August, 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 60 M M M M M M M M 0 M M M M M M M 2 78 65 M M M M M M M M 0.08 M M M M M M M 3 71 64 68 -4 0 5 -14 3 341 -32 0.05 0.13 0.24 M M 10.0 23 80 4 88 63 76 4 0 5 -14 11 352 -28 T 0.13 0.32 M M 9.2 25 20 5 88 60 74 3 0 5 -15 9 361 -26 0 0.13 0.40 M M 5.1 14 90 6 89 59 74 3 0 5 -16 9 370 -24 0 0.13 0.48 M M 5.4 18 130 7 87 55 71 0 0 5 -17 6 376 -25 0 0.13 0.56 M M 6.4 18 70 8 87 61 74 3 0 5 -18 9 385 -23 0 0.13 0.64 M M 7.4 16 200 9 87 63 75 5 0 5 -19 10 395 -19 0 0.13 0.72 M M 8.6 21 340 10 90 56 73 M 0 5 M 8 403 M 0 0.13 M M M M M M 11 91 61 76 6 0 5 -21 11 414 -12 0 0.13 0.88 0.0 T 6.6 16 180 12 87 68 78 M 0 5 M 13 427 M 0 0.13 M M M M M M 13 93 67 80 10 0 5 -23 15 442 4 0 0.13 1.04 0.0 T 5.7 21 180 14 80 55 M M M M M M M M 0 0.13 M M M M M M 15 81 50 M M M M M M M M 0 0.13 M M M M M M 16 88 60 M M M M M M M M 0 0.13 M M M M M M 17 81 56 69 0 0 5 -27 4 464 4 0 0.10 1.36 M M 11.2 21 60 18 77 63 70 1 0 5 -28 5 469 4 0.04 0.14 1.44 M M 15.8 39 140 19 85 70 78 10 0 5 -30 13 482 12 0.10 0.24 1.52 M M 7.6 31 140 20 84 58 71 3 0 5 -32 6 488 13 T 0.24 1.60 M M 7.1 18 10 21 87 56 72 4 0 5 -34 7 495 15 0 0.24 1.68 0 T 8.1 21 90 22 83 65 74 6 0 5 -36 9 504 19 1.31 1.55 1.76 0 T 6.3 23 100 23 86 63 75 8 0 5 -38 10 514 25 0 1.55 1.84 0.0 T 10.6 28 270 24 80 58 69 2 0 5 -40 4 518 25 0 1.55 1.92 0.0 T 6.0 18 340 25 86 54 70 3 0 5 -42 5 523 26 0 1.55 2.00 0 T 5.8 16 250 26 90 62 76 10 0 5 -45 11 534 33 0 1.50 2.08 0.0 T 12.8 30 190 27 84 66 75 9 0 5 -48 10 544 39 0.38 1.88 2.15 0 T 8.4 23 340 28 86 57 72 7 0 5 -51 7 551 43 0 1.88 2.22 0 T 6.2 21 340 29 80 53 67 2 0 5 -54 2 553 42 0 1.87 2.29 M T 5.8 20 340 30 85 51 68 4 0 5 -58 3 556 42 0 1.87 2.36 M T 4.5 11 20 31 89 60 75 11 0 5 -62 10 566 49 0.06 1.93 2.43 M T 10.5 24 230 AUG CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 72.7 OR 3.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 85.1 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 60.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 93 ON DAY 16 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 50 ON DAY 15 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 0 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 245 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -48 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 80 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 566 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -62 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 49 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.93 OR 0.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 22.63 OR 8.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.31 INCHES ON DAY 22 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 8.4 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 33 MPH FROM 140 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 39 FROM 140 DEGREES REMARKS... AUGUST WAS A WARMER THAN NORMAL MONTH...AND SLIGHTLY DRIER. THE MONTH WAS ALMOST 4 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL AND ONE HALF INCH DRIER THAN NORMAL. ALMOST ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION RESULTED FROM THE FIVE THUNDERSTORM DAYS. ON THE 22...1.31 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL...WITH THE MONTHLY TOTAL BEING 1.93. THEREFORE...WITHOUT THAT ONE DAY OF RAIN...AUGUST WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DRY. THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST WAS VERY DRY...WITH ONLY 0.18 OF AN INCH FALLING BEFORE THE 22 OF THE MONTH. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 234 AM CDT TUE SEP 1 1998 ........GRAND FORKS AUG CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 91 ON THE 31 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 50 ON THE 30 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 71.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 2.5 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 3 DEPARTURE... -54 SEASON...... 19 DEPARTURE... -59 COOLING MONTH....... 200 DEPARTURE... 31 SEASON...... 435 DEPARTURE... -93 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.71 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 2.56 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 15.56 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 14.20 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 0.0 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 0.0