January, 1999 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 6 -15 -5 -12 70 3267 -457 0 0 0 0.32 0.32 0.02 3.2 20.0 11.8 24 130 2 7 -3 2 -4 63 3330 -453 0 0 0 0.17 0.49 0.04 2.1 22.1 14.2 28 350 3 -2 -16 -9 -15 74 3404 -438 0 0 0 0.01 0.50 0.06 0.2 22.3 20.0 33 340 4 -6 -23 -15 -21 80 3484 -417 0 0 0 0 0.50 0.09 0.0 22.3 9.8 20 170 5 8 -6 1 -5 64 3548 -412 0 0 0 0.02 0.52 0.12 0.7 23.0 10.6 24 350 6 2 -14 -6 -12 71 3619 -400 0 0 0 0.01 0.53 0.15 0.2 23.2 14.5 28 340 7 2 -19 -9 -15 74 3693 -385 0 0 0 0 0.53 0.18 0.0 23.2 8.4 14 230 8 4 -19 -8 -14 73 3766 -371 0 0 0 0 0.53 0.21 0.0 23.2 9.7 20 340 9 0 -21 -11 -17 76 3842 -354 0 0 0 0.02 0.55 0.23 1.2 24.4 10.8 26 330 10 -5 -15 -10 -15 75 3917 -339 0 0 0 T 0.55 0.25 T 24.4 10.4 23 320 11 4 -8 -2 -7 67 3984 -332 0 0 0 0.10 0.65 0.27 1.6 26.0 10.6 22 20 12 -5 -22 -14 -19 79 4063 -313 0 0 0 0.06 0.71 0.29 1.7 27.7 12.3 23 10 13 8 -22 -7 -12 72 4135 -301 0 0 0 0.09 0.80 0.31 2.8 30.5 13.4 33 160 14 10 1 6 1 59 4194 -302 0 0 0 0.02 0.82 0.33 0.9 31.4 13.1 33 170 15 38 9 24 19 41 4235 -321 0 0 0 0 0.82 0.35 0.0 31.4 19.9 38 160 16 35 17 26 21 39 4274 -342 0 0 0 0 0.82 0.37 0.0 31.4 12.4 28 260 17 36 22 29 24 36 4310 -366 0 0 0 0.12 0.94 0.39 1.0 32.4 19.6 45 330 18 22 2 12 7 53 4363 -373 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.41 0.1 32.3 12.9 45 340 19 20 4 12 6 53 4416 -379 0 0 0 0 0.91 0.43 0.0 32.3 7.3 21 170 20 10 -2 4 -2 61 4477 -377 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.45 T 32.3 8.7 21 350 21 28 -1 14 8 51 4528 M 0 0 0 0.11 1.02 M 2.2 34.5 M M M 22 29 19 24 18 41 4569 -403 0 0 0 0.05 1.07 0.49 0.3 34.8 8.9 18 340 23 19 16 18 12 47 4616 -415 0 0 0 0.01 1.08 0.51 0.3 35.1 12.9 20 340 24 16 -5 6 0 59 4675 -415 0 0 0 0.01 1.09 0.53 0.3 35.4 10.0 17 330 25 13 -8 3 M 62 4737 M 0 0 0 0 1.09 M 0.0 35.4 M M M 26 26 1 14 8 51 4788 -420 0 0 0 0 1.09 0.57 0.0 35.4 8.1 22 M 27 25 10 18 M 47 4841 M 0 0 0 0.06 1.15 M 1.1 36.5 M M M 28 22 2 12 5 53 4888 -436 0 0 0 0 1.15 0.61 0.0 36.5 9.3 22 180 29 26 7 17 10 48 4936 -446 0 0 0 0 1.15 0.63 0.0 36.5 10.8 23 170 30 29 17 23 16 42 4978 -462 0 0 0 0 1.15 0.65 0.0 36.5 17.8 31 160 31 31 20 26 19 39 5017 -481 0 0 0 0 1.15 0.67 0.0 36.5 16.5 31 170 Monthly Summary for January TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 6.3 OR 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 14.8 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... -2.3 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 38 ON DAY 15 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -23 ON DAY 4 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1820 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -12 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 5017 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -481 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.15 OR 0.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 1.15 OR 0.48 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 19.7 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 36.5 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 16 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 28 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 5 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 31 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 17 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 12.1 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 40 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 45 FROM 340 DEGREES GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1224 AM CST MON FEB 1 1999 ........GRAND FORKS JAN CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 37 ON THE 15 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -29 ON THE 12 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 4.2 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -2.8 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1887 DEPARTURE... 33 SEASON...... 5450 DEPARTURE... -80 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.99 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 0.72 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 0.99 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 0.72 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 27.3 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 55.3