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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
852 AM CST FRI DEC 1 2023

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...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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             75   11/05/1975
 LOW             -31   11/29/1985
HIGHEST           58   11/14         34      24       69  11/01
LOWEST             0   11/27         17     -17       -1  11/18
                                                          11/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    40.2               35.7     4.5     33.7
AVG. MINIMUM    21.4               17.8     3.6     17.5
MEAN            30.8               26.7     4.1     25.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     7               11.9    -4.9       16
DAYS MIN <= 32    28               27.8     0.2       28
DAYS MIN <= 0      1                2.1    -1.1        2

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        3.94   2000
 MINIMUM           T   1999
TOTALS          0.10               0.92   -0.82     0.52
DAILY AVG.      0.00               0.03   -0.03     0.02
DAYS >= .01        3                7.0    -4.0       10
DAYS >= .10        0                2.6    -2.6        1
DAYS >= .50        0                0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.05   11/09 TO 11/09

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          29.0   1985
TOTALS           0.3                6.6    -6.3      7.5
SINCE 7/1        4.4                8.2    -3.8       MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   2
DAYS >= 1.0        0                2.0    -2.0        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        3   11/01                           5  11/20
                       11/02
                       11/05
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1019               1148    -129     1175
 SINCE 7/1      1798               2146    -348       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1       634                383     251       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/350    DATE  11/16
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/350    DATE  11/16

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.57
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      6

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

&&

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

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST FIVE DAYS AND ENTERED A WARMING TREND
THAT PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MONTH. TWO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. ON NOVEMBER 20, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF 56 DEGREES BROKE OLD RECORD OF 55 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2001.
A HIGH OF 50 DEGREES REPORTED ON NOVEMBER 29 BROKE THE OLD THE
RECORD OF 49 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2017.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.10 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THIS RANKS AS THE SEVENTH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH A RECORD LOW OF
TRACE REPORTED IN 1999.

SNOWFALL FOR NOVEMBER WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE
MONTH WAS 0.3 INCHES WHICH IS 6.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS
THE FIFTH LOWEST MONTHLY TOTAL WITH THE RECORD LOW OF TRACE REPORTED
IN 1999, 1976 AND 1956.

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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