August, 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 91 61 76 4 0 48 29 11 331 -27 T T 0.08 M M 5.8 16 320 2 93 65 79 7 0 48 29 14 345 -19 0.31 0.31 0.16 M M 6.2 37 240 3 86 64 75 3 0 48 29 10 355 -16 T 0.31 0.24 0.0 T 5.8 20 10 4 82 59 71 -1 0 48 29 6 361 -17 0 0.31 0.32 0 T 8.3 22 30 5 81 55 68 -3 0 48 28 3 364 -21 0.86 1.17 0.40 0 T 7.3 47 30 6 82 54 68 -3 0 48 27 3 367 -25 0.0 1.17 0.48 0 T 4.0 10 300 7 84 57 71 0 0 48 26 6 373 -26 0 1.17 0.56 0 T 10.3 22 210 8 89 66 78 7 0 48 25 13 386 -20 0 1.17 0.64 M M 16.6 39 200 9 77 55 66 -4 0 48 24 1 387 -25 0.25 1.42 0.72 0 T 13.7 30 160 10 68 47 58 -12 7 55 30 0 387 -31 0 1.42 0.80 0 T 6.8 15 340 11 74 45 60 -10 5 60 34 0 387 -37 0.01 1.43 0.88 0 T 9.2 23 210 12 71 51 61 -9 4 64 37 0 387 -43 0.04 1.47 0.96 0 T 10.0 24 20 13 75 40 58 -12 7 71 43 0 387 -49 0 1.47 1.04 M M 4.8 17 180 14 73 58 66 -4 0 71 42 1 388 -54 0.16 1.63 1.12 M M 12.7 25 140 15 73 57 65 -5 0 71 41 0 388 -60 0.06 1.69 1.20 M M 8.0 21 360 16 66 58 62 -7 3 74 43 0 388 -65 0.04 1.73 1.28 M M 9.8 29 40 17 69 49 59 -10 6 80 48 0 388 -70 0 1.73 1.36 M M 5.8 17 20 18 73 49 61 -8 4 84 51 0 388 -75 T 1.73 1.44 M M 8.7 23 180 19 67 53 60 -8 5 89 54 0 388 -80 T 1.73 1.52 M M 8.0 20 140 20 77 51 64 -4 1 90 53 0 388 -85 0 1.73 1.60 0.0 T 5.9 20 330 21 78 50 64 -4 1 91 52 0 388 -90 0 1.73 1.68 0.0 T 6.9 18 20 22 81 52 67 -1 0 91 50 2 390 -93 T 1.73 1.76 M M 6.5 22 140 23 87 61 74 7 0 91 48 9 399 -88 0.01 1.74 1.84 M M 9.2 24 340 24 91 54 73 6 0 91 46 8 407 -84 0 1.74 1.92 M M 8.2 26 150 25 87 61 74 7 0 91 44 9 416 -79 T 1.74 2.00 M M 10.3 31 160 26 92 56 74 8 0 91 41 9 425 -74 0 1.74 2.08 M M 5.9 17 310 27 88 60 74 8 0 91 38 9 434 -69 0 1.74 2.15 0.0 T 7.1 18 30 28 85 59 72 7 0 91 35 7 441 -65 0.32 2.06 2.22 0 T 9.5 22 110 29 73 63 68 3 0 91 32 3 444 -65 0.02 2.08 2.29 0 T 9.5 30 130 30 86 58 72 8 0 91 28 7 451 -61 0 2.08 2.36 0 T 6.2 21 310 31 86 53 70 6 0 91 24 5 456 -59 0.64 2.72 2.43 M T 10.5 29 220 AUGUST CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 67.8 OR 1.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 80.2 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 55.5 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 93 ON DAY 2 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 40 ON DAY 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 43 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 136 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -27 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 91 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 456 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 24 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -59 ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.72 OR 0.29 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 20.26 OR 5.86 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 12 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 4 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 8.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 32 MPH FROM 40 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 47 FROM 30 DEGREES