May, 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 58 34 46 -5 19 9739 871 0 0 0 T T 0.07 0 117.0 7.0 16 20 2 57 36 47 -4 18 9757 875 0 0 0 0 T 0.14 0 117.0 15.7 32 340 3 60 30 45 -6 20 9777 882 0 0 0 0 T 0.21 0 117.0 8.1 23 330 4 76 38 57 5 8 9785 877 0 0 0 T T 0.28 0 117.0 15.4 34 210 5 61 40 51 -1 14 9799 878 0 0 0 0 T 0.35 0 117.0 18.9 43 320 7 63 50 57 4 8 9819 872 0 0 -2 0.36 0.36 0.49 0 117.0 14.3 39 280 8 51 37 44 -10 21 9840 881 0 0 -3 0.11 0.47 0.56 0 117.0 22.2 40 350 12 50 31 41 -14 24 9903 898 0 0 -7 0.02 0.50 0.87 T 117.0 16.1 39 340 13 58 28 43 -12 22 9925 909 0 0 -8 0.04 0.54 0.95 T 117.0 15.5 37 320 14 51 33 42 -14 23 9948 922 0 0 -9 T 0.54 1.03 0 117.0 21.2 37 340 15 56 34 45 -11 20 9968 932 0 0 -10 0 0.54 1.11 0.0 117.0 10.7 29 20 16 80 48 64 8 1 9969 923 0 0 -11 T 0.54 1.19 0 117.0 15.0 31 180 18 61 38 50 -7 15 9988 924 0 0 -13 0.01 0.57 1.35 0 117.0 20.2 38 340 19 52 38 45 -12 20 10008 935 0 0 -14 0 0.57 1.43 0 117.0 12.9 28 330 20 61 37 49 -9 16 10024 943 0 0 -15 0 0.57 1.51 0 117.0 9.4 23 320 21 76 35 56 -2 9 10033 944 0 0 -16 0 0.57 1.59 0 117.0 14.7 37 140 22 62 51 57 -1 8 10041 944 0 0 -17 1.09 1.66 1.67 0 117.0 17.7 36 160 23 60 50 55 -4 10 10051 946 0 0 -19 0.91 2.57 1.75 0 117.0 11.3 23 180 24 69 45 57 -2 8 10059 946 0 0 -21 0 2.57 1.83 0 117.0 13.7 25 40 26 70 43 57 -3 8 10075 947 0 0 -25 0 2.57 2.00 0.0 117.0 12.3 25 110 27 71 46 59 -1 6 10081 946 0 0 -27 0 2.57 2.09 0.0 117.0 8.4 22 80 28 75 50 63 3 2 10083 941 0 0 -29 0 2.57 2.18 0 117.0 9.6 26 140 29 70 52 61 0 4 10087 939 0 0 -31 0 2.57 2.27 0.0 117.0 4.5 14 270 30 83 45 64 3 1 10088 934 0 0 -33 0 2.57 2.36 0 117.0 5.5 20 300 31 84 52 68 7 0 10088 928 3 3 -32 0 2.57 2.45 0 117.0 11.3 31 180 MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 53.0 OR 3.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 65.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 40.2 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 84 ON DAY 31 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 28 ON DAY 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 368 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 62 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -32 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 10088 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 3 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 928 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -32 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.57 OR 0.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 9.96 OR 3.51 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS M INCHES ON DAY(S) _____ ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 117.0 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __ ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 4 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. 31 HIGHEST 29.84 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. 0 LOWEST 29.78 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 13.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 41 MPH FROM 350 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 49 FROM 340 DEGREES REMARKS... THE MONTH OF MAY WAS NORMAL FOR THE FARGO/MOOREHEAD AREA. THE EXCEPTION BEING A TRACE OF SNOW FELL ON THE 12TH AND 13TH. THE LAST TIME A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN MAY WAS IN 1992.