December, 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 32 29 M M 34 2060 3 0 503 -34 0 0 0.02 0.0 11.4 14.2 30 160 2 31 26 29 11 36 2096 -8 0 503 -34 0.05 0.05 0.04 1.1 12.5 8.6 22 350 3 29 23 26 9 39 2135 -17 0 503 -34 T 0.05 0.06 T 12.5 5.2 16 30 4 23 16 20 3 45 2180 -20 0 503 -34 0.04 0.09 0.08 1.4 13.9 19.1 33 340 5 25 16 21 5 44 2224 -25 0 503 -34 0.02 0.11 0.10 0.4 14.3 17.8 28 340 6 27 23 25 9 40 2264 -34 0 503 -34 T 0.11 0.12 T 14.3 9.7 18 320 7 26 23 25 10 40 2304 -44 0 503 -34 T 0.11 0.14 T 14.3 8.5 20 140 8 28 24 26 11 39 2343 -55 0 503 -34 T 0.11 0.16 T 14.3 9.0 20 160 9 30 24 27 13 38 2381 -68 0 503 -34 0.01 0.12 0.18 0.2 14.5 5.4 13 10 10 29 11 20 6 45 2426 -74 0 503 -34 T 0.12 0.20 T 14.5 7.7 21 300 11 22 9 16 3 49 2475 -77 0 503 -34 T 0.12 0.22 T 14.5 8.5 15 310 14 38 23 31 19 34 2589 -121 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.28 0 14.5 11.0 20 210 15 39 20 30 19 35 2624 -140 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.30 0 14.5 8.8 18 280 16 38 23 31 20 34 2658 -160 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.32 0 14.5 10.3 20 280 17 36 26 31 20 34 2692 -180 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.34 0 14.5 11.6 21 190 18 37 22 30 20 35 2727 -200 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.36 0 14.5 8.2 17 260 19 29 14 22 12 43 2770 -212 0 503 -34 T 0.12 0.38 T 14.5 9.1 18 20 20 28 8 18 8 47 2817 -220 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.40 0 14.5 12.4 26 160 21 32 24 28 19 37 2854 -239 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.42 0.0 14.5 20.9 37 160 22 32 16 24 15 41 2895 -254 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.44 0.0 14.5 9.1 28 170 23 34 12 23 14 42 2937 -268 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.46 0.0 14.5 12.7 24 180 24 28 15 22 14 43 2980 -282 0 503 -34 0 0.12 0.48 0.0 14.5 7.5 18 180 25 31 11 21 13 44 3024 -295 0 503 -34 0.01 0.13 0.50 0.3 14.8 9.2 18 270 26 27 10 19 11 46 3070 -306 0 503 -34 0 0.13 0.52 0 14.8 11.6 30 350 27 32 18 25 18 40 3110 -324 0 503 -34 0 0.13 0.54 0 14.8 13.5 26 180 28 26 21 24 17 41 3151 -341 0 503 -34 T 0.13 0.56 T 14.8 16.4 37 340 29 28 24 26 19 39 3190 -360 0 503 -34 0.01 0.14 0.59 0.2 15.0 8.1 21 180 30 26 -5 11 4 54 3244 -364 0 503 -34 0.30 0.44 0.62 3.8 18.8 17.8 36 340 31 M M M M M M M M M FARGO MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER .....TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 23.5 OR 11.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 30.0 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 16.9 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 39 ON DAY 15 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -14 ON DAY 31 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1280 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -375 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 3306 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 503 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -360 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -34 ....PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.44 OR 0.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 27.04 OR 7.59 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 7.4 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 18.8 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 23 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 1 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 31 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 2 .............WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.1 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 31 MPH FROM 350 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 37 FROM 340 DEGREES ...REMARKS... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 23.5 DEGREES PLACES DECEMBER 1997 INTO THE RECORD BOOK AS THE 3RD WARMEST DECEMBER EVER. NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL OF 18.8 INCHES THROUGH DEC 31 COMPARES TO 46.8 INCHES LAST YEAR.