September, 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 76 50 63 -1 2 7 -64 0 566 46 0 0 0.07 0.0 T 9.2 24 310 2 79 45 62 -1 3 10 -65 0 566 44 0 0 0.14 M T 6.7 24 180 3 87 48 68 5 0 10 -69 3 569 45 0 0 0.21 0 T 8.1 26 170 4 94 61 78 16 0 10 -74 13 582 56 0 0 0.28 0 T 10.1 21 180 5 86 63 75 13 0 10 -79 10 592 64 0 0 0.35 0 T 11.0 23 10 6 80 51 66 4 0 10 -84 1 593 63 0 0 0.42 0 T 11.3 25 20 7 74 46 60 -1 5 15 -84 0 593 62 0 0 0.49 0 T 6.8 26 10 8 77 41 59 -2 6 21 -83 0 593 61 0 0 0.56 0 T 10.1 26 170 9 84 60 72 12 0 21 -89 7 600 67 0 0 0.63 0 T 20.0 37 170 10 97 65 81 21 0 21 -95 16 616 82 0 0 0.70 0 T 15.8 28 200 11 87 64 76 17 0 21 -102 11 627 92 T T 0.77 0 T 10.4 24 60 12 80 55 68 9 0 21 -109 3 630 94 0.02 0.02 0.84 0 T 6.8 21 340 13 69 61 65 6 0 21 -116 0 630 93 0.54 0.56 0.91 0 T 8.8 24 10 14 81 51 66 8 0 21 -123 1 631 94 0 0.56 0.98 0 T 8.9 25 340 15 78 43 61 3 4 25 -126 0 631 94 0 0.56 1.05 M M 6.6 20 160 16 90 55 73 16 0 25 -134 8 639 102 0 0.56 1.12 M M 11.2 21 200 17 92 56 74 17 0 25 -142 9 648 111 0 0.56 1.19 M M 11.5 28 190 18 95 55 75 19 0 25 -151 10 658 121 0 0.56 1.26 0 T 10.0 28 150 19 83 54 69 13 0 25 -160 4 662 125 T 0.56 1.33 0 T 13.2 31 150 20 59 44 52 -4 13 38 -156 0 662 125 0 0.56 1.39 0 T 15.2 34 300 21 64 34 49 -6 16 54 -150 0 662 125 0 0.56 1.45 0 T 5.2 20 10 22 70 36 53 -2 12 66 -148 0 662 125 0 0.56 1.51 0 T 8.1 22 250 23 74 47 61 6 4 70 -154 0 662 125 0.02 0.58 1.57 M T 9.9 28 240 24 79 39 59 5 6 76 -159 0 662 125 0.01 0.59 1.63 M T 10.5 30 310 26 66 50 58 4 7 91 -166 0 662 125 1.22 1.87 1.75 M T 11.3 30 290 27 72 47 60 7 5 96 -173 0 662 125 0.01 1.88 1.81 0.0 T 10.4 23 260 28 77 43 60 7 5 101 -180 0 662 125 0 1.88 1.87 0.0 T 6.3 15 360 29 67 47 57 4 8 109 -184 0 662 125 0.07 1.95 1.93 0.0 T 8.2 20 30 30 55 34 45 -7 20 129 -177 0 662 125 0.23 2.44 1.99 0.0 T 13.0 30 340 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND, SEPTEMBER 1998 TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 63.9 OR 6.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 78.0 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 49.7 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 97 ON DAY 10 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 34 ON DAY 30 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 124 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 96 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -115 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 76 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 129 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 662 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -177 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 125 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.44 OR 0.45 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 25.07 OR 8.68 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.25 INCHES ON DAY(S) 25&26 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T (HAIL) ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 9 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 3 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 5 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. M HIGHEST 30.07 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. M LOWEST 29.82 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. M WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.1 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 30 MPH FROM 170 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 37 FROM 170 DEGREES REMARKS... SEPTEMBER 1998 IN FARGO WAS A WARM MONTH. THERE WERE TWO NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET AND ONE WAS TIED. ON THE 10TH FARGO SET A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY AT 97 DEGREES. THE OLD RECORD WAS 96 IN 1952. THE SECOND DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 18TH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 95 DEGREES. OLD RECORD WAS 91 IN 1895. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 17TH OF 92 DEGREES TIED THE RECORD SET IN 1908. WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 63.9 DEGREES SEPTEMBER 1998 RANKED AS THE FOURTH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR FARGO. AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION IS CONCERNED THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 2.44 INCHES WAS ALMOST ONE HALF INCH ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER...MORE THAN HALF THE MONTHS TOTAL PRECIPITATION...1.25 INCHES...FELL IN ONE 24 HOUR PERIOD ON THE 25TH THROUGH THE 26TH. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY ........GRAND FORKS SEPTEMBER CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 93 ON THE 10TH LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 31 ON THE 30TH MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 61.8 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 3.9 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 144 DEPARTURE... -90 SEASON...... 163 DEPARTURE... -149 COOLING MONTH....... 53 DEPARTURE... 32 SEASON...... 488 DEPARTURE... -61 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.44 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 2.34 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 16.00 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 16.60 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 0.0 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 0.0 REMARKS... THERE WAS ONE NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET IN SEPTEMBER IN GRAND FORKS. ON THE 17TH THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 92 DEGREES WHICH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 90 DEGREES SET IN 1989. SEPTEMBER 1998 WAS A DRY MONTH IN GRAND FORKS WITH ONLY 0.44 OF AN INCH WHICH WAS NEARLY TWO INCHES BELOW THE MONTHLY NORMAL. HOWEVER...THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS ONLY SIX TENTHS OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL.