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CLIMATE REPORT
..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
817 AM CST SUN NOV 1 2009
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...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1890 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 95 10/03/1922
LOW -9 10/26/1919
HIGHEST 59 10/18 95 -36
LOWEST 18 10/13 -9 27
AVG. MAXIMUM 45.7 56.0 -10.3
AVG. MINIMUM 33.1 34.7 -1.6
MEAN 39.4 45.3 -5.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.0 -1.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 13 12.0 1.0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM MM MM
MINIMUM MM MM
TOTALS 2.68 1.51 1.17
DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.05 0.04
DAYS >= .01 15 7.0 8.0
DAYS >= .10 5 4.0 1.0
DAYS >= .50 1 1.0 0.0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.0 1.0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.15 10/01 TO 10/01 1.40
STORM TOTAL MM MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 0.7 MM MM
LIQUID EQUIV 0.07 MM MM
SINCE 7/1 0.7 MM MM
LIQUID 7/1 0.07
DAYS >= TRACE 8 MM MM
DAYS >= 1.0 0 MM MM
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH T 10/15
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 788 603 185
SINCE 7/1 975 894 81
COOLING TOTAL 0 1 -1
SINCE 1/1 251 529 -278
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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 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0
FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
REMARKS...
OCTOBER WAS A COLD AND WET MONTH AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY/NWS.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER WAS 39.4 DEGREES OR 5.9 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL.
A TOTAL OF 2.68 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN OCTOBER AND WAS 1.17 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL.
OTHER DAILY RECORDS FOR THE MONTH ARE: ON OCTOBER 1ST WHERE 1.15
INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE OLD RECORD WAS 0.92 INCHES SET BACK IN 1926.
REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL
AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CLIMATE
DATA CENTER.
..CORRECTED FOR FORMATTING ERROR
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