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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
936 AM CDT MON APR 1 2024
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...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 83 03/22/1910
03/20/1910
03/18/1910
LOW -36 03/10/1948
HIGHEST 56 03/11 35 21 36 03/03
03/31
LOWEST 7 03/23 18 -11 -9 03/29
AVG. MAXIMUM 35.8 34.0 1.8 24.1
AVG. MINIMUM 18.4 16.7 1.7 4.2
MEAN 27.1 25.4 1.7 14.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 14 12.9 1.1 28
DAYS MIN <= 32 31 28.4 2.6 31
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 4.3 -4.3 11
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 2.76 1942
MINIMUM 0.01 1969
TOTALS 0.22 0.91 -0.69 1.38
DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.03 -0.02 0.04
DAYS >= .01 4 6.6 -2.6 10
DAYS >= .10 1 2.7 -1.7 5
DAYS >= .50 0 0.5 -0.5 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.16 03/02 TO 03/02 0.50
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 20.6 2023
TOTALS 2.6 7.8 -5.2 20.6
SINCE 7/1 29.0 45.6 -16.6 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 18
DAYS >= 1.0 1 2.4 -1.4
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 2 03/01 23 03/12
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1168 1229 -61
SINCE 7/1 6861 8201 -1340
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 0 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0
FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
THE MONTH OF MARCH AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE
NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES BUT BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION AND
SNOWFALL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 27.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.7
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AND SHIFTED TO BELOW
NORMAL AS THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN CHANGED. NO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.22 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.69 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.
SNOWFALL FOR MARCH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH
WAS 2.6 INCHES WHICH IS 5.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO SNOWFALL RECORDS
WERE SET FOR THE MONTH.
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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