March, 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 41 28 35 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 T T 0.02 T 38.6 11.7 25 350 2 29 16 23 5 42 6275 -801 0 0 0 T T 0.04 T 38.6 21.1 38 340 3 25 11 18 -1 47 6322 -800 0 0 0 0 T 0.06 0.0 38.6 7.2 16 350 4 28 16 22 3 43 6365 -803 0 0 0 0.09 0.09 0.08 3.7 42.3 11.9 25 110 5 28 13 21 1 44 6409 -804 0 0 0 T 0.09 0.10 T 42.3 11.3 21 30 6 25 1 13 -7 52 6461 -797 0 0 0 0 0.09 0.13 0.0 42.3 5.2 14 220 7 31 18 25 4 40 6501 -801 0 0 0 0.07 0.16 0.16 1.0 43.3 16.8 39 120 8 28 24 26 4 39 6540 -805 0 0 0 0.35 0.51 0.19 5.2 48.5 15.2 33 170 9 31 20 26 4 39 6579 -809 0 0 0 0.01 0.52 0.22 0.1 48.6 4.7 9 60 10 31 12 22 -1 43 6622 -808 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.25 T 48.6 8.2 21 110 11 25 7 16 -7 49 6671 -801 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.28 0.0 48.6 1.8 8 60 12 32 7 20 -4 45 6716 -797 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.31 0.0 48.6 5.2 17 190 13 34 27 31 M 34 6850 M 0 0 0 0 0.52 M 0.0 48.6 M M M 14 39 24 32 7 33 6783 -811 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.37 0.0 48.6 15.0 30 160 15 47 30 39 14 26 6809 -825 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.40 0.0 48.6 12.4 22 170 16 48 26 37 11 28 6837 -836 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.43 0.0 48.6 6.0 23 120 17 38 30 34 8 31 6868 -844 0 0 0 T 0.52 0.46 T 48.6 22.9 55 340 18 38 25 32 5 33 6901 -849 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.50 0.0 48.6 7.0 20 320 19 53 27 40 13 25 6926 -862 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.54 0.0 48.6 15.1 29 160 20 41 29 35 7 30 M M 0 M M 0 0.52 M 0.0 48.6 M M M 21 43 25 34 5 31 6987 -874 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.62 0 48.6 7.2 15 360 22 46 24 35 6 30 7017 -880 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.66 0.0 48.6 3.9 11 350 23 37 26 32 2 33 7050 -882 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.70 0 48.6 12.4 25 340 24 35 22 29 -1 36 7086 -881 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.74 0.0 48.6 9.7 21 340 25 44 19 32 1 33 7119 -882 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.78 0.0 48.6 10.4 24 170 26 55 33 44 13 21 7140 -895 0 0 0 0 0.52 0.82 0.0 48.6 25.7 47 160 27 42 37 40 8 25 7165 -903 0 0 0 0.45 0.97 0.86 0.0 48.6 14.4 46 170 28 51 35 43 10 22 7187 -913 0 0 0 0.69 1.66 0.91 0.0 48.6 15.5 33 340 29 57 29 43 10 22 7209 -923 0 0 0 0 1.66 0.96 0.0 48.6 9.5 28 240 30 66 33 50 16 15 7224 -939 0 0 0 0 1.66 1.01 0.0 48.6 11.4 29 150 31 53 38 46 12 19 7243 M 0 0 0 0.18 1.84 1.06 0.0 48.6 15.7 33 07 Monthly Summary for March TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 31.2 OR 5.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 39.4 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 23.0 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 66 ON DAY 30 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 1 ON DAY 6 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 1040 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -172 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7243 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -951 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.84 OR 0.78 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 3.19 OR 1.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 10.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 48.6 ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 7 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 11 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 4 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 1 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 26 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.6 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 49 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 55 FROM 340 DEGREES GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ........GRAND FORKS MAR CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 57 ON DAY 30 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. -9 ON DAY 6 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 26.1 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +1.0 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 1194 DEPARTURE... -77 SEASON...... 8026 DEPARTURE... -456 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.04 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 0.94 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 2.26 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 2.17 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 13.5 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 72.5