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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
1024 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2024
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...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 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 67 02/22/2000
LOW -42 02/16/1936
HIGHEST 54 02/24 23 31 39 02/11
LOWEST -11 02/28 5 -16 -22 02/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 33.6 20.4 13.2 21.0
AVG. MINIMUM 18.2 2.5 15.7 0.6
MEAN 25.9 11.4 14.5 10.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 12 22.0 -10.0 21
DAYS MIN <= 32 29 27.6 1.4 28
DAYS MIN <= 0 3 13.1 -10.1 14
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.19 1930
MINIMUM 0.01 1935
TOTALS 0.83 0.56 0.27 0.19
DAILY AVG. 0.03 NAN NAN 0.01
DAYS >= .01 5 6.5 -1.5 3
DAYS >= .10 2 1.9 0.1 1
DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.45 02/27 TO 02/27 0.15
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 27.0 2019
TOTALS 7.2 8.2 -1.0 5.0
SINCE 7/1 26.4 37.8 -11.4 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 14
DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.7 -1.7
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 4 02/27 17 02/21
02/22
02/23
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1126 1499 -373
SINCE 7/1 5693 7068 -1375
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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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 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0
FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE
NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION BUT BELOW NORMAL IN
SNOWFALL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 25.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS
14.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE THIRD HIGHEST MONTHLY
AVERAGE WITH THE RECORD OF 26.4 DEGREES SET IN 1954. THE TEMPERATURE
DEPARTURES REMAINED WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE 27TH AND 28TH WHEN A SYSTEM PUSHED ACROSS THE
REGION PLUNGING DAILY TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO.
NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, FIVE OTHER
HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THE MONTH RANKED IN THE TOP 10 FOR RECORD
VALUES.
ON FEBRUARY 7, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 42 DEGREES RANKED AS FIFTH
HIGHEST WITH THE RECORD OF 53 DEGREES SET IN 1991.
A HIGH OF 43 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 8 RANKED AS THE FIFTH
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 48 DEGREES SET
IN 2000 AND 1898.
A HIGH OF 46 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 22 TIED FOR THIRD HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 67 DEGREES SET IN 2000.
A HIGH OF 50 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 24 RANKED AS THE SECOND
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET
IN 1976.
A HIGH OF 53 DEGREES REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 26 RANKED AS THE SECOND
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 57 DEGREES SET
IN 1896.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.83 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.27 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
ONE PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ON FEBRUARY 8, A
RECORD OF 0.32 INCHES WAS REPORTED BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.20
INCHES SET IN 1936. HOWEVER, THE 0.45 INCHES THAT WAS REPORTED ON
FEBRUARY 27 WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF
0.63 INCHES IN 1996 AND 1948.
SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH
WAS 7.2 INCHES WHICH IS 1.0 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE 6.0 INCHES OF
SNOW THAT FELL ON FEBRUARY 27 IS THE THIRD HIGHEST TOTAL FOR THAT
DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 12.0 INCHES SET IN 1996.
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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