October, 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 41 60 8 5 222 -97 0 494 -43 0 0 0.06 M M 14.4 31 160 2 89 45 67 15 0 222 -110 2 496 -41 0 0 0.12 M M 8.4 26 150 3 72 48 60 9 5 227 -119 0 496 -41 0.05 0.05 0.18 M M 12.7 33 290 4 73 40 57 6 8 235 -125 0 496 -41 0.01 0.06 0.24 M M 10.1 24 150 5 75 48 62 11 3 238 -136 0 496 -41 0.01 0.07 0.30 M M 11.9 30 200 6 73 47 60 10 5 243 -146 0 496 -41 0 0.07 0.36 M M 7.1 17 20 7 86 45 66 16 0 243 -161 1 497 -40 0.03 0.10 0.42 M M 16.9 46 180 8 82 49 66 16 0 243 -176 1 498 -39 0.98 1.08 0.48 M M 19.6 51 160 9 51 35 43 -6 22 265 -170 0 498 -39 0.10 1.18 0.54 M M 18.1 43 300 10 69 36 53 4 12 277 -174 0 498 -39 0 1.18 0.60 M M 15.9 38 170 11 77 62 69 0.03 1.21 12 71 37 54 6 11 288 -197 0 503 -34 0.84 2.05 0.72 0 0 18.8 44 340 13 39 32 36 -11 29 317 -186 0 503 -34 0.84 2.89 0.78 0.1 0.1 21.6 41 290 14 48 36 42 -5 23 340 -181 0 503 -34 T 2.89 0.84 0.0 0.1 12.1 29 280 15 52 33 43 -4 22 362 -177 0 503 -34 0 2.89 0.90 0.0 0.1 6.5 17 320 16 58 29 44 -2 21 383 -175 0 503 -34 0 2.89 0.96 0.0 0.1 8.9 23 170 17 69 45 57 11 8 391 -186 0 503 -34 0 2.89 1.02 0 0.1 16.4 28 190 18 73 45 59 14 6 397 -200 0 503 -34 0.01 2.90 1.07 0.0 0.1 13.6 34 340 19 48 29 39 -6 26 423 -194 0 503 -34 0 2.90 1.12 0.0 0.1 11.4 28 350 20 48 31 40 -4 25 448 -190 0 503 -34 0 2.90 1.17 0 0.1 14.1 34 320 21 37 26 32 -12 33 481 -178 0 503 -34 0 2.90 1.22 0.0 0.1 9.4 26 340 22 46 24 35 -8 30 511 -170 0 503 -34 0 2.90 1.27 O.O 0.1 11.1 24 170 23 45 36 41 -2 24 535 -168 0 503 -34 0.01 2.91 1.32 0.0 0.1 10.8 22 40 24 36 25 31 -11 34 569 -157 0 503 -34 0.01 2.92 1.37 0.2 0.3 17.0 29 10 25 27 23 25 -16 40 609 -141 0 503 -34 T 2.92 1.42 T 0.3 10.1 20 340 26 32 21 27 -14 38 647 -127 0 503 -34 0 2.92 1.47 0 0.3 3.1 9 140 27 45 22 34 -6 31 678 -121 0 503 -34 0 2.92 1.52 0 0.3 15.0 37 160 28 52 28 40 0 25 703 -121 0 503 -34 0 2.92 1.56 0 0.3 11.9 33 300 29 48 24 36 -3 29 732 -118 0 503 -34 0 2.92 1.60 0 0.3 7.1 20 110 30 53 33 43 5 22 754 -123 0 503 -34 0.14 3.06 1.64 0 0.3 7.8 20 200 31 49 34 42 4 23 777 -127 0 503 -34 0.12 3.18 1.68 0 0.3 11.7 32 300 OCT CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 46.9 OR 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 58.1 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 35.8 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 89 ON DAY 2 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 21 ON DAY 26 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 560 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -38 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 9 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 777 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 503 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -127 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -34 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.18 OR 1.50 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 25.75 OR 7.68 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS M INCHES ON DAY(S) _____ ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.3 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0.3 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS M INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __ ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 14 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 2 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 3 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 12 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. 31 HIGHEST 30.07 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. 0 LOWEST 29.82 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 12.7 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 37 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 51 FROM 160 DEGREES REMARKS... A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN FARGO ON OCTOBER 11TH. THE TEMPERATURE ONLY FELL TO 62 DEGREES ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD FOR WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DAY. THE OLD RECORD OF 60 DEGREES HAD BEEN SET IN 1984. ........GRAND FORKS OCT CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 83 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 34 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 44.5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1.6 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 629 DEPARTURE... 42 SEASON...... 871 DEPARTURE... -48 COOLING MONTH....... 3 DEPARTURE... -520 SEASON...... 430 DEPARTURE... -93 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.06 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 1.33 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 21.12 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 17.80 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH........NORMAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 1.5 0.3 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON....SEASONAL NORMAL SO FAR 1.5 0.3