April, 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 38 33 36 1 29 7272 -952 0 0 0 0.23 0.23 0.05 0.0 48.6 19.1 38 30 2 34 30 32 -4 33 7305 -948 0 0 0 T 0.23 0.10 0.0 48.6 15.2 25 340 3 36 30 33 -3 32 7337 -945 0 0 0 0.56 0.79 0.15 T 48.6 10.8 23 40 4 43 30 37 0 28 7365 -945 0 0 0 0.03 0.82 0.20 T 48.6 11.1 29 220 5 50 31 41 4 24 7389 -949 0 0 0 T 0.82 0.25 0.0 48.6 10.0 25 140 6 54 33 44 6 21 7410 -955 0 0 0 0 0.82 0.30 0.0 48.6 10.3 M M 7 59 38 49 10 16 7426 -965 0 0 0 0.08 0.90 0.35 0.0 48.6 11.6 33 310 8 62 32 47 8 18 7444 -973 0 0 0 0 0.90 0.41 0.0 48.6 8.6 25 80 9 58 35 47 7 18 7462 -980 0 0 0 0 0.90 0.47 0.0 48.6 13.4 30 120 10 48 38 43 3 22 7484 -983 0 0 0 0 0.90 0.53 0.0 48.6 13.8 29 110 11 53 36 45 4 20 7504 -987 0 0 0 0 0.90 0.59 0.0 48.6 6.1 16 350 12 58 30 44 3 21 7525 -990 0 0 0 0 0.90 0.65 0.0 48.6 6.2 17 240 13 66 44 55 13 10 7535-1003 0 0 0 T 0.90 0.71 0.0 48.6 14.8 29 160 14 54 40 47 5 18 7553-1008 0 0 0 0.01 0.91 0.77 0.0 48.6 15.5 31 330 15 43 31 37 -6 28 7581-1002 0 0 0 T 0.91 0.83 0.0 48.6 18.3 39 340 16 34 27 31 -13 34 7615 -989 0 0 0 0.04 0.95 0.89 T 48.6 23.4 38 350 17 38 28 33 -11 32 7647 -978 0 0 0 0 0.95 0.95 0.0 48.6 12.4 24 340 18 53 24 39 -6 26 7673 -972 0 0 0 0.01 0.96 1.01 0.0 48.6 9.6 23 210 19 51 31 41 -4 24 7697 -968 0 0 0 0 0.96 1.07 0.0 48.6 8.9 20 10 20 51 40 46 0 19 7716 -968 0 0 0 0.06 1.02 1.13 0.0 48.6 10.4 23 110 21 57 37 47 1 18 7734 -969 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.19 0.0 48.6 11.9 24 80 22 57 38 48 2 17 7751 -971 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.26 0.0 48.6 16.2 33 20 23 60 27 44 -3 21 777 2 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.33 0.0 48.6 4.2 18 60 24 67 35 51 4 14 7786 -972 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.40 0.0 48.6 7.6 20 170 25 70 41 56 8 9 7795 -980 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.47 0.0 48.6 11.1 26 180 26 65 47 56 8 9 7804 -988 0 0 0 T 1.02 1.54 0 48.6 8.3 26 120 27 62 47 55 6 10 7814 -994 0 0 0 0.04 1.06 1.61 0.0 48.6 5.6 13 20 28 72 47 60 11 5 7819-1005 0 0 0 0 1.06 1.68 0.0 48.6 11.0 24 130 29 72 39 56 6 9 7828-1011 0 0 0 0 1.04 1.75 0.0 48.6 10.1 22 100 Monthly Summary for April TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 45.1 OR 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 54.7 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 35.5 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 77 ON DAY 30 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 24 ON DAY 18 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 588 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -72 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 7831 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -1023 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.04 OR 0.78 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 4.23 OR 0.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 48.6 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.5 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 33 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 39 FROM 340 DEGREES DESPITE SIGNIFICANT RAINS EARLY ON IN THE MONTH...AND SOME UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER AT TIMES...APRIL 1999 WAS DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL IN THE FARGO AREA. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL WAS 1.04 INCHES WHICH IS 78 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. THE YEARLY TOTAL STANDS AT 4.23 INCHES...WHICH IS 23 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 77 ON THE 30TH WHILE THE LOWEST WAS 24 WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 18TH. THERE WERE 588 HEATING DEGREE DAYS WHICH ARE 72 BELOW NORMAL. THERE HAVE BEEN 7831 DEGREE DAYS SO FAR THIS SEASON WHICH ARE 1023 BELOW NORMAL. NO COOLING DEGREE DAYS OCCURED...AND NO RECORD HIGH OR LOWS WERE SET. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.4 MPH...WHICH IS BELOW THE 13.8 MPH AVERAGE. THE STRONGEST WIND WAS 39 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON THE 15TH. GRAND FORKS APRIL CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ........GRAND FORKS APR CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 76 ON DAY 30 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 26 ON DAY 4 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 43.7 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0.9 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 631 DEPARTURE... -74 SEASON...... 8657 DEPARTURE... -520 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.90 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 1.35 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 4.16 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 3.52 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH 0.3 SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON 72.8 APRIL 1999 WAS A TYPICAL MONTH OF EXTREMES. WITH AN ICE STORM STARTING THE MONTH AND GEORGOUS SPRING WEATHER TO END IT...APRIL COVERED THE GAMUT OF WEATHER EMOTIONS. AS A RESULT OF THE WIDE SWINGS IN TEMPERATURE THE MONTH ENDED WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH SIGNIFICANT RAINS ON THE FIRST AND THIRD. THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION WAS DURING THE ICE STORM ON THE FIRST WHEN 93 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH FELL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL WAS 1.90 INCHES...WHICH WAS 55 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE IN APRIL WAS 76 WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 30TH...AND THE COLDEST WAS 26 ON THE 4TH. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 43.7 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. NO RECORD HIGH OR LOWS WERE SET DURING APRIL. THERE WERE 631 HEATING DEGREE DAYS DURING APRIL...WHICH IS 74 BELOW NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL STANDS AT 8657 WHICH IS 520 BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE NO COOLING DEGREE DAYS IN APRIL. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEED AT THE AIRPORT WAS 37 MPH WHICH OCCURRED ON THE FIRST.