Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
633 CXUS53 KFGF 011405 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 847 AM CDT WED NOV 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 10/03/1922 LOW -9 10/26/1919 HIGHEST 91 10/01 54 37 77 10/05 LOWEST 14 10/28 34 -20 13 10/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 54.6 53.3 1.3 58.7 AVG. MINIMUM 36.4 34.5 1.9 35.5 MEAN 45.5 43.9 1.6 47.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 0.0 1.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 4 0.7 3.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 12.6 -3.6 12 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.83 1998 MINIMUM 0.03 1992 TOTALS 2.98 2.00 0.98 0.21 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.06 0.04 0.01 DAYS >= .01 12 8.3 3.7 6 DAYS >= .10 10 4.1 5.9 1 DAYS >= .50 2 1.3 0.7 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.71 10/04 TO 10/04 0.11 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.9 2001 TOTALS 7.8 1.5 6.3 T SINCE 7/1 7.8 1.5 6.3 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 0 DAYS >= 1.0 3 0.4 2.6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 6R 10/27 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 615 656 -41 SINCE 7/1 750 942 -192 COOLING TOTAL 18 2 16 SINCE 1/1 673 431 242 ................................................................ 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 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 1 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 MONTH OF OCTOBER AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 45.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH STARTED WITH NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE LAST WEEK WHEN A COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION DROPPING DEPARTURES TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, ON OCTOBER 2, A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS SET BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 57 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2016. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 2.98 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.98 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.8 INCHES WHICH IS 6.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL ON RECORD IN OCTOBER WITH THE RECORD OF 10.9 INCHES SET IN 2001. TWO SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. ON OCTOBER 26, 2.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.9 INCHES SET IN 1959. ON OCTOBER 27, 3.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.5 INCHES SET IN 1895. 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). $$