Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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396 CXUS53 KFGF 011545 CLSFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 935 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 9/1/2023 TO 11/30/2023... 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 102 09/05/1978 LOW -35 11/30/1905 HIGHEST 95 09/02 100 -5 89 09/01 LOWEST 4 11/26 -35 39 2 11/18 11/27 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.3 52.6 3.7 54.7 AVG. MINIMUM 37.2 33.8 3.4 34.5 MEAN 46.8 43.2 3.6 44.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 5 0.6 4.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 13.2 -3.2 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 36 40.6 -4.6 40 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.4 -1.4 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.73 2019 MINIMUM 0.37 1993 TOTALS 5.08 5.25 -0.17 1.51 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.02 DAYS >= .01 23 23.4 -0.4 23 DAYS >= .10 16 10.8 5.2 3 DAYS >= .50 3 3.1 -0.1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.0 -1.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.71 1MM04 TO 10/04 0.66 STORM TOTAL 0.71 0.66 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 24.1 1958 24 HR TOTAL 12.4 11/18/1998 TO 11/18/1998 SNOW DEPTH 5 11/23/2022 11/22/2022 11/21/2022 TOTALS 8.4 6.6 1.8 12.7 LIQUID EQUIV 0.80 0.60 0.20 1.30 SINCE 7/1 8.4 6.6 1.8 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.84 0.60 0.24 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= TRACE 11 6.0 5.0 21 DAYS >= 1.0 3 2.1 0.9 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 6R 10/27 5 11/21 11/22 11/23 24 HR TOTAL MM MM 0.0 STORM TOTAL 3.8 9.1 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1724 2012 -288 1861 SINCE 7/1 1771 2076 -305 MM COOLING TOTAL 88 33 55 27 SINCE 1/1 673 431 242 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 05/02 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - 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 UNIVERSITY (NWS) OVERALL HAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR 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 46.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE TENTH HIGHEST SEASONAL AVERAGE ON RECORD WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE OF 51.2 DEGREES SET IN 2000. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 5.08 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.17 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION HELPED PUSH TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. OCTOBER WAS THE WETTEST MONTH WITH 2.98 INCHES FOLLOWED BY SEPTEMBER WITH 2.00 INCHES. CONDITIONS BECAME MUCH DRIER IN NOVEMBER WITH ONLY 0.10 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED. SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 8.4 INCHES WHICH IS 1.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. A SYSTEM IN LATE OCTOBER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL, WITH 7.8 TOTAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH. ONLY 0.6 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. 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). $$