Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011025 CLAFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 415 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 114 07/06/1936 LOW -48 01/08/1887 HIGHEST 102 06/04 52 50 99 06/07 LOWEST -26 12/29 31 -57 -24 01/11 01/16 02/13 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.2 52.6 3.6 53.3 AVG. MINIMUM 34.2 31.8 2.4 32.1 MEAN 45.2 42.2 3.0 42.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 31 11.2 19.8 14 DAYS MAX <= 32 77 92.7 -15.7 90 DAYS MIN <= 32 177 172.4 4.6 192 DAYS MIN <= 0 33 41.7 -8.7 29 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 34.76 2000 MINIMUM 8.53 1976 TOTALS 19.21 23.95 -4.74 19.38 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.07 -0.02 0.05 DAYS >= .01 75 108.6 -33.6 95 DAYS >= .10 42 49.3 -7.3 40 DAYS >= .50 11 14.0 -3.0 13 DAYS >= 1.00 5 4.2 0.8 3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.10 0MM02 TO 09/02 1.86 STORM TOTAL 2.10 1.86 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 98.1 1996 24 HR TOTAL 12.6 MM SNOW DEPTH 21 01/23/2011 01/22/2011 01/21/2011 TOTALS 40.9 51.4 -10.5 32.4 LIQUID EQUIV 4.10 5.10 -1.00 3.20 SINCE 7/1 28.4 19.7 8.7 MM LIQUID 7/1 2.84 1.90 0.94 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 3 DAYS >= TRACE 68 41.8 26.2 67 DAYS >= 1.0 14 14.3 -0.3 10 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 14 12/29 19 01/22 12/30 12/31 01/23 01/24 24 HR TOTAL 1.8 8.5 01/15 TO 01/15 STORM TOTAL 4.5 4.8 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7921 8806 -885 8691 SINCE 7/1 3035 3448 -413 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/20 LATEST 05/28 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/210 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/340 DATE 12/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/330 DATE 07/19 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 220 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 85 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 58 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 24 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 15 RAIN 23 LIGHT RAIN 69 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 11 LIGHT SNOW 62 SLEET 0 FOG 113 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 18 HAZE 72 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2021 AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 45.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 19.21 INCHES WHICH IS 4.74 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WAS DRIER BUT APRIL AND JUNE WERE ON THE WETTER SIDE. ANOTHER WET PERIOD OCCURRED DURING THE AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER TIME FRAME WHICH MADE UP THE BULK OF THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION. JUNE SAW THE MOST PRECIPITATION WITH 3.59 INCHES OF RAIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS 40.9 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 10.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL SAW THE LEAST SNOW WITH A TOTAL OF 12.5 INCHES. NOVEMBER SAW 3.3 INCHES AND SEVERAL SYSTEMS DURING DECEMBER MADE UP THE BULK OF SNOWFALL WITH 25.1 INCHES, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN HALF THE ANNUAL SNOWFALL. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$