January National Weather Service Grand Forks Weather & Climate Review January-February 2020 Temperature Table 1 January Temperature and Precipitaon Stascs Figure 1 January Daily Departure from Normal Temperatures at Park Rapids, MN Blue Bars = Colder than Normal Days & Red Bars = Warmer than Normal Days Precipitaon Figure 2 CPC Temp Outlook Figure 3 Observed Temp Figure 5 Observed Pcpn The January temperature (Figure 2) and precipitaon (Figure 4) outlooks issued by the Climate Predicon Center (CPC) in late De- cember are shown above. Compare these with the observed January departures from normal temperatures (Figure 3) and precipi- taon (Figure 5). Table 1 shows the January average temperature (AveT), departure from normal temperature (TDept), precipitaon (Pcpn), depar- ture from normal precipitaon (PDept), and snowfall (Snow) for our 5 main climate sites (Devils Lake (DVL), NWS Grand Forks (NWS GF), Fargo (FAR), Baudee (BDE), and Park Rapids (PKD)). The January average temperature was above normal at all five sites, but Baudee and Park Rapids were the highest. Precipitaon amounts were slightly below normal at both NWS Grand Forks and Fargo. Figure 1 plots the daily departure from normal temperatures in January 2020 at Park Rapids, MN. Other than a few colder than nor- mal days (blue bars) from the 7th to 20th, quite a few days were warmer than normal (red bars). No daily or monthly temperature, precipitaon, or snowfall records were set in January 2020 at Fargo. Figure 6 Monthly Departures from Normal Temps at Fargo, ND Figure 7 Monthly Departures from Normal Pcpn at Fargo, ND Figure 6 shows that January 2020 broke the string of three consecu- ve months (Oct-Nov-Dec) of below normal temperatures at Fargo. Figure 7 shows that January 2020 also broke the string of five con- secuve months of above normal precipitaon at Fargo. However, in reality, November 2019 and January 2020 were actually prey close to normal. Looking at just the Fargo climate site (FAR), Figures 6 and 7 show how January 2020 fits into the previous 5 months. Figure 6 plots the monthly departures from normal temperatures at Fargo. The blue bars represent months that were colder than normal, while the red bars represent months that were warmer than normal. Figure 7 plots the monthly departures from normal precipitaon at Fargo. The green bars represent months that were weer than normal, while the brown bars represent months that were drier than normal. Records 6 Month Trend A EC EC Figure 4 CPC Pcpn Outlook
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January
National Weather Service Grand Forks
Weather & Climate Review
January-February 2020
Temperature
Table 1 January Temperature and Precipitation Statistics
Figure 1
January Daily
Departure from
Normal
Temperatures at
Park Rapids, MN
Blue Bars = Colder than Normal Days & Red Bars = Warmer than Normal Days