March, 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 29 2 16 -2 49 7576 547 0 0 0 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.2 83.6 12.8 25 310 2 19 -7 6 -12 59 763 5 0 M M 0 0.04 0.04 0.0 83.6 5.1 9 30 3 33 15 2 4 41 767 6 0 M M 0.85 0.89 0.06 12.0 95.6 15.6 33 140 4 20 -17 2 -17 63 7739 571 0 0 0 0.23 1.12 0.08 3.5 99.1 19.6 38 350 5 12 -22 -5 -25 70 7809 596 0 0 0 0.02 1.14 0.10 0.5 99.6 9.2 24 300 6 10 -12 -1 -21 66 7875 617 0 0 0 0 1.14 0.13 0.0 99.6 7.4 20 310 7 21 1 11 -10 54 7929 627 0 0 0 0 1.14 0.16 0 99.6 10.4 28 170 8 34 -5 0 9 35 18 27 5 38 8017 629 0 0 0 0 1.14 0.22 0 99.6 11.6 28 280 10 36 13 25 2 40 8057 627 0 0 0 T 1.14 0.25 T 99.6 11.6 21 350 11 30 -2 14 -9 51 8108 636 0 0 0 0 1.14 0.28 0 99.6 7.2 23 20 12 20 1 11 -13 54 8162 649 0 0 0 0 1.14 0.31 0 99.6 14.4 25 40 13 18 10 14 -10 51 8213 659 0 0 0 0.45 1.59 0.34 7.0 106.6 21.1 33 20 14 10 -12 -1 -26 66 8279 685 0 0 0 T 1.59 0.37 T 106.6 16.3 30 350 15 9 -18 -5 -30 70 8349 715 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.40 0 106.6 7.8 17 160 16 38 0 19 -7 46 8395 722 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.43 0 106.6 16.9 37 170 17 20 7 14 -12 51 8446 734 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.46 0.0 106.6 13.6 25 350 18 33 13 23 -4 42 8488 738 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.50 0 106.6 9.6 20 190 19 43 19 31 4 34 8522 734 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.54 0.0 106.6 11.6 23 170 20 39 14 27 -1 38 8560 735 0 0 0 T 1.59 0.58 0.0 106.6 9.4 24 180 21 37 32 35 6 30 8590 728 0 0 0 T 1.59 0.62 0 106.6 11.0 29 350 22 37 23 30 1 35 8625 727 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.66 0.0 106.6 11.1 23 340 23 35 10 23 -7 42 8667 733 0 0 0 0 1.59 0.70 0 106.6 9.9 28 150 24 35 30 33 3 32 8699 730 0 0 0 0.30 1.89 0.74 3.0 109.6 15.2 30 140 25 37 28 33 2 32 8731 727 0 0 0 T 1.89 0.78 T 109.6 15.8 36 320 26 47 28 38 7 27 8758 720 0 0 0 0 1.89 0.82 0 109.6 9.5 22 170 27 47 30 39 7 26 8784 713 0 0 0 0 1.89 0.86 0.0 109.6 11.1 29 90 28 39 30 35 2 30 8814 711 0 0 0 0 1.89 0.91 0.0 109.6 20.6 36 10 29 44 24 34 1 31 8845 710 0 0 0 T 1.89 0.96 0.0 109.6 7.9 18 260 30 34 23 29 -5 36 8881 715 0 0 0 0 1.89 1.01 0 109.6 9.8 21 160 31 46 26 36 2 29 8910 716 0 0 0 0 1.89 1.06 0 109.6 20.0 34 130 MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FARGO NORTH DAKOTA TEMPERATURE DATA MARCH 1997 AVG DAILY MAXIMUM: 30.5 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 47 AVG DAILY MINIMUM: 9.7 DATE(S) OF MAXIMUM: 26,27 AVG MONTHLY TEMP: 20.1 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: -22 DEPART FROM NORMAL: -5.8 DATE(S) OF MINIMUM: 5 NUM DAYS MAX 32 AND BELOW: 12 NUM DAYS MIN 32 AND BELOW: 31 NUM DAYS MAX 90 AND ABOVE: 0 NUM DAYS MIN 0 AND BELOW: 9 HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL: 1383 MONTHLY TOTAL: 0 DEPART FROM NORMAL: +171 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0 SEASON (JUL 1 - JUN 30): 8910 SEASON (JAN 1 - DEC 31): 0 DEPART FROM NORMAL: +716 DEPART FROM NORMAL: 0 PRECIPITATION DATA MARCH 1997 PRECIPITATION SNOW MONTHLY TOTAL: 1.89 26.2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL: +0.83 +19.4 GREATEST DAILY: 0.85 12.0 DATES(S) OF OCCURRENCE: 3RD 3RD GREATEST DEPTH ON GROUND: 32 DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 4TH NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION .01 INCH OR MORE: 6 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 ...COMMENTS... MARCH 1997 STARTED OUT QUITE COOL...WITH THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ON THE 5TH...THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 22 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...SETTING A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THAT DATE. AFTER ANOTHER COLD STREAK IN MIDDLE PART OF THE MONTH...WITH THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE FALLING TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON THE 15TH...THE TEMPERATURE STARTED REBOUNDING BACK TO NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 47 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON BOTH THE 26TH AND 27TH...WAS ONLY 6 AND 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THOSE DATES. THUS... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ENDED UP JUST 5.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE TOP 10 COLDEST. MARCH 1997 BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE SNOWIEST WINTER EVER. THE 109.6 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR FOR THE SEASON SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 89.1 INCHES...SET IN THE WINTER OF 1993-94. TO DATE...THIS PUTS 20.5 INCHES BETWEEN THE NEW RECORD SNOWIEST WINTER AND SECOND PLACE. THE MARCH TOTAL OF 26.2 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO SETS A NEW MARCH RECORD FOR SNOWFALL. THE 1.89 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ONLY RANKS AS THE 10TH WETTEST MARCH. FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH...THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST 20 INCHES OF SNOW 4 OUT OF THE 5 MONTHS. ONLY FEBRUARY SAW LESS THAN 20 INCHES...WITH A TOTAL OF 8 INCHES. THIS MAKES THE WINTER OF 1996-97 UNIQUE.