November, 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 54 34 44 7 21 680 -252 0 662 125 0 0 0.04 0.0 T 8.1 18 70 2 45 28 37 0 28 708 -252 0 662 125 0 0 0.08 0.0 T 7.7 16 60 3 40 24 32 -4 33 741 -248 0 662 125 0 0 0.11 0.0 T 8.0 18 20 4 35 23 29 -6 36 777 -242 0 662 125 0 0 0.14 0 T 7.3 16 20 5 27 19 23 -12 42 819 -230 0 662 125 T T 0.17 T T 8.1 14 340 6 28 26 27 -7 38 857 -223 0 662 125 T T 0.20 T T 4.5 13 30 7 32 27 30 -3 35 892 -220 0 662 125 0 T 0.23 0 T 2.9 8 120 8 33 28 31 -2 34 926 -218 0 662 125 T T 0.26 T T 5.0 13 140 9 39 32 36 4 29 955 -222 0 662 125 0.21 0.21 0.29 1.0 1.0 10.8 22 120 10 33 25 29 -2 36 991 -220 0 662 125 0.55 0.76 0.32 3.1 4.1 27.3 54 330 11 27 20 24 -7 41 1032 -213 0 662 125 0 0.76 0.35 0.0 4.1 15.4 32 280 12 24 7 16 -14 49 1081 -199 0 662 125 0 0.77 0.37 0.0 4.1 9.1 25 160 13 36 22 29 -1 36 1117 -198 0 662 125 0.04 0.80 0.39 0.0 4.1 10.5 21 190 14 34 21 28 -1 37 1154 -197 0 662 125 T 0.81 0.41 T 4.3 14.5 37 340 15 33 19 26 -2 39 1193 -195 0 662 125 0.01 0.82 0.43 0.1 4.4 9.6 21 120 16 31 23 27 -1 38 1231 -194 0 662 125 0.01 0.83 0.45 0.1 4.5 7.5 18 10 17 32 20 26 -1 39 1270 -193 0 662 125 0.01 0.84 0.47 T 4.5 12.1 20 350 18 33 22 28 1 37 1307 -194 0 662 125 0.70 1.54 0.49 5.6 10.1 16.3 31 330 19 22 1 12 -14 53 1360 -180 0 662 125 0.19 1.73 0.51 2.2 12.3 12.9 31 330 20 26 -5 11 -14 54 1414 -166 0 662 125 0 1.73 0.53 0.0 12.3 6.4 21 160 21 35 23 29 4 36 1450 -170 0 662 125 0 1.73 0.55 0.0 12.3 17.6 32 160 22 41 26 34 10 31 1481 -180 0 662 125 0 1.73 0.57 0.0 12.3 9.2 17 180 23 40 23 32 9 33 1514 -189 0 662 125 0 1.73 0.59 0.0 12.3 12.8 23 270 24 43 22 33 10 32 1546 -199 0 662 125 0 1.75 0.61 0.0 12.3 18.3 47 150 25 40 30 35 13 30 1576 -212 0 662 125 0 1.75 0.63 0.0 12.3 12.6 24 250 26 45 26 36 14 29 1605 -226 0 662 125 0 1.75 0.65 0.0 12.3 7.5 16 170 27 43 28 36 15 29 1634 -241 0 662 125 0 1.75 0.67 0.0 12.3 5.6 13 180 28 40 24 32 M 35 1669 M 0 662 125 0 1.75 M 0.0 12.3 M M M 29 40 33 37 17 28 1695 -270 0 662 125 0 1.75 0.71 0.0 12.3 9.9 21 330 30 44 30 37 18 28 1723 -288 0 662 125 0 1.75 0.73 0.0 12.3 8.9 15 260 NOVEMBER CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR FARGO ND TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 29.3 OR 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 35.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 22.7 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 54 ON DAY 1 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -5 ON DAY 20 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1064 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -43 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 1723 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 662 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -288 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 125 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.75 OR 1.02 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 31.55 OR 12.75 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL WAS 0.70 INCHES ON DAY 18 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 12.3 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 12.3 GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL WAS 5.6 INCHES ON DAY 18 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 10 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 9 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 28 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 1 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. M HIGHEST 30.47 INCHES ON DAY 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. M LOWEST 29.08 INCHES ON DAY 10 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. M WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.4 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 46 MPH FROM 330 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 54 MPH FROM 330 DEGREES REMARKS... NOVEMBER 1998 WAS A VERY NORMAL MONTH FOR FARGO. ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK ON IT AS A WARM MONTH...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST NOVEMBER OCCURRED IN 1899 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 37.9 DEGREES. THESE WARM TEMPERATURES HELPED TO MELT THE SNOW COVER THAT EXISTED IN MID NOVEMBER...AFTER SEVERAL WINTER STORMS DROPPED 12.3 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE FARGO MOORHEAD AREA. THE WINTER STORMS THAT DID OCCUR IN NOVEMBER PACKED STRONG WIND SPEEDS... BUT WERE NOT ACCOMPANIED BY REALLY COLD TEMPERATURES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 5 BELOW ON THE 20TH...BUT RAPIDLY REBOUNDED BACK INTO THE 20S. THUS THERE WAS ONLY ONE DAY IN NOVEMBER WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED BELOW ZERO. THE RECORD FOR LOW PRESSURE WAS SET IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ON THE 10TH AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM CROSSED THE STATE...BUT THE PRESSURE IN FARGO ONLY FELL TO 29.08 INCHES. THIS WAS QUITE A BIT ABOVE THE RECORD FOR FARGO. ........GRAND FORKS NOV CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT NWS OFFICE.... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 48 ON THE 1 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -6 ON THE 20 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 27.0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -0.9 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1134 DEPARTURE... 21 SEASON...... 1875 DEPARTURE... -133 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 488 DEPARTURE... -61 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.73 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 0.68 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 23.56 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 18.60 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 22.4 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 22.4