Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
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000 CXUS53 KFGF 011438 CLSFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 938 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2022 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2022 TO 5/31/2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 105 05/30/1934 LOW -36 03/10/1948 HIGHEST 83 05/28 54 29 87 05/19 LOWEST -9 03/03 32 -41 -8 03/01 AVG. MAXIMUM 46.2 52.4 -6.2 56.8 AVG. MINIMUM 29.1 30.8 -1.7 30.8 MEAN 37.6 41.6 -4.0 43.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 21 13.0 8.0 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 55 48.2 6.8 54 DAYS MIN <= 0 6 3.4 2.6 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 14.01 1896 MINIMUM 0.78 1952 TOTALS 12.84 4.75 8.09 3.84 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.05 0.09 0.04 DAYS >= .01 32 22.0 10.0 19 DAYS >= .10 20 11.3 8.7 12 DAYS >= .50 9 2.9 6.1 2 DAYS >= 1.00 3 0.7 2.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.40 0.57 04/08 TO 04/09 05/19 TO 05/19 STORM TOTAL 2.40 0.68 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 30.5 1950 24 HR TOTAL 18.0 03/06/1995 TO 03/06/1995 SNOW DEPTH 2 04/14/2021 TOTALS 17.8 7.5 10.3 1.3 LIQUID EQUIV 1.80 0.80 1.00 0.10 SINCE 7/1 77.5 43.4 34.1 MM LIQUID 7/1 7.75 4.30 3.45 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 2 -1 DAYS >= TRACE 28 5.3 22.7 16 DAYS >= 1.0 2 2.4 -0.4 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 12R 04/13 2 04/14 24 HR TOTAL MM 1.0 04/13 TO 04/13 STORM TOTAL 11.0 1.1 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 2507 2178 329 1944 SINCE 7/1 9348 9125 223 MM COOLING TOTAL 16 26 -10 23 SINCE 1/1 16 26 -10 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/20 LATEST 05/10 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 14 SLEET 1 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE SPRING SEASON AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SEASON WAS 36.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 4.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MARCH AND APRIL WERE BELOW NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES WHILE MAY WAS NEAR NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 12.84 INCHES WITH APRIL HAVING THE MOST RAINFALL WITH 6.49 INCHES REPORTED. THIS WAS DUE TO A LATE SEASON SNOW EVENT COMBINED WITH TWO HEAVY RAIN EVENTS. OVERALL, PRECIPITATION WAS 7.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 17.8 INCHES WHICH WAS 7.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL HAD THE GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNT FOR THE SEASON WITH 16.1 INCHES DUE TO LATE SEASON STORMS. 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). $$