April, 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 44 30 37 2 28 7212-1012 0 0 0 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.7 41.1 12.8 37 20 2 53 28 41 5 24 7236-1017 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.10 0 41.1 4.5 15 30 3 58 30 44 8 21 7257-1025 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.15 0.0 41.1 5.1 22 40 4 56 34 45 8 20 7277-1033 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.20 0.0 41.1 10.5 24 180 5 53 42 48 11 17 7294-1044 0 0 0 0.19 0.26 0.25 0.0 41.1 14.0 32 170 6 49 43 46 8 19 7313-1052 0 0 0 0.18 0.44 0.30 0.0 41.1 8.6 17 130 7 44 38 41 2 24 7337-1054 0 0 0 T 0.44 0.35 0.0 41.1 15.5 28 20 8 48 36 42 3 23 7360-1057 0 0 0 0.04 0.48 0.41 0 41.1 12.9 23 10 9 53 34 44 4 21 7381-1061 0 0 0 0 0.48 0.47 0 41.1 6.3 15 340 10 64 33 49 9 16 7397-1070 0 0 0 T 0.48 0.53 0 41.1 8.7 25 270 11 72 32 52 11 13 7410-1081 0 0 0 0 0.48 0.59 0 41.1 12.9 32 160 12 71 54 63 22 2 7412-1103 0 0 0 0.03 0.51 0.65 0 41.1 23.7 47 170 13 61 41 51 9 14 7426-1112 0 0 0 0.09 0.60 0.71 0 41.1 18.1 37 310 14 48 33 41 -1 24 7450-1111 0 0 0 0 0.60 0.77 0 41.1 11.4 21 350 16 53 26 40 -4 25 7500-1104 0 0 0 0 0.60 0.89 0 41.1 12.0 32 340 17 60 31 46 2 19 7519-1106 0 0 0 0 0.60 0.95 0.0 41.1 11.0 30 270 18 62 28 45 0 20 7539-1106 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.01 0.0 41.1 7.5 29 260 19 65 41 53 8 12 7551-1114 0 0 0 0.02 0.62 1.07 0.0 41.1 9.5 30 60 20 62 33 48 2 17 7568-1116 0 0 0 0 0.62 1.13 0.0 41.1 9.0 24 320 21 67 31 49 3 16 7581-1122 0 0 0 0 0.62 1.19 0.0 41.1 4.7 21 340 22 73 32 53 7 12 7593-1129 0 0 0 0 0.62 1.26 0 41.1 5.1 21 280 23 80 42 61 14 4 7597-1143 0 0 0 0 0.62 1.33 0 41.1 7.8 18 230 24 82 43 63 16 2 7599-1159 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.40 0 41.1 15.5 34 120 25 74 49 62 14 3 7602-1173 0 0 0 T 0.60 1.47 0 41.1 17.4 30 130 26 71 40 56 8 9 7611-1181 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.54 0 41.1 17.4 30 130 27 68 37 53 4 12 7623-1185 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.61 0.0 41.1 9.7 28 210 28 70 36 53 4 12 7635-1189 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.68 0.0 41.1 7.6 21 210 29 75 36 56 6 9 7644-1195 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.75 0.0 41.1 7.4 18 190 30 79 42 61 11 4 7648-1206 0 0 0 0 0.60 1.82 0.0 41.1 9.0 23 220 APRIL CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 49.1 OR 6.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 62.1 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 36.2 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 82 ON DAY 24 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 26 ON DAY 16 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 467 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -193 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7648 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1206 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.60 OR 1.22 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 3.89 OR 0.11 INCHES BELOW NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.7 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 41.1 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 2 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 10 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.8 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 36 MPH FROM 150 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 47 FROM 170 DEGREES REMARKS... A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES WAS SET ON APRIL 12TH. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 49 DEGREES SET IN 1941. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 49.1 DEGREES FOR FARGO PLACES APRIL 1998 AS THE 8TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE WARMEST APRIL EVER RECORDED IN FARGO WAS 51.6 DEGREES IN 1915. EVEN THOUGH ONLY 0.7 OF AN INCH OF SNOW FELL IN FARGO DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL...THERE WERE SEVERAL YEARS WHEN NO SNOW FELL IN APRIL. THE MOST RECENT YEAR WITHOUT SNOWFALL IN APRIL WAS IN 1925.