Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
513 CXUS53 KFGF 011632 CLMFAR BISCLMFAR 000 TTAA00 FGF 011400 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 859 AM CDT TUE OCT 01 2024 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 09/08/1959 LOW 17 09/30/1883 HIGHEST 91 09/17 70 21 97 09/03 LOWEST 39 09/22 46 -7 40 09/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.9 72.0 8.9 79.1 AVG. MINIMUM 55.6 48.1 7.5 55.0 MEAN 68.2 60.0 8.2 67.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.1 0.9 4 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.9 -0.9 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.50 1999 MINIMUM 0.12 2012 TOTALS 0.08R 2.68 -2.60 2.21 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.09 -0.09 0.07 DAYS >= .01 3 8.7 -5.7 10 DAYS >= .10 0 4.7 -4.7 5 DAYS >= .50 0 1.9 -1.9 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.03 09/23 TO 09/23 09/13 TO 09/13 09/23 TO 09/23 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 50 198 -148 46 SINCE 7/1 72 247 -175 MM COOLING TOTAL 151 49 102 117 SINCE 1/1 730 538 192 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/280 DATE 09/30 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/280 DATE 09/30 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.11 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 28 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 62 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 68.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES REMAINED MAINLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS 0.08 INCHES WHICH WAS 2.60 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS MAKES THIS SEPTEMBER THE DRIEST ON RECORD, WITH THE SECOND DRIEST BEING SEPTEMBER OF 2012 WITH 0.12 INCHES. 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). $$