CXUS53 KFGF 011210 CLAFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 555 AM CST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 114 07/06/1936 LOW -48 01/08/1887 HIGHEST 98 06/20 52 46 101 06/19 07/26 LOWEST -22 01/30 31 -53 -28 01/01 01/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.1 52.6 2.5 50.2 AVG. MINIMUM 34.5 31.8 2.7 29.3 MEAN 44.8 42.2 2.6 39.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 29 11.2 17.8 8 DAYS MAX <= 32 83 92.7 -9.7 97 DAYS MIN <= 32 162 172.4 -10.4 189 DAYS MIN <= 0 38 41.7 -3.7 60 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 34.76 2000 MINIMUM 8.53 1976 TOTALS 22.37 23.95 -1.58 21.42 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.07 -0.01 0.06 DAYS >= .01 109 108.6 0.4 107 DAYS >= .10 41 49.3 -8.3 51 DAYS >= .50 11 14.0 -3.0 14 DAYS >= 1.00 5 4.2 0.8 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.16 MM 1.83 STORM TOTAL 3.11 1.54 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 98.1 1996 24 HR TOTAL 12.6 MM SNOW DEPTH 21 01/23/2011 01/22/2011 01/21/2011 TOTALS 44.9 51.4 -6.5 55.9 LIQUID EQUIV 4.50 5.10 -0.60 5.59 SINCE 7/1 5.6 19.7 -14.1 MM LIQUID 7/1 0.56 1.90 -1.34 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 4 3 DAYS >= TRACE 59 41.8 17.2 89 DAYS >= 1.0 12 14.3 -2.3 17 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 23R 03/22 15 12/27 12/28 12/29 24 HR TOTAL 2.7 MM 10.8 STORM TOTAL 8.1 4.8 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8209 8806 -597 9621 SINCE 7/1 2535 3448 -913 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/10 LATEST 04/29 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/320 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/340 DATE 02/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 65/350 DATE 02/14 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 203 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 91 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 70 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 39 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 18 RAIN 30 LIGHT RAIN 88 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 8 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 8 SNOW 16 LIGHT SNOW 63 SLEET 0 FOG 159 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 38 HAZE 87 - 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 FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER, SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 44.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.6 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 22.37 INCHES WHICH IS 1.58 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 AUGUST SAW MUCH HIGHER RAINFALL WITH SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER SEEING NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. NOVEMBER WAS NEAR NORMAL AND DECEMBER WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION. AN ICE STORM IN LATE DECEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DUMPED A RECORD STORM TOTAL OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION. THIS HELPED PUSH OVERALL PRECIPITATION VALUES UPWARD, BUT OVERALL ANNUAL PRECIPITATION REMAINED BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS 44.9 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 6.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SNOWFALL FOR THE SPRING SEASON WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 31.8 INCHES WHICH WAS 18.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL RANKING AS THE SECOND HIGHEST SEASONAL SNOWFALL WITH THE RECORD OF 33.6 INCHES REPORTED BACK IN 1997. THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HELPED PUSH ANNUAL TOTALS CLOSER TO NORMAL BUT FELL SHORT OF NORMAL VALUES DUE TO THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER EL NINO PATTERN. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$