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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
513 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024

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...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             58   12/06/1939
                       12/20/1900
 LOW             -37   12/28/1933
HIGHEST           54   12/06         20      34       34  12/04
                       12/07
LOWEST             1   12/18          4      -3      -24  12/20
AVG. MAXIMUM    32.6               21.0    11.6     15.3
AVG. MINIMUM    19.9                5.8    14.1      1.9
MEAN            26.2               13.4    12.8      8.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    17               24.5    -7.5       28
DAYS MIN <= 32    31               31.0     0.0       31
DAYS MIN <= 0      0               10.5   -10.5       16

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.29   1918
 MINIMUM           T   1994
TOTALS          1.56               0.73    0.83     1.77
DAILY AVG.      0.05               0.02    0.03     0.06
DAYS >= .01        7                7.6    -0.6       10
DAYS >= .10        5                2.4     2.6        5
DAYS >= .50        1                0.2     0.8        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.53   12/24 TO 12/24               0.62

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          46.4   1996
TOTALS           5.0               13.5    -8.5     24.8
SINCE 7/1       13.4               20.1    -6.7       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     2                                  11
DAYS >= 1.0        2                3.8    -1.8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        5   12/09                          18  12/21
                       12/10
                                                          12/22
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1198               1600    -402
 SINCE 7/1      2969               3675    -706
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0
 SINCE 1/1       673                431     242
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SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER             MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              0
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          0


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                3     FREEZING RAIN              2
LT FREEZING RAIN          3     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     SLEET                      0
FOG                       3     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE
NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION BUT BELOW NORMAL IN
SNOWFALL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 26.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS
12.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS SETS A NEW RECORD FOR MONTHLY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 23.8 DEGREES
SET IN 1939. THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET FOR THE
MONTH. ON DECEMBER 7, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES BROKE THE
OLD RECORD OF 46 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1907. ADDITIONALLY,THE
HIGH OF 54 DEGREES REPORTED ON DECEMBER 6TH RANKED AS THE SECOND
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 58 SET IN
1939.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WAS 1.56 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.83 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE SEVENTH HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH RECORD OF 2.29
INCHES SET IN 1918. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET FOR THE
MONTH. ON DECEMBER 24, 0.53 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS
REPORTED BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.30 INCHES RECORDED IN
1907. THIS WAS A RESULT OF A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
PRODUCING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN AND ICE.

THE FOUR-DAY TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 1.07 INCHES REPORTED BETWEEN
DECEMBER 24TH AND DECEMBER 27TH ALSO SETS A RECORD WITH THE PREVIOUS
INCLUSIVE TOTAL OF 0.89 INCHES SET BACK IN 2009. THIS WAS A RESULT
OF A SLOW MOVING WARM LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRODUCING A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF RAIN AND ICE.

SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE
MONTH WAS 5.0 INCHES WHICH IS 8.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

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