July, 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 78 61 70 0 0 0 -1 5 139 -10 0.28 0.28 0.09 M M 12.1 51 140 2 64 55 60 -10 5 5 3 0 139 -16 0.07 0.35 0.18 M M 18.3 39 330 3 55 49 52 -18 13 18 15 0 139 -22 0.28 0.63 0.27 M M 14.5 33 350 4 75 46 61 -9 4 22 18 0 139 -28 0 0.63 0.36 M M 6.9 16 260 5 71 48 60 -10 5 27 22 0 139 -34 T 0.63 0.45 M M 14.0 29 340 6 68 42 55 -15 10 37 31 0 139 -40 0 0.63 0.54 0 T 5.3 16 20 7 59 51 55 -15 10 47 40 0 139 -46 0.77 1.40 0.63 M M 10.4 24 140 8 70 58 64 -6 1 48 40 0 139 -52 0.01 1.41 0.72 M M 5.4 13 110 9 75 56 66 -5 0 48 39 1 140 -58 0 1.41 0.81 M M 14.3 26 170 10 82 61 72 1 0 48 38 7 147 -58 0 1.41 0.90 M M 18.5 33 160 11 86 68 77 6 0 48 37 12 159 -53 0.10 1.51 0.99 M M 14.7 38 150 12 84 70 77 6 0 48 36 12 171 -48 0.85 2.36 1.08 M M 10.0 28 240 13 86 65 76 5 0 48 35 11 182 -44 0.01 2.37 1.17 M M 6.6 29 250 14 83 60 72 1 0 48 34 7 189 -44 T 2.37 1.26 M M 9.4 21 300 15 90 63 77 6 0 48 33 12 201 -39 0 2.37 1.35 M M 7.8 22 210 16 91 67 79 8 0 48 32 14 215 -32 0 2.37 1.44 M M 4.6 18 20 17 87 62 75 4 0 48 31 10 225 -29 0 2.37 1.53 M M 6.1 14 60 18 85 67 76 5 0 48 30 11 236 -25 0.16 2.53 1.62 M M 9.3 23 90 19 79 65 72 1 0 48 29 7 243 -25 0 2.53 1.71 M M 6.2 21 100 20 80 60 70 -2 0 48 29 5 248 -27 0.01 2.53 1.80 M M 5.6 16 350 21 81 61 71 -1 0 48 29 6 254 -28 T 2.53 1.89 M M 6.3 20 120 22 81 60 71 -1 0 48 29 6 265 -31 0 2.53 2.06 M M 6.1 20 140 23 81 60 71 -1 0 48 29 6 265 -31 0 2.53 2.06 M M 6.1 20 140 24 87 67 77 5 0 48 29 12 277 -26 0 2.53 2.14 M M 12.3 24 210 25 90 70 80 8 0 48 29 15 292 -18 0.01 2.54 2.22 M M 6.2 16 190 26 88 64 76 4 0 48 29 11 303 -14 0.19 2.73 2.30 M M 6.1 26 340 27 81 58 70 -2 0 48 29 5 308 -16 T 2.73 2.38 M M 7.3 22 340 28 80 54 67 -5 0 48 29 2 310 -21 T 2.73 2.46 M M 6.5 18 10 29 80 53 67 -5 0 48 29 2 312 -26 0 2.73 2.54 M M 3.0 13 20 30 83 55 69 -3 0 48 29 4 316 -29 0 2.73 2.62 M M 8.5 22 200 31 74 63 69 -3 0 48 29 4 320 -32 0 2.73 2.70 M M 14.8 26 190 JULY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 69.2 OR 1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 79.2 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 59.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 91 ON DAY 16 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 42 ON DAY 6 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 48 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 186 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 29 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -23 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 48 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 320 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 29 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -32 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.73 OR 0.03 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 17.54 OR 5.57 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS M INCHES ON DAY(S) _____ ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 12 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 3 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 9.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 37 MPH FROM 150 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 51 MPH FROM 140 DEGREES REMARKS... A NEW RECORD FOR THE LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON JULY 3RD WHEN FARGO ONLY REACHED 55 DEGREES. IT REPLACES THE OLD RECORD OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 1915 FOR THAT DAY. A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET FOR JULY 6TH WHEN FARGO DROPPED TO 42 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THAT DAY WAS 43 DEGREES SET IN 1942 AND TIED IN 1984. THE MERCURY ONLY ROSE TO 59 DEGREES ON THE 7TH OF JULY...WHICH TIES THE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ORIGINALLY SET IN 1922.