December, 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 46 28 37 18 28 1751 -306 0 662 125 0 0 0.02 0.0 12.3 6.3 18 170 2 43 25 34 16 31 1782 -322 0 662 125 0 0 0.04 0.0 12.3 2.7 11 180 3 45 27 36 19 29 1811 -341 0 662 125 0 0 0.06 0.0 12.3 6.4 16 300 4 33 26 30 13 35 1846 -354 0 662 125 0 0 0.08 0.0 12.3 12.4 24 20 5 32 20 26 10 39 1885 -364 0 662 125 0.01 0.01 0.10 0 12.3 11.6 26 290 6 31 16 24 8 41 1926 -372 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.12 0.0 12.3 4.1 10 300 7 35 16 26 11 39 1965 -383 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.14 0.0 12.3 8.5 21 250 8 35 16 26 11 39 2004 -394 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.16 0.0 12.3 6.8 15 240 9 35 17 26 12 39 2043 -406 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.18 0.0 12.3 10.8 28 300 10 42 14 28 14 37 2080 -420 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.20 0.0 12.3 10.8 24 230 11 45 27 36 23 29 2109 -443 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.22 0.0 12.3 11.3 29 270 12 46 23 35 22 30 2139 -465 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.24 0.0 12.3 7.7 15 220 13 43 20 32 20 33 2172 -485 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.26 0.0 12.3 7.4 17 170 14 48 31 40 28 25 2197 -513 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.28 0.0 12.3 13.4 29 310 15 35 22 29 18 36 2233 -531 0 662 125 0 0.01 0.30 0.0 12.3 10.5 23 300 16 32 18 25 14 40 2273 -545 0 662 125 0.05 0.06 0.32 0.7 13.0 8.3 15 360 17 30 9 20 9 45 2318 -554 0 662 125 0.04 0.10 0.34 1.0 14.0 13.6 44 140 18 31 -1 15 5 50 2368 -559 0 662 125 0.03 0.13 0.36 0.6 14.6 23.8 40 340 19 -1 -7 -4 -14 69 2437 -545 0 662 125 0.01 0.14 0.38 0.2 14.8 17.3 33 350 20 -2 -10 -6 -16 71 2508 -529 0 662 125 0.01 0.15 0.40 0.2 15.0 9.5 17 340 21 0 -13 -7 -16 72 2580 -513 0 662 125 T 0.15 0.42 T 15.0 10.5 28 300 22 11 -10 1 -8 64 2644 -505 0 662 125 0 0.15 0.44 0.0 15.0 13.0 29 220 23 9 -3 3 -6 62 2706 -499 0 662 125 T 0.15 0.46 T 15.0 13.9 28 280 24 16 0 8 0 57 2763 -499 0 662 125 0 0.15 0.48 0.0 15.0 11.3 23 240 25 14 -1 7 -1 58 2821 -498 0 662 125 T 0.15 0.50 T 15.0 11.3 22 310 26 19 -7 6 -2 59 2880 -496 0 662 125 0.10 0.25 0.52 0.9 15.9 10.7 24 160 27 20 3 12 5 53 2933 -501 0 662 125 0.02 0.27 0.54 0.3 16.2 9.7 22 310 28 24 1 13 6 52 2985 -507 0 662 125 0.01 0.28 0.56 0.3 16.5 16.1 40 350 29 1 -12 -6 -13 71 3056 -494 0 662 125 T 0.28 0.59 T 16.5 12.8 37 350 30 2 -12 -5 -12 70 3126 -482 0 662 125 0.01 0.29 0.62 0.1 16.6 6.5 14 350 31 4 -15 -6 -13 71 3197 -469 0 662 125 0.02 0.31 0.65 0.2 16.8 7.8 16 20 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 1998 TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 17.2 OR 5.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 25.9 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 8.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 48 ON DAY 14 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -15 ON DAY 31 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1474 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -181 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 3197 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 662 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -469 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 125 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.31 OR 0.34 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 31.86 OR 12.41 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 4.5 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 16.8 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 11 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 18 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 1 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 32 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 12 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.5 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 36 MPH FROM 350 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 44 FROM 140 DEGREES THE RECORD BOOK ONLY HAD TO BE OPENED ONE TIME DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1998. THAT WAS ON THE 14TH...WHEN THE MERCURY REACHED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES. THAT BROKE THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 44 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET BACK IN 1912. NO OTHER RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. ...GRAND FORKS CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY... ...DATA TAKEN AT THE GRAND FORKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH...42 ON THE 14TH LOWEST FOR THE MONTH...-17 ON THE 31ST MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE... 13.2 DEPARTURE FORM NORMAL 2.0 .....DEGREE DAY DATA... HEATING MONTH.... 1601 DEPARTURE -67 SEASONAL.... 3563 DEPARTURE -113 COOLING MONTH..... 0 DEPARTURE 0 SEASONAL... 443 DEPARTURE -549 .....PRECIPITATION..... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH............ 0.24 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........... 0.59 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR............. 23.91 NORMAL FOR THE YEAR TO DATE.... 19.20 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH............ 5.6 INCHES SNOWFALL THIS SEASON........... 28.0 ....AMENDED TO ADD GRAND FORKS NWS DATA...