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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
938 AM CST THU FEB 1 2024

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...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             55   01/05/2012
 LOW             -48   01/08/1887
HIGHEST           52   01/31         16      36       35  01/15
                                                          01/27
LOWEST           -14   01/14         -2     -12      -22  01/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    23.2               18.2     5.0     17.9
AVG. MINIMUM    11.2                0.2    11.0      3.5
MEAN            17.2                9.2     8.0     10.7
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    19               25.7    -6.7       27
DAYS MIN <= 32    31               30.8     0.2       31
DAYS MIN <= 0     10               15.9    -5.9       11

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        1.85   1989
 MINIMUM        0.09   2008
TOTALS          0.15               0.71   -0.56     0.23
DAILY AVG.      0.00               0.02   -0.02     0.01
DAYS >= .01        5                8.9    -3.9        4
DAYS >= .10        0                2.0    -2.0        0
DAYS >= .50        0                0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.07   01/13 TO 01/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          31.5   1989
 SNOW DEPTH       14   01/03/2023
                       01/02/2023
                       01/01/2023
TOTALS           1.4               10.3    -8.9      2.7
SINCE 7/1        7.0               30.0   -23.0       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     1                                  12
DAYS >= 1.0        0                2.6    -2.6        1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   01/25                          14  01/01
                       01/26
                       01/27
                                                          01/02
                                                          01/03
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1474               1730    -256     1674
 SINCE 7/1      4009               5175   -1166       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/160    DATE  01/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/140    DATE  01/20

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.59
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                0     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               14     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                     15

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

&&

THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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 17.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.0
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTH THEN DIPPED BELOW
NORMAL DURING AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK THAT LASTED UNTIL AROUND THE 21ST
BEFORE RISING TO ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN.

TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. ON JANUARY 28, THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 44 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 41 DEGREES
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1927. A HIGH OF 52 DEGREES REPORTED ON JANUARY 31
BROKE THE OLD THE RECORD OF 44 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2009.

ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 46 DEGREES ON JANUARY 29
RANKED AS THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 52
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931. ALSO, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 41 ON
JANUARY 30 RANKED AS THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD
OF 45 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1931.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID WAS 0.15
INCHES WHICH WAS 0.56 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS
WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.

SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE
MONTH WAS 1.4 INCHES WHICH IS 8.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS
THE SIXTH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH THE RECORD LOW SNOWFALL ON 0.8
INCHES SET IN 1990 AND 1942.

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).

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