June, 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 82 47 65 3 0 7799-1367 0 32 -5 0.14 0.14 0.09 0 41.1 18.6 38 10 2 51 42 47 -15 18 7817-1354 0 32 -7 0.01 0.15 0.18 0 41.1 14.3 30 330 3 62 37 50 -12 15 7832-1344 0 32 -9 0 0.15 0.27 0.0 41.1 13.0 29 300 4 60 36 48 -14 17 7849-1332 0 32 -11 0 0.15 0.36 0.0 41.1 8.3 21 340 5 58 45 52 -11 13 7862-1324 0 32 -14 0.01 0.16 0.45 0.0 41.1 8.2 24 350 6 59 42 51 -12 14 7876-1315 0 32 -17 T 0.16 0.54 0.0 41.1 6.2 18 350 7 68 37 53 -10 12 7888-1308 0 32 -20 T 0.16 0.63 0.0 41.1 3.8 14 90 8 73 41 57 -7 8 7896-1304 0 32 -23 0 0.16 0.72 M M 10.0 23 110 9 70 54 62 -2 3 7899-1305 0 32 -26 0 0.16 0.81 M M 6.9 17 130 10 72 51 62 -2 3 7902-1306 0 32 -29 1.01 1.17 0.90 M M 13.4 37 270 11 73 55 64 0 1 7903-1309 0 32 -32 0 1.17 0.99 M M 7.9 18 150 12 73 57 65 0 0 7903-1312 0 32 -35 0.29 1.46 1.08 M M 9.7 24 340 13 81 52 67 2 0 7903-1315 2 34 -36 0 1.46 1.18 M M 8.6 22 210 16 77 59 68 2 0 7906-1321 3 40 -40 T 1.73 1.48 M M 6.4 14 130 17 79 64 72 6 0 7906-1324 7 47 -37 0.02 1.75 1.58 M M 10.7 24 100 18 79 60 70 4 0 7906-1327 5 52 -36 3.03 4.78 1.68 T 41.1 12.0 40 240 19 68 60 64 -3 1 7907-1328 0 52 -40 0.50 5.28 1.78 0 41.1 10.3 25 250 20 73 56 65 -2 0 7907-1330 0 52 -44 0 5.28 1.88 0 41.1 14.3 30 240 21 70 60 65 -2 0 7907-1332 0 52 -48 0.01 5.29 1.98 M M 13.4 25 250 22 70 54 62 -5 3 7910-1331 0 52 -52 T 5.29 2.08 M M 8.1 20 330 23 77 56 67 0 0 7910-1333 2 54 -54 0.01 5.30 2.18 M M 9.9 21 130 24 85 64 75 7 0 7910-1335 10 64 -49 0.03 5.33 2.28 M M 10.0 25 120 25 86 65 7 6 0 7910-1337 11 75 -43 0.01 5.34 2.37 M M 9.2 25 200 26 86 64 75 7 0 7910-1339 10 85 -38 1.29 6.63 2.46 0.0 41.1 12.9 38 20 27 77 60 69 1 0 7910-1341 4 89 -39 T 6.63 2.55 M M 8.8 25 260 28 76 58 67 -2 0 7910-1342 2 91 -42 0 6.63 2.64 0 41.1 16.1 36 270 29 79 60 70 1 0 7910-1343 5 96 -42 0 6.63 2.73 0 41.1 12.6 28 290 30 80 63 72 3 0 7910-1344 7 103 -40 0 6.62 2.82 0 41.1 9.2 18 10 JUN CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 63.4 OR 2.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 72.9 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 53.8 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 86 ON DAY 26 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 36 ON DAY 4 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 111 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 71 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 18 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -37 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7910 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 103 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1344 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -40 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 6.62 OR 3.80 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 17.86 OR 8.59 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 41.1 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 13 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 7 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... 33 MPH FROM 250 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 40 FROM 240 DEGREES JUNE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF WET MONTHS FOR THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA. THERE WERE THREE DAYS WHERE MORE THAN ONE-INCH OF RAIN FELL WITH 3.03 ON THE 18TH THE GREATEST. OTHERS INCLUDE 1.29 INCHES ON THE 26TH AND 1.01 ON THE 10TH. THERE WERE 111 HEATING DEGREE DAYS THIS MONTH GIVING A SEASON TOTAL OF 7910. THIS IS 1344 BELOW THE SEASONAL NORMAL. THERE WERE 71 COOLING DEGREE DAYS GIVING A SEASON TOTAL OF 103...WHICH IS 40 BELOW THE SEASONAL NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAY WAS 86 ON THE 26TH AND THE COOLEST WAS 36 ON THE FOURTH. NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES OCCOURED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.3 MPH WHICH IS BELOW THE NORMAL OF 11.8 MPH 4 THUNDERSTORM DAYS WERE REPORTED AT HECTOR FIELD WHICH IS WELL THE AVERAGE FOR JUNE OF 7.1 DAYS. FOG WAS REPORTED ON 10 DAYS...HOWEVER THERE WERE NO DAYS THAT DENSE FOG WAS REPORTED. THERE WAS ONE DAY IN WHICH HAIL WAS REPORTED...WHICH WAS ON THE 18TH. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY ........GRAND FORKS JUN CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 86 ON THE 25 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 35 ON THE 3 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 62.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -4.0 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 134 DEPARTURE... 47 SEASON...... 8257 DEPARTURE... -1062 COOLING MONTH....... 51 DEPARTURE... -66 SEASON...... 69 DEPARTURE... -92 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 6.47 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 3.15 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 11.83 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 8.89 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 0.0 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 42.6 GRAND FORKS ENDED THE SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN FARGO...WITH 6.47 INCHES...THIS WAS 3.32 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAY WAS 86 ON THE 25TH AND THE COOLEST WAS 35 ON THE THIRD. AGAIN...NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES OCCURED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. THERE WERE 134 HEATING DEGREE DAYS THIS MONTH GIVING A SEASON TOTAL OF 8257...WHICH IS 1062 BELOW THE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON. THERE WERE 51 COOLING DEGREE DAYS GIVING A SEASON TOTAL OF 69...WHICH IS 92 BELOW THE NORMAL FOR THE SEASON