Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 030119 CLAGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 658 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2021 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2021 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 97 06/16 51 46 96 06/07 LOWEST -30 01/16 29 -59 -35 01/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 52.0 51.1 0.9 47.2 AVG. MINIMUM 29.2 28.9 0.3 26.9 MEAN 40.6 40.0 0.6 37.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 8.9 3.1 MM DAYS MAX <= 32 97 97.3 -0.3 MM DAYS MIN <= 32 205 187.2 17.8 MM DAYS MIN <= 0 38 51.2 -13.2 MM PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 28.11 2019 MINIMUM 12.61 1989 TOTALS 19.35 20.81 -1.46 28.11 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.08 DAYS >= .01 85 103.2 -18.2 MM DAYS >= .10 32 44.7 -12.7 MM DAYS >= .50 7 11.4 -4.4 MM DAYS >= 1.00 5 3.6 1.4 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 5.65 4.46 09/20 TO 09/20 STORM TOTAL 4.26 3.81 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 96.4 1997 24 HR TOTAL 11.5 MM SNOW DEPTH 20 01/21/2020 01/20/2020 TOTALS 35.7 47.1 -11.4 93.6 LIQUID EQUIV 3.60 MM MM 9.36 SINCE 7/1 12.0 19.9 -7.9 MM LIQUID 7/1 1.20 MM MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 4 DAYS >= TRACE 76 41.5 34.5 MM DAYS >= 1.0 11 14.3 -3.3 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 20R 01/20 27 03/17 01/21 03/16 03/15 24 HR TOTAL 10.7 01/18 TO 01/18 9.5 11/30 TO 11/30 STORM TOTAL 5.2 9.5 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 9361 9516 -155 10464 SINCE 7/1 3464 3859 -395 MM COOLING TOTAL 541 379 162 432 SINCE 1/1 541 379 162 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 09/08 LATEST 05/30 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/330 DATE 02/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 64/010 DATE 08/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.54 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 72 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 191 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 72 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 25 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 12 RAIN 21 LIGHT RAIN 72 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 11 HAIL 3 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 7 LIGHT SNOW 74 SLEET 2 FOG 123 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 18 HAZE 38 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 40.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 19.35 INCHES WHICH IS 1.46 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION CAME DURING THE MAY TO SEPTEMBER PERIOD BEFORE TRENDING DRIER TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS 35.7 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 11.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN JANUARY THROUGH APRIL TIME FRAME. THE OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER PERIOD WAS ON THE DRIER SIDE TO END THE YEAR. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$