January, 1998 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 35 17 26 19 39 3345 -379 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.0 18.8 9.1 18 180 2 36 2 19 13 46 3391 M M M M T T M T 18.8 M M M 3 2 -7 -3 -9 68 3459 -383 0 0 0 T T 0.06 T 18.8 15.2 32 350 4 18 -5 7 1 58 3517 -384 0 0 0 T T 0.09 T 18.8 5.6 16 190 5 25 14 20 14 45 3562 M M M M 0.34 0.34 M 4.6 23.4 M M M 6 20 13 17 11 48 3610 -409 0 0 0 0.01 0.35 0.15 0.2 23.6 6.6 16 200 7 22 16 19 13 46 3656 -422 0 0 0 T 0.35 0.18 T 23.6 10.9 21 170 8 27 14 21 15 44 3700 -437 0 0 0 T 0.35 0.21 T 23.6 13.7 29 310 9 M -11 1 -5 64 3764 -432 0 0 0 T 0.35 0.23 2.0 25.6 19.3 30 290 10 -4 -15 -1 0 75 3839 -417 0 0 0 0 0.35 0.25 0.0 25.6 17.3 31 280 11 -2 -13 -8 -13 73 3912 -404 0 0 0 0.11 0.46 0.27 1.5 27.1 8.0 18 290 12 -5 -17 -11 -16 76 3988 -388 0 0 0 0 0.59 0.29 0 27.1 12.2 25 270 13 3 -21 -9 -14 74 4062 -374 0 0 0 0.03 0.62 0.31 0.3 27.4 8.0 20 140 14 10 -2 4 -1 61 4123 -373 0 0 0 0.04 0.66 0.33 0.7 28.1 9.3 20 140 15 17 1 9 4 56 4179 -377 0 0 0 T 0.66 0.35 T 28.1 16.5 33 170 16 21 11 16 11 49 4228 -388 0 0 0 0.01 0.67 0.37 1.0 29.1 11.0 23 280 17 13 8 11 6 54 4282 -394 0 0 0 T 0.67 0.39 0.1 29.2 9.9 18 340 18 11 -8 2 -3 63 4345 -391 0 0 0 T 0.67 0.41 0.2 29.4 7.0 13 350 19 1 -11 -5 -11 70 4415 -380 0 0 0 T 0.67 0.43 T 29.4 4.1 9 30 20 9 -11 -1 -7 66 4481 -373 0 0 0 T 0.67 0.45 T 29.4 5.0 10 340 21 18 9 14 8 51 4532 -381 0 0 0 T 0.67 0.47 T 29.4 6.4 14 340 22 25 17 21 15 44 4576 -396 0 0 0 0.01 0.68 0.49 0.3 29.7 9.1 20 170 23 25 13 19 13 46 4622 -409 0 0 0 0.03 0.71 0.51 0.3 30.0 9.5 21 350 24 22 10 16 10 49 4671 -419 0 0 0 0.06 0.77 0.53 0.8 30.8 10.7 24 170 25 27 21 24 18 41 4712 -437 0 0 0 0.03 0.80 0.55 0.4 31.2 9.5 23 150 26 26 23 25 19 40 4752 -456 0 0 0 0.01 0.81 0.57 0.1 31.3 8.3 16 130 27 29 21 25 18 40 4792 -474 0 0 0 0 0.81 0.59 0.0 31.3 11.4 21 190 28 26 13 20 13 45 4837 -487 0 0 0 0 0.81 0.61 0 31.3 5.3 14 340 29 27 11 19 12 46 4883 -499 0 0 0 0 0.81 0.63 0 31.3 6.8 20 180 30 27 13 20 13 45 4928 -512 0 0 0 T 0.81 0.65 0.1 31.4 13.2 22 190 31 29 21 25 18 40 4968 -530 0 0 0 T 0.81 0.67 T 31.4 10.6 20 330 JANUARY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 11.3 OR 5.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 17.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 4.7 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 36 ON DAY 2 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -21 ON DAY 13 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1662 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -170 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 4968 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -530 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.81 OR 0.14 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 0.81 OR 0.14 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL WAS 0.34 INCHES ON DAY 5 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 12.6 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 31.4 GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL WAS 4.6 INCHES ON DAY 5 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 12 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 29 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 3 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 11 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. M HIGHEST 30.55 INCHES ON DAY 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. M LOWEST 29.44 INCHES ON DAY 2 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. M WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.1 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 31 MPH FROM 350 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 36 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES REMARKS... JANUARY 1998 WAS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH THIS WINTER WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE OF 11.3 DEGREES DOES NOT BREAK INTO THE TOP TEN WARMEST JANUARYS...BUT STILL WAS 5.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. JANUARY 1998 FELT ESPECIALLY WARM WHEN COMPARED TO LAST WINTER...WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN JANUARY WAS 1.8 DEGREES. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET IN JANUARY 1998. AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION GOES...JANUARY 1998 WAS A FAIRLY NORMAL MONTH. ACTUALLY IT WAS JUST A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTHLY SNOWFALL OF 12.6 INCHES WAS ALSO JUST A TAD ABOVE NORMAL...WITH THE JANUARY MEAN BEING 8.5 INCHES. BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER LAST JANUARY...WHEN FARGO HAD 1.79 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND 28.6 INCHES OF SNOW...THIS JANUARY WAS WELCOME RELIEF. WIND SPEEDS ALSO WERE NOT TOO BAD IN JANUARY 1998. THE PEAK WIND SPEED OF 36 MPH CAUSED FEWER PROBLEMS THAN THE PEAK SPEED OF 56 MPH IN JANUARY 1997. NO BLIZZARDS OCCURRED IN JANUARY 1998...AND THERE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ANY SO FAR THIS WINTER.