CXUS53 KFGF 011423 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 915 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2024 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 10/11/2015 LOW -4 10/26/1919 HIGHEST 86 10/10 56 30 96 10/01 LOWEST 21 10/15 35 -14 15 10/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.3 55.8 8.5 58.6 AVG. MINIMUM 40.4 35.2 5.2 39.8 MEAN 52.3 45.5 6.8 49.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.7 -0.7 3 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 12.0 -6.0 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.03 1982 MINIMUM 0.05 1986 TOTALS 0.35 2.17 -1.82 1.82 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.07 -0.06 0.06 DAYS >= .01 5 8.5 -3.5 13 DAYS >= .10 2 4.5 -2.5 4 DAYS >= .50 0 1.4 -1.4 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.19 10/29 TO 10/30 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.1 1951 SNOW DEPTH 4 10/23/2020 TOTALS 0.0 1.2 -1.2 2.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 1.2 -1.2 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.4 -0.4 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 1 10/31 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 389 609 -220 522 SINCE 7/1 461 856 -395 MM COOLING TOTAL 4 4 0 39 SINCE 1/1 734 542 192 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/290 DATE 10/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/270 DATE 10/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.19 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND WELL BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 52.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 6.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE FOURTH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH 57.2 DEGREES RECORDED IN 1963. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH. ON OCTOBER 10, A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES WAS RECORDED TYING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 86 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2003 AND 1955. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.35 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. NO SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED 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). $$