Meteorological Autumn (September to November) isn't even over yet and already Grand Forks has set a record for the wettest fall ever. Fargo has the second wettest fall ever though noon November 6.
Below is a Record Event Report courtesy the Grand Forks National Weather Service.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS 100 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...RECORD WET FALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA/NWS CLIMATE STATION... BASED ON PRECIPITATION DATA THROUGH NOON CST...THE METEOROLOGICAL FALL HAS BEEN THE WETTEST OF RECORD AT THE UND/NWS CLIMATE STATION. AS OF NOON 11.40 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 10.41 SET IN 1957. IN FARGO THE SEASONAL TOTAL AS OF NOON CST NOVEMBER 6...THE TOTAL OF 10.15 INCHES IS CURRENTLY THE 2ND WETTEST ON RECORD. AS AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN MAY YET FALL TODAY THE FARGO RECORD MAY YET BE BROKEN BY TONIGHT. GRAND FORKS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA/NWS HIGHEST TOTAL PRECIPITATION SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 YEARS: 1893-2008 RANK VALUE ENDING DATE 1 11.40 11/06/2008 2 10.41 11/30/1957 3 8.80 11/30/2000 4 8.61 11/30/1900 5 8.33 11/30/1973 6 7.86 11/30/1931* 7 7.73 11/30/1977 8 7.46 11/30/1981 9 7.24 11/30/1982 10 7.16 11/30/1961 * A FEW DAYS DATA MISSING FARGO HECTOR FIELD HIGHEST TOTAL PRECIPITATION SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 YEARS: 1881-2008 RANK VALUE ENDING DATE 1 10.25 11/30/1977 2 10.15 11/06/2008 3 9.73 11/30/2000 4 9.55 11/30/1971 5 9.50 11/30/1903 6 9.28 11/30/1982 7 8.92 11/30/1998 8 8.91 11/30/1881 9 8.59 11/30/1957 10 8.34 11/30/1896 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS.
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