569 CXUS53 KFGF 051436 CLMFAR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 400 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2019 ................................... ...THE FARGO HECTOR INTL AP ND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1881 TO 2019 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 66 02/25/1958 LOW -47 02/09/1888 HIGHEST 24 02/23 23 1 39 02/14 LOWEST -27 02/08 5 -32 -18 02/12 AVG. MAXIMUM 10.0 23.7 -13.7 17.6 AVG. MINIMUM -8.4 5.6 -14.0 -2.8 MEAN 0.8 14.6 -13.8 7.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 28 19.0 9.0 25 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.4 0.6 28 DAYS MIN <= 0 25 10.5 14.5 17 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.18 1908 MINIMUM 0.03 1954 TOTALS 1.69 0.61 1.08 0.83 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.02 0.04 0.03 DAYS >= .01 12 7.2 4.8 9 DAYS >= .10 6 2.1 3.9 4 DAYS >= .50 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.31 02/03 TO 02/03 02/23 TO 02/24 STORM TOTAL MM MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM 02/24(00) TO 02/24(00) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 19.5 1979 24 HR TOTAL 10.8 02/28/1951 TO 02/28/1951 SNOW DEPTH MM MM TOTALS 21.4R 7.0 14.4 12.1 LIQUID EQUIV 2.14 0.70 1.44 1.20 SINCE 7/1 47.8 38.0 9.8 27.4 LIQUID 7/1 4.78 3.80 0.98 2.74 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 16 9 7 5 DAYS >= TRACE 17 6.7 10.3 14 DAYS >= 1.0 7 2.4 4.6 5 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 22 02/24 10 02/26 02/23 02/25 24 HR TOTAL 3.5 02/22 TO 02/22 02/24 TO 02/24 OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S STORM TOTAL MM MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM 02/24(00) TO 02/24(00) DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1792 1410 382 1608 SINCE 7/1 7298 6678 620 6647 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/340 DATE 02/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 47/330 DATE 02/24 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 81 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 10 LIGHT SNOW 18 SLEET 0 FOG 22 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 8 HAZE 20 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AT THE FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. ONE DAILY SNOW RECORD AND THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. AFTER THE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AT THE END OF LAST MONTH...TEMPERATURES MODERATED BUT REMAINED BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.8F WHICH RANKED AS THE ELEVENTH COLDEST FEBRUARY BEHIND 1936 WHICH HOLDS THE RECORD OF - 9.7F. THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 13.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DESPITE THE COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...NO NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET. PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 1.69 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION FELL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH WHICH IS 1.08 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS FEBRUARY AS THE SIXTH WETTEST MONTH COMPARED TO THE RECORD OF 2.18 INCHES SET IN 1908. TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 21.4 INCHES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 19.5 INCHES SET BACK IN 1979. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. ON FEB 6...2.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 2.6 INCHES SET IN 1932. REMEMBER...THIS DATA IS PROVISIONAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE FINAL AND OFFICIAL RECORDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (FORMERLY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER). $$