Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
730 CXUS53 KFGF 011436 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 934 AM CDT MON APR 1 2024 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 80 03/23/1910 LOW -34 03/10/1948 HIGHEST 70 03/11 35 35 38 03/31 LOWEST 11 03/23 19 -8 -18 03/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 41.7 36.3 5.4 27.2 AVG. MINIMUM 22.3 18.1 4.2 3.7 MEAN 32.0 27.2 4.8 15.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 8 11.1 -3.1 20 DAYS MIN <= 32 27 26.7 0.3 31 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 3.5 -3.5 12 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.62 2009 MINIMUM 0.03 1958 TOTALS 0.48 1.25 -0.77 1.79 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.04 -0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 10 7.7 2.3 11 DAYS >= .10 1 3.1 -2.1 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0.7 -0.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 03/24 TO 03/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 28.1 2009 SNOW DEPTH 23 03/22/2023 TOTALS 6.3 9.2 -2.9 23.3 SINCE 7/1 17.5 47.3 -29.8 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 19 DAYS >= 1.0 3 2.5 0.5 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 2 03/25 23 03/22 03/26 03/27 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1015 1172 -157 1528 SINCE 7/1 6005 7795 -1790 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/250 DATE 03/03 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/260 DATE 03/03 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.49 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 12 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF MARCH AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 32.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AND SHIFTED TO BELOW NORMAL AS THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN CHANGED. TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE EITHER SET OR TIED FOR THE MONTH. ON MARCH 10, THE HIGH OF 58 DEGREES TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 58 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2015 AND 1911. ON MARCH 11, THE HIGH OF 70 DEGREES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 63 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2016. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.48 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.77 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. SNOWFALL FOR MARCH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 6.3 INCHES WHICH IS 2.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR 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). $$