020 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 16 39 -23 SINCE 7/1 47 64 -17 COOLING TOTAL 149 127 22 SINCE 1/1 585 397 188 ................................................................ SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF AUGUST AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS NEAR NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND WELL BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 69.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURES REMAINED MAINLY NEAR NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE HIGH OF 94 DEGREES REPORTED ON AUGUST 1 RANKED AS THE FIFTH HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 101 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1989. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 1.40 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.44 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE 0.73 INCHES REPORTED ON AUGUST 6 WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 1.88 INCHES SET BACK IN 2011. 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). $$