February, 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 34 14 24 16 41 6100 545 0 0 0 T T 0.02 0 75.4 9.2 23 340 2 20 14 17 9 48 6148 536 0 0 0 0 T 0.04 0 75.4 5.0 10 350 3 27 10 19 11 46 6194 525 0 0 0 0.10 0.10 0.06 1.5 76.9 11.8 24 160 4 26 20 23 15 42 6236 510 0 0 0 0.16 0.26 0.08 1.8 78.7 12.8 26 350 5 29 10 20 11 45 6281 499 0 0 0 0 0.26 0.10 0 78.7 9.3 18 290 6 24 4 14 5 51 6332 494 0 0 0 T 0.26 0.11 T 78.7 9.3 21 340 7 14 -7 0 0 8 15 -6 0 0 9 15 2 0 0 10 14 -10 2 -8 63 6572 513 0 0 0 T 0.26 0.15 0.3 79.0 11.4 24 350 11 20 -10 5 -5 60 6632 518 0 0 0 0.09 0.35 0.16 1.5 80.5 11.4 32 350 12 4 -23 -10 -21 75 6707 539 0 0 0 0 0.35 0.17 0 80.5 10.0 33 170 13 33 4 19 8 46 6753 531 0 0 0 0 0.35 0.18 0 80.5 18.2 37 180 14 21 -6 8 -4 57 6810 535 0 0 0 T 0.35 0.19 T 80.5 10.5 23 320 15 14 -8 3 -9 62 6872 544 0 0 0 0.07 0.42 0.20 0.8 81.3 10.2 23 30 16 15 -13 1 -11 64 6936 555 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.21 0 81.3 14.9 39 170 17 37 16 27 14 38 6974 541 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.23 0 81.3 14.6 30 170 18 29 10 20 7 45 7019 534 0 0 0 T 0.42 0.25 T 81.3 10.8 25 330 19 30 -1 15 2 50 7069 532 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.27 0 81.3 14.8 38 170 20 40 24 32 18 33 7102 514 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.29 0 81.3 14.2 32 330 21 23 3 13 -1 52 7154 515 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.31 0.0 81.3 11.5 25 20 22 20 -1 10 -5 55 7209 520 0 0 0 T 0.42 0.33 0.1 81.4 12.3 30 360 23 15 -7 4 -11 61 7270 531 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.35 0.0 81.4 9.5 16 10 25 37 5 21 5 44 7384 547 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.39 0.0 81.4 16.2 28 220 26 32 4 18 2 47 7431 545 0 0 0 T 0.42 0.41 T 81.4 18.0 33 340 27 20 -4 8 12 57 7488 534 0 0 0 0 0.42 0.43 0 81.4 6.0 17 160 28 31 20 26 0 39 7527 545 0 0 0 0.17 0.59 0.45 2.0 83.4 10.5 21 150 MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FARGO NORTH DAKOTA TEMPERATURE DATA FEBRUARY 1997 AVG DAILY MAXIMUM: 23.1 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 40 AVG DAILY MINIMUM: 1.7 DATE(S) OF MAXIMUM: 20 AVG MONTHLY TEMP: 12.4 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: -23 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0.1 DATE(S) OF MINIMUM: 12 NUM DAYS MAX 32 AND BELOW: 23 NUM DAYS MIN 32 AND BELOW: 28 NUM DAYS MAX 90 AND ABOVE: 0 NUM DAYS MIN 0 AND BELOW: 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL: 1468 MONTHLY TOTAL: 0 DEPART FROM NORMAL: -16 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0 SEASON (JUL 1 - JUN 30): 7527 SEASON (JAN 1 - DEC 31): 0 DEPART FROM NORMAL: +545 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0 PRECIPITATION DATA FEBRUARY 1997 PRECIPITATION SNOW MONTHLY TOTAL: 0.59 8.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: -0.01 +2.2 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS: 0.17 2.0 DATES(S) OF OCCURRENCE: 28TH 28TH GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND: 22 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: SEVERAL NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .01 INCH OR MORE: 5 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .10 INCH OR MORE: 3 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .50 INCH OR MORE: 0 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION 1.00 INCH OR MORE: 0 FEBRUARY 1997 WAS A RELATIVELY NORMAL MONTH. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 12.4 WAS 0.1 ABOVE NORMAL...WHILE THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.59 WAS 0.01 BELOW NORMAL. THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 83.4 INCHES MAKES THE 1996-1997 WINTER THE SECOND SNOWIEST ON RECORD. FARGO NEEDS 5.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN MARCH TO BREAK THE RECORD OF THE SNOWIEST WINTER EVER.