' May, 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 68 50 59 8 6 7654-1214 0 0 0 0.02 0.02 0.07 0 41.1 15.3 37 60 2 71 45 58 7 7 7661-1221 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.14 0.0 41.1 16.1 31 30 3 75 36 56 5 9 7670-1225 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.21 0.0 41.1 5.5 15 180 4 71 46 59 7 6 7676-1232 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.28 0 41.1 15.5 34 330 5 73 35 54 2 11 7687-1234 0 0 0 0 0.02 0.35 0.0 41.1 8.4 26 310 6 77 41 59 6 6 7693-1241 0 0 -1 0.04 0.06 0.42 0 41.1 14.7 34 340 7 56 39 48 -5 17 7710-1237 0 0 -2 0.30 0.36 0.49 0 41.1 8.5 21 340 8 55 48 52 -2 13 7723-1236 0 0 -3 1.11 1.47 0.56 0 41.1 6.8 17 20 9 69 50 60 6 5 7728-1243 0 0 -4 0.01 1.48 0.63 0 41.1 4.9 13 110 10 74 56 M M M M M M M M 0.26 M M M M M M M 11 63 55 59 4 6 7738-1256 0 0 -6 0.81 2.35 0.79 0.0 41.1 6.9 22 200 12 59 48 54 -1 11 7749-1256 0 0 -7 1.88 4.32 0.87 0.0 41.1 14.4 37 350 13 72 49 61 6 4 7753-1263 0 0 -8 0.01 4.24 0.95 0.0 41.1 13.3 37 140 14 84 61 73 17 0 7753-1273 8 8 -1 0.06 4.30 1.03 0 41.1 15.9 34 170 15 75 58 67 11 0 7753-1283 2 10 0 1.43 5.73 1.11 0 41.1 11.3 44 270 16 75 55 65 9 0 7753-1293 0 10 -1 0 5.73 1.19 0 41.1 M M M 17 84 54 69 12 0 7753-1302 4 14 2 0.01 5.75 1.27 0.0 41.1 10.3 25 130 18 82 60 71 14 0 7753-1311 6 20 7 0 5.75 1.35 0.0 41.1 9.4 23 320 19 71 51 61 4 4 7757-1316 0 20 6 0 5.74 1.43 0.0 41.1 11.8 32 280 20 76 49 63 5 2 7759-1322 0 20 5 0 5.74 1.51 0 41.1 4.9 16 270 21 78 57 68 10 0 7759-1330 3 23 7 0 5.74 1.59 0 41.1 7.2 16 100 22 72 50 61 3 4 7763-1334 0 23 6 0 5.74 1.67 0 41.1 8.5 22 110 23 70 54 62 3 3 7766-1339 0 23 4 0.07 5.81 1.75 0 41.1 10.3 24 100 24 72 55 64 5 1 7767-1346 0 23 2 0 5.81 1.83 0 41.1 4.9 14 90 25 80 49 65 6 0 7767-1354 0 23 0 0 5.81 1.91 0 41.1 4.6 21 310 26 80 51 66 6 0 7767-1361 1 24 -1 0 5.81 2.00 0 41.1 6.4 21 200 27 83 57 70 10 0 7767-1368 5 29 2 0.22 6.03 2.09 0 41.1 11.5 48 230 28 82 53 68 8 0 7767-1376 3 32 3 0 6.03 2.18 0 41.1 16.0 34 290 29 63 40 52 -9 13 7780-1369 0 32 1 0 6.03 2.27 0 41.1 11.2 26 350 30 68 50 59 -2 6 7786-1369 0 32 -1 1.28 7.31 2.36 0 41.1 10.0 37 350 31 62 41 52 -9 13 7799-1362 0 32 -3 0.03 7.34 2.45 0 41.1 16.0 38 340 MAY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 58.7 OR 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 69.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 47.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 84 ON DAY 17 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 35 ON DAY 5 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 151 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 32 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -156 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -3 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7799 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 32 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1362 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -3 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 7.34 OR 4.89 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 11.23 OR 4.78 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 41.1 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 16 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 4 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 3 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.3 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 37 MPH FROM 280 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 48 FROM 230 DEGREES ...RECORD WET FOR MAY OF 1998... MAY OF 1998 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE WETTEST MAY IN FARGO/MOORHEAD OF THE LAST 117 YEARS OF WEATHER RECORDS. THE 7.34 INCH MONTHLY TOTAL JUST BARELY ECLIPSES THE 1977 RECORD OF 7.30 INCHES. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WHERE MORE THAN ONE-INCH OF RAIN FELL WITH 1.88 INCHES ON THE 12TH THE GREATEST. OTHER INCLUDE 1.42 INCHES ON THE 15TH...1.28 INCHES ON THE 30TH AND 1.11 INCHES ON THE 8TH. MAY ENDS THE 1997-1998 HEATING AND SNOWFALL SEASON...AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE FROM LAST YEAR. THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 41.1 INCHES WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THE 1996-1997 SEASON TOTAL. TYPICALLY THERE IS 39.8 INCHES OF SNOW IN A ...NORMAL... YEAR. THERE WERE 7799 HEATING DEGREE DAYS WHICH WERE 1362 BELOW THE SEASONAL NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAY WAS 84 DEGREES ON TH 17TH WITH A CHILLY 35 ON THE 5TH. NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES OCCURED DURING MAY. ALTHOUGH SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO NEARLY 50 MPH ON THE 27TH...MAY WAS OVERALL NOT A WINDY MONTH. THE AVERAGE 10.3 MPH RANKED BELOW THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE OF 12.9 MPH. 4 THUNDERSTORM DAYS WERE REPORTED AT HECTOR FIELD WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE AVERAGE FOR MAY OF 3.6 DAYS. 10 DAYS FEATURED FOG WHICH IS FAIRLY COMMON ALTHOUGH NO DENSE FOG OCCURED AT HECTOR FIELD. TYPICALLY A MAY WILL HAVE ONE OR TWO DAYS WITH DENSE FOG.