Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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000 CXUS53 KFGF 011428 CLSFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 930 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2022 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 104 05/30/1934 LOW -34 03/10/1948 HIGHEST 84 05/28 53 31 86 05/01 05/21 05/24 LOWEST -9 03/12 32 -41 -5 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 47.5 53.1 -5.6 57.7 AVG. MINIMUM 29.5 31.5 -2.0 32.3 MEAN 38.5 42.3 -3.8 45.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.0 -1.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 12.5 -8.5 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 57 45.1 11.9 54 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 3.5 0.5 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 11.44 1902 MINIMUM 1.28 1980 TOTALS 9.14 5.88 3.26 2.29 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.06 0.04 0.02 DAYS >= .01 37 27.3 9.7 20 DAYS >= .10 19 13.1 5.9 7 DAYS >= .50 7 3.4 3.6 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.83 0.78 04/08 TO 04/09 STORM TOTAL 1.13 0.73 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 33.6 1997 24 HR TOTAL 13.2 04/08/1904 TO 04/08/1904 SNOW DEPTH 3 03/01/2021 TOTALS 10.0 13.3 -3.3 4.8 LIQUID EQUIV 1.00 1.30 -0.30 0.50 SINCE 7/1 56.2 51.4 4.8 MM LIQUID 7/1 5.62 5.10 0.52 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= TRACE 24 7.9 16.1 14 DAYS >= 1.0 3 3.6 -0.6 2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8R 03/07 3 03/01 03/09 03/10 24 HR TOTAL MM MM STORM TOTAL 4.2 2.4 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2428 2124 304 1845 SINCE 7/1 9000 8746 254 MM COOLING TOTAL 16 30 -14 35 SINCE 1/1 16 30 -14 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/20 LATEST 05/28 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/330 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 41/350 DATE 04/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 58/230 DATE 05/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 36 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 28 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 28 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 9 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 7 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 32 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 22 SLEET 0 FOG 38 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 10 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SPRING SEASON AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 38.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 3.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ALL THREE MONTHS OF THE SEASON WERE BELOW NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 9.14 INCHES WITH APRIL HAVING THE MOST RAINFALL WITH 5.45 INCHES REPORTED. OVERALL, PRECIPITATION WAS 3.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 10.0 INCHES WHICH WAS 3.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. MARCH HAD THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE SEASON WITH 5.5 INCHES. 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). $$