Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
833 CXUS53 KFGF 011634 CLMGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 1024 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 67 02/22/2000 LOW -40 02/01/1996 HIGHEST 56 02/26 22 34 39 02/11 LOWEST -8 02/28 4 -12 -26 02/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 34.1 20.5 13.6 21.3 AVG. MINIMUM 18.5 0.7 17.8 -2.4 MEAN 26.3 10.6 15.7 9.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 10 22.2 -12.2 21 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.6 0.4 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 2 14.2 -12.2 17 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 0.99 2019 MINIMUM 0.03 2002 TOTALS 0.23 0.51 -0.28 0.28 DAILY AVG. 0.01 NAN NAN 0.01 DAYS >= .01 3 6.8 -3.8 3 DAYS >= .10 2 1.4 0.6 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.11 02/27 TO 02/27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.2 2019 TOTALS 4.3 7.1 -2.8 5.9 SINCE 7/1 17.4 37.5 -20.1 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 11 DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.4 -1.4 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 02/01 13 02/02 02/27 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1115 1523 -408 1549 SINCE 7/1 5682 7204 -1522 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/350 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/350 DATE 02/27 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 7 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 1 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES BUT BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 26.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 15.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS SETS A RECORD FOR MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 25.7 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1998. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 27TH AND 28TH WHEN A SYSTEM PUSHED ACROSS THE REGION. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ON FEBRUARY 26, THE HIGH OF 56 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 46 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1958. HOWEVER, FOUR OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE MONTH RANKED IN THE TOP 10 FOR RECORD VALUES. ON FEBRUARY 1, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES RANKED AS THIRD HIGHEST WITH THE RECORD OF 42 DEGREES SET IN 1991. A HIGH OF 42 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 8 RANKED AS THE FOURTH HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 49 DEGREES SET IN 2000. A HIGH OF 46 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 22 RANKED AS THE FOURTH HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 67 DEGREES SET IN 2000. A HIGH OF 50 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 24 RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET IN 1976. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.23 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.28 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.3 INCHES WHICH IS 2.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE 3.6 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL ON FEBRUARY 27 IS THE FOURTH HIGHEST TOTAL FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 9.0 INCHES SET IN 1996. 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). $$