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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
1043 AM CDT MON MAY 01 2023

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...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 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            100   04/21/1980
 LOW              -8   04/01/1970
HIGHEST           56   04/28         54       2       55  04/01
                       04/30
LOWEST            -2   04/07         31     -33        4  04/19
AVG. MAXIMUM    42.0               52.0   -10.0     39.3
AVG. MINIMUM    24.3               29.3    -5.0     24.2
MEAN            33.2               40.7    -7.5     31.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     4                1.9     2.1        6
DAYS MIN <= 32    24               18.6     5.4       25
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                0.1     2.9        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.47   2022
 MINIMUM        0.00   1988
TOTALS          1.83               1.21    0.62     5.47
DAILY AVG.      0.06               0.04    0.02     0.18
DAYS >= .01       11                7.7     3.3       14
DAYS >= .10        5                3.3     1.7        9
DAYS >= .50        2                0.5     1.5        5
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.54   04/20 TO 04/20

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          13.1   2022
TOTALS          14.7R               3.5    11.2     13.1
SINCE 7/1       62.6               48.4    14.2       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     5                                   2
DAYS >= 1.0        5                1.0     4.0        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       16R  04/05                          10  04/13
                       04/06
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    947                731     216      990
 SINCE 7/1      9490               9093     397       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              12.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    33/360    DATE  04/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/350    DATE  04/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.58
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          9

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     74

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                4     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                9     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      5
HAZE                      8

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

&&

THE MONTH OF APRIL AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS
BELOW NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND
WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN SNOWFALL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 33.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.3
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE FOURTH LOWEST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WITH THE RECORD OF 29.7 DEGREES SET IN 1950. THE
TEMPERATURES DURING THE MONTH REMAINED WELL BELOW NORMAL AS TWO
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. APRIL 7 SAW THE
LOW TEMPERATURE OF MINUS 2.0 DEGREES BREAK THE PREVIOUS LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 4.0 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1997. APRIL 8 SAW THE LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 0.0 DEGREES BREAK THE PREVIOUS LOW TEMPERATURE OF 7.0
DEGREES SET IN 2018.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WAS 1.83 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.68 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH. APRIL 4 SET
A RECORD OF 0.53 INCHES FOR THAT DATE BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 0.50 INCHES SET IN 1997. APRIL 20 HAD 0.54 INCHES OF LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WHICH IS THE FOURTH HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE
RECORD OF 1.35 INCHES SET BACK IN 1974.

A TOTAL OF 14.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FOR THE MONTH WHICH WAS 11.2
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND HIGHEST MONTHLY
SNOWFALL TOTAL WITH THE RECORD OF 17.0 INCHES SET IN 1950. TWO DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. APRIL 4 SET A RECORD OF
6.9 INCHES FOR THAT DATE SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.4
INCHES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1977 AND 1979. APRIL 20 SET A RECORD OF 3.4
INCHES FOR THAT DATE BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 2.0 INCHES
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1945.

REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL
AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION.

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