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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
1133 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2024
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...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2023 TO 2/29/2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 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 -43 01/30/2004
HIGHEST 56 12/06 19 37 39 02/11
02/26
LOWEST -15 01/14 1 -16 -26 12/20
02/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 29.2 19.2 10.0 18.3
AVG. MINIMUM 15.2 0.6 14.6 -0.1
MEAN 22.2 9.9 12.3 9.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 51 73.6 -22.6 74
DAYS MIN <= 32 89 89.3 -0.3 90
DAYS MIN <= 0 16 43.8 -27.8 49
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 3.78 1989
MINIMUM 0.37 2002
TOTALS 1.42 1.66 -0.24 1.97
DAILY AVG. 0.02 NAN NAN 0.02
DAYS >= .01 15 24.0 -9.0 14
DAYS >= .10 7 5.4 1.6 6
DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.44 12/23 TO 12/24 0.82 12/13 TO 12/14
STORM TOTAL 0.43 0.57
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 57.7 1997
24 HR TOTAL 13.5 01/17/1996 TO 01/17/1996
SNOW DEPTH 15 12/22/2022
TOTALS 13.0 29.3 -16.3 23.4
LIQUID EQUIV 1.30 2.90 -1.60 2.34
SINCE 7/1 17.4 37.5 -20.1 MM
LIQUID 7/1 1.74 3.70 -1.96 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 11
DAYS >= TRACE 35 28.1 6.9 49
DAYS >= 1.0 5 8.9 -3.9 6
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 01/23 15 12/22
01/24
01/25
24 HR TOTAL MM MM 0.9
STORM TOTAL 3.6 5.4
(MM/DD(HH)) MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 3884 4959 -1075 5008
SINCE 7/1 5682 7204 -1522 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST MM
LATEST MM
EARLIEST 10/08
LATEST 05/02
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/290
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/340 DATE 12/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/350 DATE 12/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.66
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 33
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 41
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 37 SLEET 3
FOG 48 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 17
HAZE 35
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
THE WINTER SEASON AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OVERALL
HAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL MOISTURE, WITH BELOW
NORMAL SNOWFALL.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SEASON REMAINED ON THE WARM SIDE
EXCEPT FOR MID JANUARY WHEN AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK RESULTED IN DAILY
BELOW AVERAGE DEPARTURES. THE OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
SEASON WAS 22.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 12.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS
BREAKS THE RECORD OF 19.6 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1983.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS NEAR NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION
WAS 1.42 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.24 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. DECEMBER WAS THE
WETTEST MONTH WITH 0.93 INCHES. A DECEMBER ICE STORM HELPED PUSH
TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES.
SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR
THE SEASON WAS 13.0 INCHES WHICH IS 16.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL, OR
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HALF OF SEASONAL AMOUNTS.
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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