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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS
915 AM CDT FRI NOV 1 2024

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...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
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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
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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).

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