February, 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 31 12 22 14 43 5011 -544 0 0 0 T T 0.02 T 31.4 11.5 26 350 2 12 -6 3 -5 62 5073 -539 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.1 31.5 11.1 23 340 3 12 -9 2 -6 63 5136 -533 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.06 0 31.5 8.6 20 170 4 22 5 14 6 51 5187 -539 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.08 T 31.5 15.7 30 160 5 24 17 21 12 44 5231 -551 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.10 T 31.5 11.4 22 170 6 21 11 16 7 49 5280 -558 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.11 0 31.5 7.9 17 170 7 34 14 24 15 41 5321 -573 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.12 0.0 31.5 12.3 26 170 8 39 23 31 21 34 5355 -594 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.13 0.0 31.5 15.8 28 160 9 30 11 21 11 44 5399 -605 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.14 0.0 31.5 6.1 17 170 10 31 25 28 18 37 5436 -623 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.15 T 31.5 4.1 13 320 11 29 24 27 17 38 5474 -640 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.16 0.0 31.5 5.1 13 170 12 26 17 22 11 43 5517 -651 0 0 0 T 0.01 0.17 T 31.5 10.5 21 160 13 30 24 27 16 38 5555 -667 0 0 0 0 0.01 0.18 0.0 31.5 8.2 21 180 14 33 22 28 16 37 5592 -683 0 0 0 0.10 0.11 0.19 0.4 31.9 19.9 40 150 15 36 26 31 19 34 5626 -702 0 0 0 0.02 0.13 0.20 0 31.9 10.7 22 170 16 41 35 38 26 27 5653 -728 0 0 0 0.09 0.22 0.21 0 31.9 9.1 17 150 17 37 33 35 22 30 5683 -750 0 0 0 0.26 0.48 0.23 T 31.9 8.6 16 50 18 36 33 35 22 30 5713 -772 0 0 0 0.02 0.50 0.25 0.0 31.9 5.4 9 340 19 36 32 34 21 31 5744 -793 0 0 0 0.01 0.51 0.27 T 31.9 8.7 14 340 20 35 31 33 19 32 5776 -812 0 0 0 0 0.51 0.29 0 31.9 5.8 13 320 21 36 32 34 20 31 5807 -832 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.31 0 31.9 10.3 23 150 22 44 36 40 25 25 5832 -857 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.33 0 31.9 16.6 29 150 23 42 30 36 21 29 5890 -849 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.35 0 31.9 8.2 18 290 24 47 27 37 21 28 5889 -899 0 0 0 T 0.50 0.37 0 31.9 7.7 21 120 25 44 38 41 25 24 5913 -924 0 0 0 0.57 1.07 0.39 0 31.9 22.1 43 120 26 46 36 41 25 24 5937 -949 0 0 0 0 1.07 0.41 0 31.9 18.8 45 120 27 37 32 35 18 30 5967 -967 0 0 0 0.31 1.38 0.43 1.9 33.8 10.5 25 340 28 34 31 33 16 32 5999 -983 0 0 0 0.12 1.51 0.45 1.1 35.0 9.1 16 20 FEBRUARY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 28.0 OR 16.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 33.0 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 22.9 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 47 ON DAY 24 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -9 ON DAY 3 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1031 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -453 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5999 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -983 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.51 OR 1.06 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 2.32 OR 1.20 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.57 INCHES ON DAY 25 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 3.6 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 35.0 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 2.0 INCHES ON DAY 27 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 11 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 5 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 22 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 2 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. M HIGHEST 30.49 INCHES ON DAY 03 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. M LOWEST 29.26 INCHES ON DAY 26 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. M WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.7 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 33 MPH FROM 110 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 45 MPH FROM 120 DEGREES REMARKS... THE WARM TREND CONTINUES WITH FEBRUARY BEING THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. FEBRUARY 1998 IS NOW THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 28 DEGREES WHICH IS HALF A DEGREE WARMER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 27.5 DEGREES SET IN 1987 AND 16 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH. ALSO, THIS FEBRUARY WAS THE 8TH WETTEST ON RECORD WITH A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 1.51 INCHES. THE WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WAS SET IN 1908 WITH 2.18 INCHES. TWO OTHER RECORDS WERE BROKEN WITHIN THIS MONTH FOR INDIVIDUAL DAYS. A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM WAS SET ON THE 16TH WHEN THE MERCURY ONLY FELL TO 35 DEGREES, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 33 DEGREES SET IN 1984. ALSO, ANOTHER RECORD HIGH MINIMUM WAS SET THE FOLLOWING DAY ON THE 17TH WHEN THE MERCURY ONLY FELL TO 33 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS HIGH MINIMUM RECORD FOR THAT DAY WAS 32 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED IN 1981, 1982 AND 1992. UNLIKE THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE...FARGO SAW NO BLIZZARDS IN FEBRUARY OF 1998. NO BLIZZARDS HAVE OCCURRED THIS WINTER TO DATE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY ........GRAND FORKS FEB CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 48 ON THE 24 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -10 ON THE 3 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 26.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 14.5 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1086 DEPARTURE... -410 SEASON...... 6221 DEPARTURE... -799 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.49 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 0.46 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 1.94 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 1.21 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH........NORMAL SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 7.0 4.5 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON....SEASONAL NORMAL SO FAR 39.9 25.0