CXUS53 KFGF 011757 CLSFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 1133 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 12/1/2023 TO 2/29/2024... 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 67 02/22/2000 LOW -43 01/11/1912 HIGHEST 54 12/06 19 35 39 02/11 12/07 02/24 LOWEST -16 01/14 2 -18 -24 12/20 01/15 AVG. MAXIMUM 28.4 18.9 9.5 17.7 AVG. MINIMUM 15.2 2.3 12.9 1.9 MEAN 21.8 10.6 11.2 9.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 54 73.4 -19.4 78 DAYS MIN <= 32 91 89.4 1.6 90 DAYS MIN <= 0 15 41.0 -26.0 41 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.39 1996 MINIMUM 0.37 2002 TOTALS 2.77 1.78 0.99 2.16 DAILY AVG. 0.03 NAN NAN 0.03 DAYS >= .01 19 20.9 -1.9 MM DAYS >= .10 9 5.8 3.2 MM DAYS >= .50 1 0.4 0.6 MM DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 MM GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.53 1MM24 TO 12/24 0.62 STORM TOTAL 0.53 0.62 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 75.3 1996 24 HR TOTAL 15.7 12/25/2009 TO 12/25/2009 SNOW DEPTH 18 12/22/2022 12/21/2022 TOTALS 18.0 31.2 -13.2 33.7 LIQUID EQUIV 1.80 3.10 -1.30 3.37 SINCE 7/1 26.4 37.8 -11.4 MM LIQUID 7/1 2.64 3.70 -1.06 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 13 DAYS >= TRACE 37 25.8 11.2 46 DAYS >= 1.0 5 9.5 -4.5 9 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 12/09 18 12/21 12/10 12/22 24 HR TOTAL MM MM 3.9 STORM TOTAL 6.0 7.5 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 3922 4896 -974 4946 SINCE 7/1 5693 7068 -1375 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 05/02 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM 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 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 2 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 0 - 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 UNIVERSITY (NWS) 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 21.8 DEGREES WHICH IS 11.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD OF 21.2 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1983. PRECIPITATION FOR THE SEASON WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 2.77 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.99 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION HELPED PUSH TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. DECEMBER WAS THE WETTEST MONTH WITH 1.56 INCHES FOLLOWED BY SEPTEMBER WITH 2.00 INCHES. A DECEMBER ICE STORM HELPED PUSH TOTALS TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON WAS 18.0 INCHES WHICH IS 13.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. MONTHLY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE CONSISTENT THROUGH THE WINTER SEASON. 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). $$