November, 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 38 32 35 -2 30 807 -125 0 503 -34 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.2 0.5 21.2 33 330 2 32 24 28 -9 37 844 -116 0 503 -34 0.19 0.20 0.08 2.6 3.1 33.8 54 340 3 26 21 24 -12 41 885 -104 0 503 -34 0.01 0.21 0.11 0.2 3.3 17.7 43 350 4 30 21 26 -9 39 924 -95 0 503 -34 T 0.21 0.14 T 3.3 5.8 13 170 5 30 28 29 -6 36 960 -89 0 503 -34 0 0.21 0.17 0.0 3.3 6.5 15 40 6 34 27 31 -3 34 994 -86 0 503 -34 00 0.21 0.20 0 3.3 15.7 30 180 7 43 31 37 4 28 1022 -90 0 503 -34 0 0.21 0.23 0.0 3.3 15.9 25 170 8 36 32 34 1 31 1053 -91 0 503 -34 0.01 0.22 0.26 0.0 3.3 13.6 26 10 9 32 17 25 -7 40 1093 -84 0 503 -34 0.01 0.32 0.29 0.2 3.6 13.2 32 350 10 28 15 22 -9 43 1136 -75 0 503 -34 0.01 0.33 0.32 0.1 3.7 9.1 21 360 11 20 6 13 -18 52 1188 -57 0 503 -34 T 0.33 0.35 T 3.7 9.4 21 340 12 35 11 23 -7 42 1230 -50 0 503 -34 0 0.33 0.37 0.0 3.7 17.0 31 200 13 30 28 29 -1 36 1266 -49 0 503 -34 0.20 0.53 0.39 3.2 6.9 16.5 30 50 14 28 9 19 -10 46 1312 -39 0 503 -34 T 0.53 0.41 T 6.9 16.6 28 50 15 20 3 12 M 53 M M 0 503 -34 0 0.53 M 0 M M M M 16 25 3 14 -14 51 1416 -9 0 503 -34 0 0.53 0.45 0 6.9 11.4 23 200 17 21 1 11 -16 54 1470 7 0 503 -34 T 0.53 0.47 T 6.9 5.8 16 310 18 25 20 23 -4 42 1512 11 0 503 -34 T 0.53 0.49 T 6.9 8.3 16 310 19 29 14 22 -4 43 1555 15 0 503 -34 0 0.53 0.51 0 6.9 9.3 23 200 20 26 16 21 -4 44 1599 19 0 503 -34 T 0.53 0.53 T 6.9 4.7 15 90 21 22 17 20 -5 45 1644 24 0 503 -34 0.27 0.80 0.55 4.0 10.9 9.8 16 70 22 20 4 12 -12 53 1697 36 0 503 -34 0.02 0.82 0.57 0.4 11.3 7.8 20 330 23 15 -8 4 -19 61 1758 55 0 503 -34 T 0.82 0.59 0.1 11.4 4.5 14 170 24 29 3 16 -7 49 1807 62 0 503 -34 0 0.82 0.61 0 11.4 18.0 36 170 25 39 27 33 11 32 1839 51 0 503 -34 T 0.82 0.63 0 11.4 9.4 16 290 26 36 20 28 6 37 1876 45 0 503 -34 0 0.82 0.65 0 11.4 12.4 22 230 27 38 20 29 8 36 1912 38 0 503 -34 0.03 0.85 0.67 0 11.4 11.3 31 180 28 29 20 25 5 40 1952 33 0 503 -34 T 0.85 0.69 T 11.4 6.9 14 180 29 38 20 29 9 36 1988 24 0 503 -34 0 0.85 0.71 0 11.4 7.4 16 340 30 30 23 27 8 38 2026 16 0 503 -34 0 0.85 0.73 0.0 11.4 10.4 20 160 NOV CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 23.1 OR 5.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 29.5 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 16.8 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 43 ON DAY 7 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -8 ON DAY 23 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1249 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 143 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 2026 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 503 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 16 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -34 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.85 OR 0.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 26.60 OR 7.80 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.27 INCHES ON DAY(S) 21-22 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 11.1 OR 5.8 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 11.4 OR 5.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 4.0 INCHES ON DAY(S) 21-22 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 10 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 21 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 3 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 30 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 1 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.9 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 45 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES ON THE 2ND THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 54 FROM 340 DEGREES ON THE 2ND REMARKS... NO TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE EITHER TIED OR BROKEN IN NOVEMBER. THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL FOR THIS WINTER OF 11.4 INCHES THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE 26.4 INCHES AT THE END OF NOVEMBER IN 1996. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY ........GRAND FORKS OCT CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 44 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -4 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 23.2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -4.6 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1249 DEPARTURE... 135 SEASON...... 2120 DEPARTURE... 49 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 426 DEPARTURE... -62 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.50 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL ...... -0.18 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 21.62 DEPERATURE FROM NORMAL...... 3.12 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH........NORMAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 8.5 4.7 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON....SEASONAL NORMAL SO FAR 10.0 5.4