July, 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 83 60 72 2 0 0 -1 7 110 -39 T T 0.09 0 T 4.9 15 30 2 80 63 72 2 0 0 -2 7 117 -38 0.89 0.89 0.18 0.0 T 9.3 29 30 3 78 62 70 0 0 0 -3 5 122 -39 0 0.89 0.27 0.0 T 9.9 22 20 4 78 57 68 -2 0 0 -4 3 125 -42 0 0.89 0.36 0.0 T 7.5 18 150 5 75 63 69 -1 0 0 -5 4 129 -44 0.38 1.27 0.45 M M M 38 130 6 79 64 72 2 0 0 -6 7 136 -43 0.01 1.28 0.54 M M 7.2 15 110 7 82 64 73 3 0 0 -7 8 144 -41 0.85 2.24 0.63 M M 6.8 21 280 8 83 65 74 4 0 0 -8 9 153 -38 0 2.23 0.72 0 T 3.5 13 310 9 88 65 77 6 0 0 -9 12 165 -33 0 2.23 0.81 0 T 2.8 10 40 10 88 67 78 7 0 0 -10 13 178 -27 0 2.23 0.90 0 T 5.9 16 170 11 87 71 79 8 0 0 -11 14 192 -20 0 2.23 0.99 0 T 12.1 24 150 12 88 68 78 7 0 0 -12 13 205 -14 T 2.23 1.08 M M 13.5 31 260 13 90 65 78 7 0 0 -13 13 218 -8 0 2.23 1.17 M M 7.3 22 230 14 93 71 82 11 0 0 -14 17 235 2 0.12 2.35 1.26 0 T 10.2 22 320 15 84 58 71 0 0 0 -15 6 241 1 0 2.35 1.35 M M 10.0 30 310 16 75 51 63 -8 2 2 -14 0 241 -6 0.04 2.39 1.44 M M 6.3 18 20 17 81 58 70 -1 0 2 -15 5 246 -8 0 2.39 1.53 M M 3.7 13 120 18 85 64 75 4 0 2 -16 10 256 -5 0.37 2.76 1.62 M M 10.7 30 190 19 88 61 75 4 0 2 -17 10 266 -2 0 2.76 1.71 0 T 7.4 20 270 20 94 65 80 8 0 2 -17 15 281 6 0.08 2.84 1.80 0 T 11.4 30 300 21 81 59 70 -2 0 2 -17 5 286 4 0 2.84 1.89 0 T 9.6 26 290 22 78 54 66 -6 0 2 -17 1 287 -2 0 2.84 1.98 0 T 10.9 32 320 23 77 50 64 -8 1 3 -16 0 287 -9 0 2.84 2.06 0 T 7.1 22 330 24 79 49 64 -8 1 4 -15 0 287 -16 0 2.84 2.14 0.0 T 3.5 13 70 25 85 53 69 -3 0 4 -15 4 291 -19 0 2.84 2.22 0.0 T 5.8 17 170 26 76 48 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 27 87 55 71 -1 0 4 -15 6 309 -15 0 2.84 2.38 0.0 T 7.8 25 330 28 83 59 71 -1 0 4 -15 6 315 -16 0 2.84 2.46 0.0 T 11.5 24 350 29 84 54 69 -3 0 4 -15 4 319 -19 0 2.84 2.54 M M 8.5 211835 31 82 51 67 -5 0 5 -14 2 321 -31 0 2.84 2.70 M M 6.7 24 160 JULY CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 71.7 OR 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 83.3 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 60.0 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94 ON DAY 20 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 49 ON DAY 24 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 5 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 218 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -14 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 9 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 321 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -14 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -31 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.84 OR 0.14 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 20.70 OR 8.73 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 8 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 5 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 4 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 7.9 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 31 MPH FROM 130 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 38 FROM 130 DEGREES REMARKS... ALTHOUGH JULY 1998 STARTED OUT ON THE WET SIDE...WITH ALMOST 2 1/4 INCHES DURING THE FIRST WEEK...THE LAST 11 DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE DRY. THE MONTH ENDED UP JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. TEMPERATURE-WISE...JULY 1998 TURNED OUT JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NO RECORD HIGH OR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET DURING THE MONTH. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RECORDED ON FOUR DAYS IN JULY WITH FOG OCCURRING ON 11 DAYS. FOG WAS DENSE ENOUGH TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS ON 4 OF THOSE DAYS. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY ........GRAND FORKS JUL CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 92 ON THE 14 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 49 ON THE 16 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 69.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -1.0 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 16 DEPARTURE... -5 SEASON...... 16 DEPARTURE... -5 COOLING MONTH....... 167 DEPARTURE... -31 SEASON...... 236 DEPARTURE... -123 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.02 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 2.84 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 13.85 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 11.70