


Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
Issued by NWS Grand Forks, ND
448 CXUS53 KFGF 012222 CLMFGF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS 429 PM CDT WED OCT 01 2025 ................................... ...THE GRAND FORKS UNIV. (NWS) ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 09/05/1978 LOW 11 09/27/1893 HIGHEST 86 09/14 70 16 87 09/08 09/29 09/16 LOWEST 35 09/07 46 -11 42 09/22 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.2 69.7 4.5 78.8 AVG. MINIMUM 52.6 47.4 5.2 55.5 MEAN 63.4 58.5 4.9 67.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 0 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 9.07 2019 MINIMUM 0.10 1897 TOTALS 1.85 2.42 -0.57 0.68 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.08 -0.02 0.02 DAYS >= .01 10 8.7 1.3 7 DAYS >= .10 6 4.4 1.6 2 DAYS >= .50 0 1.5 -1.5 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.5 -0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.40 09/12 TO 09/12 0.37 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.5 1972 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 107 225 -118 SINCE 7/1 144 289 -145 COOLING TOTAL 67 32 35 SINCE 1/1 534 429 105 ................................................................ 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 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 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 SEPTEMBER AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY (NWS) WAS ABOVE NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE AND BELOW NORMAL IN PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.4 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS THE 5TH WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. DESPITE THE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AN EARLY SEASON COOL SPELL BROUGHT A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY/NWS CLIMATE STATION ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH. THIS ALSO WAS THE EARLIEST DATE WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 50 DEGREES DURING THE AUTUMN MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. SEE RERFGF TEXT PRODUCT ISSUED ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH FOR MORE INFORMATION. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.85 INCHES, WHICH WAS 0.57 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH. THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (NCEI). $$