Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
000 CXUS53 KFGF 011517 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 957 AM CDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 106 08/18/1976 LOW 32 08/31/1886 08/25/1885 HIGHEST 96 08/01 81 15 94 08/05 LOWEST 50 08/30 57 -7 47 08/08 08/26 AVG. MAXIMUM 82.9 80.7 2.2 79.4 AVG. MINIMUM 60.8 56.8 4.0 57.5 MEAN 71.8 68.8 3.0 68.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 3.1 0.9 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.58 1900 MINIMUM 0.18 1984 TOTALS 4.00 2.60 1.40 2.44 DAILY AVG. 0.13 0.08 0.05 0.08 DAYS >= .01 6 8.6 -2.6 7 DAYS >= .10 3 4.4 -1.4 4 DAYS >= .50 2 1.5 0.5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 3.16 08/05 TO 08/06 DEGREE DAYS COOLING TOTAL 222 148 74 128 SINCE 1/1 841 489 352 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/180 DATE 08/31 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/170 DATE 08/31 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.29 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF AUGUST AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 71.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURES REMAINED MAINLY NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. HOWEVER, ON AUGUST 1, THE HIGH OF 96 DEGREES WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED FOR THAT DATE WITH THE RECORD OF 97 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1989. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 4.00 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.58 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET. ON AUGUST 5, 3.11 INCHES OF RAIN FELL SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.40 INCHES SET BACK IN 1923. 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). $$