Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011308 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 805 AM CDT SUN OCT 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 11 09/27/1893 HIGHEST 95 09/02 70 25 89 09/01 LOWEST 40 09/12 46 -6 36 09/27 09/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.5 69.7 5.8 72.4 AVG. MINIMUM 52.8 47.4 5.4 49.3 MEAN 64.1 58.5 5.6 60.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 0.6 3.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.07 2019 MINIMUM 0.10 1897 TOTALS 2.00 2.42 -0.42 0.43 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.08 -0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 8 8.7 -0.7 8 DAYS >= .10 6 4.4 1.6 1 DAYS >= .50 1 1.5 -0.5 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.64 09/04 TO 09/04 0.21 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.5 1972 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 88 225 -137 SINCE 7/1 135 289 -154 COOLING TOTAL 70 32 38 SINCE 1/1 655 429 226 ................................................................ 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 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 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 MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 64.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES THE RECORD MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2009. THE MONTH STARTED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S FOR THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE MONTH. OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE REST OF MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 2 WAS THE FOURTH HIGHEST RECORDED FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 100 DEGREES SET IN 1983. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 2.00 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.42 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A LATE MONTH SYSTEM PRODUCING RAINFALL OVER SEVERAL DAYS HELPED PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. 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). $$