CXUS53 KFGF 011425 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 915 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2024 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 95 10/03/1922 LOW -9 10/26/1919 HIGHEST 86 10/10 54 32 91 10/01 LOWEST 21 10/31 34 -13 14 10/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 62.1 53.3 8.8 54.6 AVG. MINIMUM 38.5 34.5 4.0 36.4 MEAN 50.3 43.9 6.4 45.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.7 -0.7 4 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 12.6 -6.6 9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.83 1998 MINIMUM 0.03 1992 TOTALS 0.79 2.00 -1.21 2.98 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.06 -0.03 0.10 DAYS >= .01 5 8.3 -3.3 12 DAYS >= .10 4 4.1 -0.1 10 DAYS >= .50 0 1.3 -1.3 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.24 10/12 TO 10/12 0.71 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 10.9 2001 TOTALS 0.0 1.5 -1.5 7.8 SINCE 7/1 0.0 1.5 -1.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.4 -0.4 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 6 10/27 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 450 656 -206 SINCE 7/1 529 942 -413 COOLING TOTAL 1 2 -1 SINCE 1/1 532 431 101 ................................................................ 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 1 LIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 0 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - 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 GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 50.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 6.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE SEVENTH WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH 56.6 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 2015 AND 1934. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.79 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.21 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). $$