September, 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 72 51 62 -2 3 94 23 0 456 -64 0.51 0.51 0.07 M T 13.8 34 120 2 70 44 57 -6 8 M M 0 456 -66 0 0.51 0.14 M T 8.4 22 10 3 72 40 56 -7 9 111 32 0 456 -68 0 0.51 0.21 M T 9.0 23 170 4 76 57 67 5 0 111 27 2 458 -68 0.01 0.52 0.28 M T 16.8 31 190 5 84 58 71 9 0 111 22 6 464 -64 0 0.52 0.35 M M 13.6 32 290 6 73 53 63 1 2 113 19 0 464 -66 0 0.52 0.42 M M 7.1 20 340 7 85 57 71 10 0 113 14 6 470 -61 0.65 1.17 0.49 M M 9.9 37 320 8 80 55 68 7 0 113 9 3 473 -59 0 1.17 0.56 M M 7.9 25 330 9 72 47 60 0 5 118 8 0 473 -60 0 1.17 0.63 M M 4.5 13 350 10 80 46 63 3 2 120 4 0 473 -61 0 1.17 0.70 M M 5.6 18 220 11 79 51 65 6 0 120 -3 0 473 -62 0 1.17 0.77 M M 11.4 28 140 12 74 58 66 7 0 120 -10 1 474 -62 0.38 1.55 0.84 M M 16.3 40 140 13 83 63 73 14 0 120 -17 8 482 -55 0 1.55 0.91 M M 8.4 22 200 14 80 55 68 10 0 120 -24 3 485 -52 0 1.55 0.98 M M 6.5 24 20 15 79 55 67 9 0 120 -31 2 487 -50 0 1.55 1.05 0 T 13.0 26 130 16 75 55 65 8 0 120 -39 0 487 -50 0.36 1.91 1.12 M M 15.0 33 150 17 77 47 62 5 3 123 -44 0 487 -50 0 1.91 1.19 M M 10.8 29 260 18 77 48 63 7 2 125 -51 0 487 -50 0 1.91 1.26 M M 9.8 29 340 19 54 44 0 20 60 34 0 21 69 39 0 22 69 47 0 23 70 35 53 -2 12 189 -36 0 487 -50 0 1.91 1.57 0.0 T 7.2 16 190 24 82 50 66 12 0 189 -47 1 488 -49 0 1.91 1.63 M T 16.4 34 260 26 84 53 69 15 0 191 -67 4 492 -45 0 1.91 1.75 M T 13.1 28 160 27 80 53 67 14 0 191 -79 2 494 -43 0.23 2.14 1.81 M T 15.0 41 290 28 71 53 62 9 3 194 -88 0 494 -43 0.17 2.31 1.87 M M 18.8 46 300 29 67 45 56 3 9 203 -91 0 494 -43 0 2.31 1.93 M M 18.0 44 310 30 63 39 51 -1 14 217 -90 0 494 -43 0 2.31 1.99 M M 6.2 16 20 SEPTEMBER CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 61.9 OR 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 74.6 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 49.2 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 85 ON DAY 7 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 34 ON DAY 20 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 126 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 38 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -113 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 18 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 217 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 494 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -89 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -43 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.31 OR 0.32 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 22.57 OR 6.18 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS M ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 0 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 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 10.9 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 38 MPH FROM 300 DEGREES THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 46 MPH FROM 300 DEGREES REMARKS... NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN FARGO DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1997. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 155 AM CDT WED OCT 1 1997 ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 84 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 33 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 60.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.8 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 146 DEPARTURE... -102 SEASON...... 243 DEPARTURE... -62 COOLING MONTH....... 24 DEPARTURE... -10 SEASON...... 423 DEPARTURE... -100 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.45 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 2.38 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 18.06 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 16.56