Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011541 CLAGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 934 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 109 07/12/1936 LOW -43 01/30/2004 01/11/1912 HIGHEST 100 06/19 51 49 103 06/04 LOWEST -37 01/01 29 -66 -33 12/31 AVG. MAXIMUM 49.1 50.6 -1.5 55.2 AVG. MINIMUM 27.3 28.9 -1.6 30.9 MEAN 38.2 39.8 -1.6 43.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 9 8.6 0.4 28 DAYS MAX <= 32 119 101.3 17.7 81 DAYS MIN <= 32 193 184.7 8.3 193 DAYS MIN <= 0 71 51.1 19.9 43 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 28.11 2019 MINIMUM 12.61 1989 TOTALS 23.32 21.74 1.58 19.13 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.05 DAYS >= .01 111 104.8 6.2 87 DAYS >= .10 48 45.4 2.6 41 DAYS >= .50 16 12.2 3.8 13 DAYS >= 1.00 4 4.1 -0.1 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.02 0MM11 TO 05/12 1.73 STORM TOTAL 1.73 1.73 (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 96.4 1997 24 HR TOTAL 11.5 MM SNOW DEPTH 20 01/21/2020 01/20/2020 TOTALS 58.0 48.4 9.6 42.2 LIQUID EQUIV 5.80 4.80 1.00 4.20 SINCE 7/1 24.1 20.5 3.6 MM LIQUID 7/1 2.41 2.00 0.41 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 3 1 DAYS >= TRACE 109 43.4 65.6 78 DAYS >= 1.0 15 14.7 0.3 14 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 15 12/22 8 12/06 12/29 12/31 24 HR TOTAL 12.9R MM 2.3 STORM TOTAL 9.0 7.8 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 10134 9533 601 8519 SINCE 7/1 3661 3765 -104 MM COOLING TOTAL 513 384 129 672 SINCE 1/1 513 383 130 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 09/27 LATEST 05/21 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 56/160 DATE 05/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 72/160 DATE 05/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 93 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 169 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 102 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 33 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 17 RAIN 28 LIGHT RAIN 91 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 9 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 27 LIGHT SNOW 107 SLEET 1 FOG 167 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 23 HAZE 84 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2022 AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 38.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A SERIES OF ARCTIC OUTBREAKS DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY KEPT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL AND THE BELOW NORMAL TREND CONTINUED INTO MAY. HOWEVER, THE JUNE THROUGH AUGUST PERIOD TRENDED ABOVE NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES AND THE TREND CONTINUED INTO NOVEMBER. DECEMBER STARTED ON THE WARM SIDE BUT AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK HELPED SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN OVERALL BELOW NORMAL VALUES FOR THE YEAR. PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 23.32 INCHES WHICH IS 1.58 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH PERIOD WAS NEAR NORMAL. APRIL SAW THREE PRECIPITATION RECORDS BROKEN AS TOTALS FOR THE MONTH WERE 4.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS DUE TO LATE SEASON STORMS IMPACTING THE REGION. THE MONTH OF MAY SAW THE WET TREND CONTINUE WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER, THE JUNE THROUGH OCTOBER PERIOD WAS ON THE DRIER SIDE AND LED TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. A WET DECEMBER CONTRIBUTED TO PUSHING THE PRECIPITATION TOTALS TO ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE YEAR. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WAS 58.0 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 9.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. FEBRUARY, APRIL AND DECEMBER SAW HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE 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. $$