March, 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 32 29 31 13 34 6033 -996 0 0 0 0.09 0.09 0.02 1.7 36.6 17.4 25 350 2 29 22 26 8 39 6072-1004 0 0 0 T 0.09 0.04 T 36.7 20.5 30 340 3 24 19 22 M 43 6115 M 0 0 0 0.01 0.10 M T 36.7 M M M 4 27 19 23 4 42 6157-1011 0 0 0 T 0.10 0.08 T 36.7 10.7 15 340 5 29 21 25 5 40 6197-1016 0 0 0 0.04 0.14 0.10 1.3 38.0 3.0 10 170 6 24 11 18 -2 47 6244-1014 0 0 0 0.04 0.18 0.13 0.5 38.5 4.7 14 320 7 24 10 17 -4 48 6292-1010 0 0 0 M 0.18 0.16 M 38.5 4.5 10 330 8 15 6 11 -11 54 6346 -999 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.19 0.0 38.5 19.2 34 340 9 6 -2 2 -20 63 6409 -979 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.22 0.0 38.5 20.0 32 340 10 5 -5 0 -23 65 6474 -956 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.25 0.0 38.5 16.0 30 350 11 11 -8 2 -21 63 6537 -935 0 0 0 0 0.18 0.28 0.0 38.5 8.9 18 340 12 22 1 12 -12 53 6590 -923 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.31 T 38.5 17.0 30 190 13 31 9 20 -4 45 6635 -919 0 0 0 T 0.18 0.34 T 38.5 19.2 53 340 14 21 5 13 M 52 6687 M 0 0 0 0 0.18 M 0.0 38.5 M M M 15 29 20 25 0 40 6727 M 0 0 0 0.08 0.26 0.40 1.4 39.9 9.5 22 140 16 31 20 26 0 39 6766 -907 0 0 0 T 0.26 0.43 T 39.9 16.3 28 170 17 38 30 34 8 31 6797 -915 0 0 0 0 0.26 0.46 0 39.9 11.4 23 160 18 42 29 36 9 29 6826 -924 0 0 0 0 0.26 0.50 0 39.9 12.7 23 20 19 39 27 33 6 32 685 8 0 0 0 0 0.26 0.54 0 39.9 10.7 23 330 20 39 27 33 5 32 6890 -935 0 0 0 0 0.26 0.58 0 39.9 4.4 14 300 21 42 32 37 8 28 6918 -944 0 0 0 T 0.26 0.62 T 39.9 3.5 13 250 22 36 28 3 2 33 695 1 0 0 0 0.03 0.29 M 0.4 40.3 11.7 20 350 23 37 24 31 1 34 6985 -949 0 0 0 0 0.27 0.70 0 40.3 6.8 16 340 24 34 27 31 1 34 7019 -950 0 0 0 0.01 0.30 0.74 0.1 40.4 15.8 32 170 25 52 33 43 12 22 7041 -963 0 0 0 0 0.30 0.78 0 40.4 9.2 22 170 26 50 39 45 14 20 7061 -977 0 0 0 0.01 0.31 0.82 0 40.4 5.5 17 60 27 47 37 42 10 23 7084 -987 0 0 0 0 0.31 0.86 0 40.4 4.6 15 150 28 56 36 46 13 19 7103-1000 0 0 0 0 0.31 0.91 0.0 40.4 11.4 23 350 29 38 33 36 3 29 7132-1003 0 0 0 0.66 0.97 0.96 T 40.4 15.8 31 20 30 50 32 41 7 24 7156-1010 0 0 0 0 0.97 1.01 0 40.4 11.8 24 10 31 46 28 37 3 28 7184-1013 0 0 0 0 0.97 1.06 0 40.4 15.9 37 40 PRELIMINARY MARCH CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 26.6 OR 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 32.5 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 20.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 56 ON DAY 28 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -8 ON DAY 11 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1185 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -30 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7184 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1013 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.97 OR 0.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 3.29 OR 1.11 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL 0.66 ON DAY 29 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 5.4 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 40.4 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL 1.7 INCHES ON DAY 1 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 16 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 1 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 26 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 3 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.8 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 45 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 53 FROM 340 DEGREES REMARKS... MARCH 1998 WAS A DRY MONTH UNTIL THE LAST WEEK WHEN A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCED ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY REGION. EVEN SO THE MONTH ENDED UP 0.09 INCHES BELOW THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE...STATISTICALLY A DEAD HEAT. FOR THE YEAR PRECIPITATION REMAINS ABOVE THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE...BY 1.11 INCHES. MARCH TYPICALLY SHOWED ITSELF A MONTH OF WIDE VARIATIONS IN TEMPEATURE WITH A 64 DEGREE SWING FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST. THE EARLY MONTH LOWEST OF 8 BELOW ZERO WAS OFF SET BY THE LATE MONTH HIGHEST OF 56. TEMPERATURE WISE THE MONTH ENDED UP JUST SEVEN TENTHS OF A DEGREE ABOVE THE NORMAL. MARCH...TYPICALLY A WINDY MONTH...WAS A BIT BREEZY. THE AVERAGE FOR MARCH 1998 WAS 11.8 MILES AN HOUR...JUST 0.1 MILE AN HOUR BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR MARCH. THE HIGHEST GUST WAS 53 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 13TH. FINALLY...THE HEATING DEGREE DATA REFLECTS THE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURE PATTERN. 1185 HEATING DEGREE DAYS WERE ACCUMULATED DURING MARCH WITH WAS 30 BELOW NORMAL. SEASONALLY THE 7184 TOTAL REFLECTS THE WARM EL NINO WINTER...AS THIS IS 1013 DEGREE DAYS BELOW THE AVERAGE. PRELIMINARY GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 200 AM CST WED APR 1 1998 ........GRAND FORKS MAR CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 55 ON THE 26 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -10 ON THE 11 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 24.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -0.4 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1239 DEPARTURE... 4 SEASON...... 7460 DEPARTURE... -785 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.08 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 1.02 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 2.02 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 2.23 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH........ 2.7 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.... 42.6