CXUS53 KFGF 011226 CLAFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 555 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 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 NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/12/1936 LOW -43 01/11/1912 HIGHEST 97 06/20 52 45 LOWEST -22 01/30 31 -53 02/02 AVG. MAXIMUM 51.9 50.2 1.7 AVG. MINIMUM 32.6 30.8 1.8 MEAN 42.3 40.5 1.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 13 7.0 6.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 110 101.4 8.6 DAYS MIN <= 32 181 179.0 2.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 36 46.8 -10.8 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 33.92 2019 MINIMUM 9.34 1910 TOTALS 17.33 22.83 -5.50 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 105 99.7 5.3 DAYS >= .10 47 47.1 -0.1 DAYS >= .50 12 13.2 -1.2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 4.3 -4.3 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.93 STORM TOTAL 0.93 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 120.5 1996 24 HR TOTAL 15.7 MM TOTALS 61.1 48.7 12.4 LIQUID EQUIV 6.10 4.80 1.30 SINCE 7/1 13.4 20.1 -6.7 LIQUID 7/1 1.34 DAYS >= TRACE 71 39.1 31.9 DAYS >= 1.0 18 14.8 3.2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 26R 04/05 24 HR TOTAL 3.9 STORM TOTAL 8.8 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8828 9314 -486 SINCE 7/1 2969 3675 -706 COOLING TOTAL 673 430 243 SINCE 1/1 673 431 242 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 05/02 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.00 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 1 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 0 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 11 LIGHT RAIN 40 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 7 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 5 LIGHT SNOW 20 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7 HAZE 16 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 42.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. TEMPERATURES FOR THE YEAR STARTED NEAR NORMAL AND AS THE YEAR PROGRESSED, EL NINO EFFECTS HAD A GREATER IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES AND THE TRENDS CONTINUED THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WERE MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A STRENGTHENED EL NINO HELPING TO PUSH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE YEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES. PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 17.33 INCHES WHICH IS 5.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY AND FEBRUARY SAW ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THEN THE PATTERN SWITCHED AND DRIER CONDITIONS PERSISTED THROUGH THE SUMMER SEASON LEADING TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS DURING THE PERIOD. THE DRY TREND STARTED TO REVERSE AS SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER SAW NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. NOVEMBER WAS NEAR NORMAL AND DECEMBER WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION. THE FALL AND EARLY WINTER PRECIPITATION HELPED PUSH OVERALL PRECIPITATION VALUES UPWARD BUT OVERALL ANNUAL PRECIPITATION REMAINED MUCH BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WAS 61.1 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 12.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE SPRING SEASON OF MARCH THROUGH MAY SAW MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL WITH 38.8 INCHES WHICH WAS 28.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THAT SET A NEW SPRING SEASONAL RECORD AND BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 30.5 INCHES REPORTED BACK IN 1950. THE FALL AND EARLY WINTER SAW MUCH BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL BUT THE SPRING SNOWS HELPED PUSH TOTALS MUCH ABOVE NORMAL VALUES FOR THE YEAR. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$