February, 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 33 21 27 19 38 5055 -500 0 0 0 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.3 36.8 16.5 31 150 2 32 12 22 14 43 5098 -514 0 0 0 0 0.03 0.04 0.0 36.8 11.5 23 280 3 34 3 19 11 46 5144 -525 0 0 0 0.07 0.10 0.06 T 36.8 16.7 39 340 4 14 -12 1 -7 64 5208 -518 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.08 0.0 36.8 11.7 30 140 5 27 13 20 11 45 5253 -529 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.10 0.0 36.8 9.3 25 330 6 20 -4 8 -1 57 5310 -528 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.11 0.0 36.8 9.7 26 160 7 37 20 29 20 36 5346 -548 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.12 0.0 36.8 16.2 30 170 8 38 29 34 24 31 5377 -572 0 0 0 T 0.10 0.13 0.0 36.8 12.9 23 260 9 38 24 31 21 34 5411 -593 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.14 0.0 36.8 10.8 34 150 10 41 25 33 M 32 5443 M 0 0 0 T 0.10 M 0.0 36.8 M M M 11 27 13 20 10 45 5488 -626 0 0 0 0.01 0.11 0.16 0.2 37.0 25.7 40 320 12 20 6 13 2 52 5540 -628 0 0 0 0 0.11 0.17 0.0 37.0 21.4 43 330 13 34 5 20 9 45 5585 -637 0 0 0 0 0.11 0.18 0.0 37.0 13.4 31 160 14 40 20 30 18 35 5620 -655 0 0 0 0 0.11 0.19 0.0 37.0 8.1 16 20 15 32 20 26 14 39 5659 -669 0 0 0 0.03 0.14 0.20 0.4 37.4 18.0 32 20 16 20 4 12 0 53 5712 -669 0 0 0 0.03 0.17 0.21 0.5 37.9 12.7 22 10 17 15 -1 7 M 58 5770 M 0 0 0 0 0.17 M 0.0 37.9 M M M 18 21 5 13 0 52 5822 -663 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.25 0.0 37.9 6.4 13 360 19 26 6 16 3 49 5871 -666 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.27 0.0 37.9 10.5 24 130 20 26 11 19 5 46 5917 -671 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.29 0.0 37.9 5.3 14 110 21 29 7 18 4 47 5964 -675 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.31 0.0 37.9 8.1 24 160 22 29 24 27 12 38 6002 -687 0 0 0 0.03 0.20 0.33 0.6 38.5 17.8 32 150 23 27 23 25 10 40 6042 -697 0 0 0 T 0.20 0.35 0.1 38.6 19.4 39 180 24 34 21 28 12 37 6079 -709 0 0 0 0 0.20 0.37 0.0 38.6 11.9 31 180 25 42 17 30 14 35 6114 -723 0 0 0 0 0.20 0.39 0.0 38.6 14.2 30 170 26 45 37 41 25 24 6138 -748 0 0 0 0 0.20 0.41 0.0 38.6 22.2 38 160 27 39 31 35 18 30 6168 -766 0 0 0 T 0.20 0.43 T 38.6 20.4 38 330 28 31 28 30 13 35 6203 -779 0 0 0 T 0.20 0.43 T 38.6 20.4 38 330 Monthly Summary for February TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 22.5 OR 10.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 30.4 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 14.6 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 45 ON DAY 26 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -12 ON DAY 4 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1186 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -298 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 6203 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -779 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.20 OR 0.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 1.35 OR 0.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL WAS 0.07 INCHES ON DAY 3 ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 2.1 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 38.6 GREATEST DAILY SNOWFALL WAS 0.6 INCHES ON DAY 22 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 16 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 0 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 27 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 3 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. M HIGHEST 30.64 INCHES ON DAY 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. M LOWEST 29.23 INCHES ON DAY 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. M WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 13.7 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 37 MPH FROM 330 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 43 MPH FROM 330 DEGREES REMARKS... FEBRUARY 1999 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A WARM AND FAIRLY DRY MONTH. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 22.5 DEGREES WILL GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 9TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. THE WARMEST WAS SET ONLY ONE YEAR AGO...WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY 1998 WAS 28.0 DEGREES. THE 0.20 INCH TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH DOES NOT QUITE BREAK INTO THE TOP TEN DRIEST FEBRUARYS...BUT IS CLOSE TO THE TENTH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE TEMPERATURE ONLY DROPPED BELOW ZERO THREE TIMES DURING THE MONTH... ON THE 4TH...6TH...AND 17TH. THE SNOW TOTAL OF 2.1 INCHES WAS A BIT BELOW THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE OF 6.0 INCHES. HOWEVER...FARGO IS STILL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE YEAR FOR PRECIPITATION. THE LONGER DAYS AND STRONGER SUNSHINE TOWARD THE END OF FEBRUARY BEGAN TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON THE DEPTH OF SNOW AROUND FARGO. JUST A TRACE OF SNOW WAS LEFT ON THE GROUND BY THE END OF THE MONTH. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 350 AM CST MON MAR 01 1999 ........GRAND FORKS FEB CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 38 ON DAY 8 AND 26 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -19 ON DAY 4 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 17.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 6.7 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1334 DEPARTURE... -195 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.23 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 0.51 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 1.22 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 1.23 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 3.7 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 59.0