Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011021 CLAGFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 415 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1941 TO 2021 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 103 06/04 51 52 97 06/16 LOWEST -33 12/31 29 -62 -30 01/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.2 50.6 4.6 52.0 AVG. MINIMUM 30.9 28.9 2.0 29.2 MEAN 43.0 39.8 3.2 40.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 28 8.6 19.4 12 DAYS MAX <= 32 81 101.3 -20.3 97 DAYS MIN <= 32 193 184.7 8.3 205 DAYS MIN <= 0 43 51.1 -8.1 38 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 28.11 2019 MINIMUM 12.61 1989 TOTALS 19.13 21.74 -2.61 19.35 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.06 -0.01 0.05 DAYS >= .01 87 104.8 -17.8 85 DAYS >= .10 41 45.4 -4.4 32 DAYS >= .50 13 12.2 0.8 7 DAYS >= 1.00 5 4.1 0.9 5 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.73 MM 5.65 STORM TOTAL 1.73 4.26 (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 42.2 48.4 -6.2 35.7 LIQUID EQUIV 4.20 4.80 -0.60 3.60 SINCE 7/1 33.9 20.5 13.4 MM LIQUID 7/1 3.39 2.00 1.39 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1 3 DAYS >= TRACE 78 43.4 34.6 76 DAYS >= 1.0 14 14.7 -0.7 11 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 8 12/06 20 01/20 12/29 12/31 01/21 24 HR TOTAL 2.3 10.7 01/18 TO 01/18 STORM TOTAL 7.8 5.2 (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 8519 9533 -1014 9361 SINCE 7/1 3321 3765 -444 MM COOLING TOTAL 672 384 288 541 SINCE 1/1 672 383 289 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST MM LATEST MM EARLIEST 10/17 LATEST 05/28 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 51/290 DATE 06/11 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 69/040 DATE 08/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 110 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 168 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 85 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 26 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 13 RAIN 26 LIGHT RAIN 77 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 4 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 9 LIGHT SNOW 69 SLEET 2 FOG 119 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 19 HAZE 82 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE CALENDAR YEAR 2021 AT THE GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 43.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 19.13 INCHES WHICH IS 2.61 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A WETTER PERIOD OCCURRED DURING MAY AND JUNE WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS INCREASING AGAIN FROM THE AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER PERIOD. AUGUST SAW THE MOST PRECIPITATION WITH 5.06 INCHES OF RAIN. TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS 42.2 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH IS 6.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL SAW THE LEAST SNOW WITH A TOTAL OF 9.3 INCHES. NOVEMBER SAW 6.9 INCHES AND SEVERAL SYSTEMS DURING DECEMBER MADE UP THE BULK OF SNOWFALL WITH 27.0 INCHES, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN HALF THE ANNUAL SNOWFALL. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION. $$