Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
918 CXUS53 KFGF 011501 CLMGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 852 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 75 11/05/1975 LOW -31 11/29/1985 HIGHEST 58 11/14 34 24 69 11/01 LOWEST 0 11/27 17 -17 -1 11/18 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 40.2 35.7 4.5 33.7 AVG. MINIMUM 21.4 17.8 3.6 17.5 MEAN 30.8 26.7 4.1 25.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 11.9 -4.9 16 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.8 0.2 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 2.1 -1.1 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.94 2000 MINIMUM T 1999 TOTALS 0.10 0.92 -0.82 0.52 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.03 -0.03 0.02 DAYS >= .01 3 7.0 -4.0 10 DAYS >= .10 0 2.6 -2.6 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.05 11/09 TO 11/09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 29.0 1985 TOTALS 0.3 6.6 -6.3 7.5 SINCE 7/1 4.4 8.2 -3.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 2 DAYS >= 1.0 0 2.0 -2.0 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 11/01 5 11/20 11/02 11/05 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1019 1148 -129 1175 SINCE 7/1 1798 2146 -348 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 634 383 251 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/350 DATE 11/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/350 DATE 11/16 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.57 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST FIVE DAYS AND ENTERED A WARMING TREND THAT PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MONTH. TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. ON NOVEMBER 20, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 56 DEGREES BROKE OLD RECORD OF 55 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2001. A HIGH OF 50 DEGREES REPORTED ON NOVEMBER 29 BROKE THE OLD THE RECORD OF 49 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2017. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.10 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SEVENTH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH A RECORD LOW OF TRACE REPORTED IN 1999. SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.3 INCHES WHICH IS 6.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE FIFTH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH THE RECORD LOW OF TRACE REPORTED IN 1999, 1976 AND 1956. 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). $$