Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 021603 RRA CLAGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 1003 AM CST THU JAN 2 2020 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/12/1936 LOW -43 01/30/2004 01/11/1912 HIGHEST 96 06/07 51 45 98 08/12 LOWEST -35 01/30 29 -64 -25 01/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.2 51.1 -3.9 49.7 AVG. MINIMUM 26.9 28.9 -2.0 28.2 MEAN 37.1 40.0 -2.9 38.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 8 8.9 -0.9 14 DAYS MAX <= 32 96 97.3 -1.3 123 DAYS MIN <= 32 163 187.2 -24.2 200 DAYS MIN <= 0 61 51.2 9.8 49 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 28.11 2019 MINIMUM 12.61 1989 TOTALS 28.11 20.81 7.30 21.13 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.06 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 121 103.2 17.8 101 DAYS >= .10 57 44.7 12.3 48 DAYS >= .50 15 11.4 3.6 14 DAYS >= 1.00 6 3.6 2.4 4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.81 0MM20 TO 09/20 1.34 STORM TOTAL 4.46 MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 96.4 1997 24 HR TOTAL 11.5 MM SNOW DEPTH 15 02/17/2014 01/26/2014 TOTALS 93.6 47.1 46.5 51.8 LIQUID EQUIV 9.40 MM MM 5.18 SINCE 7/1 41.8 19.9 21.9 MM LIQUID 7/1 4.18 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 2 DAYS >= TRACE 99 41.5 57.5 87 DAYS >= 1.0 25 14.3 10.7 15 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 10 01/16 01/15 24 HR TOTAL 9.5 11/30 TO 11/30 6.5 10/10 TO 10/10 STORM TOTAL 11.7 MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9059 9516 -457 9877 SINCE 7/1 2539 3859 -1320 MM COOLING TOTAL 432 379 53 519 SINCE 1/1 432 379 53 519 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 05/17 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/190 DATE 09/20 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/200 DATE 09/20 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.58 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 82 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 167 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 99 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 27 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 20 RAIN 35 LIGHT RAIN 80 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 3 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 12 LIGHT SNOW 89 SLEET 0 FOG 122 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 52 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2019 AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 37.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. AN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET THIS YEAR WITH 28.11 INCHES BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 27.77 INCHES SET IN 2010. THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL RAINFALL OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 20 WITH 3.81 INCHES, WHICH IS THE THIRD HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL OBSERVED. THE CURRENT RECORD IS 4.44 INCHES WHICH WAS SET ON JULY 16, 1995. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS 93.6 INCHES WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL RECORDED. THE CURRENT SNOWFALL RECORD IS 95.8 INCHES SET BACK IN 1996. THE HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 9.4 INCHES WAS OBSERVED ON DECEMBER 29. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$