January, 1997 Preliminary Local Climatological Data Fargo, ND National Weather Service |-Temperature-|--------Degree Days---------|-Precipitation-|-Snowfall-|----Wind----| (degrees F) (base 65 degrees F) (inches) (inches) (mph, deg) Heating Cooling Max Min Avg Dep HDD Seas Dep CDD Seas Dep Tot Tot Norm Tot Tot Avg Pk Dir from for for for for for Spd Gust at Norm Seas Seas Mon Mon Seas Pk Date | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 41 20 31 25 34 417 8 0 M M 0 T 0.04 0 46.8 10.7 20 10 3 20 8 14 8 51 4229 387 0 0 0 T T 0.06 T 46.8 11.0 21 20 5 8 -5 2 -4 63 4337 377 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.12 T 57.5 24.5 46 340 6 1 -17 M M 73 4410 391 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.15 T 57.5 5.4 14 320 7 M M M M 68 4478 400 0 0 0 0 0.91 0.18 0 57.5 10.1 22 130 8 14 -5 5 -1 60 4538 401 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.21 0.1 57.6 7.7 16 170 9 16 -7 5 -1 60 4598 402 0 0 0 0.23 1.14 0.23 4.5 62.1 18.1 32 340 10 -6 -11 -9 -14 74 4679 423 0 0 0 0.15 1.29 0.25 3.0 65.1 21.8 33 350 11 -7 -14 -11 -16 76 4755 439 0 0 0 T 1.29 0.27 T 65.1 15.2 30 340 12 0 -7 -4 -9 69 4824 448 0 0 0 0.01 1.30 0.29 0.2 65.3 13.8 25 340 13 0 -14 -7 -12 72 4896 460 0 0 0 0 1.30 0.31 0 65.3 9.3 15 210 14 13 -15 -1 -6 66 4962 466 0 0 0 T 1.30 0.33 T 65.3 11.6 23 170 15 13 -8 3 -2 62 5031 475 0 0 0 0.05 1.35 0.35 1.0 66.3 24.8 56 340 16 -4 -16 -10 -15 75 5106 490 0 0 0 0 1.35 0.37 0 66.3 14.9 28 320 17 -5 -19 -12 -17 77 5183 507 0 0 0 0 1.35 0.39 0 66.3 9.8 18 300 18 21 -16 3 -2 62 5245 509 0 0 0 0.08 1.43 0.41 1.5 67.8 11.9 24 170 19 33 8 21 15 44 5289 494 0 0 0 0 1.43 0.43 0 67.8 8.0 22 260 20 25 2 14 8 51 5340 486 0 0 0 0 1.43 0.45 0 67.8 5.4 20 130 21 31 24 28 22 37 537 7 0 M M 0 1.43 0.47 0 67.8 14.6 34 150 22 24 -14 5 -1 60 543 7 0 M M 0.08 1.51 0.49 2.0 69.8 25.8 46 330 23 10 -18 -4 -10 69 5506 475 0 0 0 .19 1.70 0.51 4.7 74.5 7.2 20 110 24 0 -21 -11 -17 76 558 2 0 M M T 1.70 0.53 T 74.5 14.5 34 340 25 -11 -28 -20 -26 85 5667 518 0 0 0 0 1.70 0.55 0.0 74.5 10.1 25 340 26 -6 -30 -18 -24 83 5750 542 0 0 0 0.02 1.72 0.57 0.5 75.0 5.2 14 150 27 -7 -23 -15 -22 80 5830 564 0 0 0 0.02 1.74 0.59 0.4 75.4 9.5 23 210 28 -8 -20 -14 -21 79 5909 585 0 0 0 0 1.74 0.61 0.0 75.4 10.5 22 60 29 0 -10 -5 -12 70 5979 597 0 0 0 0 1.74 0.63 0 75.4 9.0 21 190 30 29 0 15 8 50 6029 589 0 0 0 0.05 1.79 0.65 0 75.4 14.1 29 180 31 40 16 28 21 37 6059 561 0 0 0 T 1.79 0.67 T 75.4 14.6 44 330 Monthly Summary for January, 1997 TEMPERATURE DATA JANUARY 1997 AVG DAILY MAXIMUM: 11.2 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 41 AVG DAILY MINIMUM: -7.7 DATE(S) OF MAXIMUM: 2 AVG MONTHLY TEMP: 1.8 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: -30 DEPART FROM NORMAL: -4.1 DATE(S) OF MINIMUM: 26 NUM DAYS MAX 32 AND BELOW: 28 NUM DAYS MIN 32 AND BELOW: 31 NUM DAYS MAX 90 AND ABOVE: 0 NUM DAYS MIN 0 AND BELOW: 23 HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL: 1958 MONTHLY TOTAL: 0 DEPART FROM NORMAL: +126 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0 SEASON (JUL 1 - JUN 30): 6059 SEASON (JAN 1 - DEC 31): 0 DEPART FROM NORMAL: +561 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0 PRECIPITATION DATA JANUARY 1997 PRECIPITATION SNOW MONTHLY TOTAL: 1.79 28.6 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: +1.12 +19.8 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS: 0.91 10.7 DATES(S) OF OCCURRENCE: 4TH 4TH GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND: 27 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 27-30 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .01 INCH OR MORE: 11 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .10 INCH OR MORE: 4 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .50 INCH OR MORE: 1 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 OTHER DATA TO DATE - JAN97 HIGHEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: M DATE OF OCCURRENCE: M TIME OF OCCURRENCE: M LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: M DATE OF OCCURRENCE: M TIME OF OCCURRENCE: M JANUARY 1997 RANKS AS THE 3RD WETTEST AND SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE TEMPERATURE FAILED TO RISE ABOVE ZERO ON 12 DAYS DURING THE MONTH. SIX OF THOSE DAYS WERE CONSECUTIVE...FROM THE 24TH THROUGH THE 29TH. IF FARGO DID NOT RECEIVE A SINGLE FLAKE MORE OF SNOW THE REMAINDER OF THIS WINTER, THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 75.4 WOULD RANK AS THE 4TH SNOWIEST ON RECORD. LAST WINTER, 95-96, HAD A TOTAL SEASONAL SNOWFALL OF 74.6 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD IS 1993-1994 WITH 89.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.