October, 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 44 30 37 -15 28 345 26 0 485 -52 T M 0.06 M M 10.1 20 340 2 45 22 34 -18 31 376 44 0 485 -52 T M 0.12 M M 5.8 20 290 3 49 28 39 -12 26 402 56 0 485 -52 0 M 0.18 M M 9.7 21 200 4 60 31 46 -5 19 421 61 0 485 -52 0 M 0.24 M M 10.4 22 200 5 50 28 39 -12 26 447 73 0 485 -52 0 M 0.30 0.0 T 11.2 29 20 6 53 25 39 -11 26 473 84 0 485 -52 T M 0.36 0.0 T 15.3 34 130 7 53 38 46 -4 19 492 88 0 485 -52 0.33 0.33 0.42 0.0 T 8.0 30 130 8 70 38 54 4 11 503 84 0 485 -52 T 0.33 0.48 0.0 T 9.2 30 280 9 74 45 60 11 5 508 73 0 485 -52 T 0.33 0.54 0.0 T 11.6 25 340 10 64 36 50 1 15 523 72 0 485 -52 0 0.33 0.60 0.0 T 9.8 28 320 11 65 33 49 1 16 539 71 0 485 -52 0 0.33 0.66 0.0 T 11.3 31 170 12 54 44 49 1 16 555 70 0 485 -52 T 0.33 0.72 0 T 13.3 29 330 13 54 30 42 -5 23 578 75 0 485 -52 T 0.33 0.78 0 T 8.7 24 170 14 63 42 53 6 12 590 69 0 485 -52 0.01 0.34 0.84 0.0 T 10.5 31 170 15 58 40 49 2 16 606 67 0 485 -52 0.41 0.75 0.90 0.0 T 10.1 29 340 16 52 34 43 -3 22 628 70 0 485 -52 0 0.75 0.96 0.0 T 14.3 30 310 17 49 32 4 1 24 652 75 0 485 -52 0.06 0.81 1.02 T T 8.4 25 170 18 49 38 44 -1 21 673 76 0 485 -52 0.22 1.03 1.07 0.0 T 11.4 24 320 19 40 27 34 -11 31 704 87 0 485 -52 T 1.03 1.12 T T 9.8 22 340 20 61 29 45 1 20 724 86 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.17 0.0 T 13.0 29 190 21 63 38 51 7 14 738 79 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.22 0.0 T 17.1 41 320 22 46 27 37 -6 28 766 85 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.27 0.0 T 18.0 36 340 23 44 19 32 -11 33 799 96 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.32 0.0 T 6.6 15 330 24 65 29 47 5 18 817 91 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.37 0.0 T 12.3 24 190 25 61 35 48 7 17 834 84 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.42 0.0 T 14.5 38 290 26 59 27 43 2 22 856 82 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.47 0 T 7.7 20 170 27 64 29 47 7 18 874 75 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.52 0.0 T 14.7 45 340 28 52 23 38 -2 27 901 77 0 485 -52 0 1.03 1.56 0.0 T 10.0 25 140 29 48 40 44 5 21 922 72 0 485 -52 0.01 1.04 1.60 0.0 T 8.4 24 150 30 54 36 45 7 20 942 65 0 485 -52 T 1.04 1.64 0.0 T 9.6 17 300 31 74 35 55 17 10 952 48 0 485 -52 0 1.04 1.68 0.0 T 14.0 34 180 Monthly Summary for October TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 44.2 OR 1.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 56.0 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 32.5 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 74 ON DAY 31 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 19 ON DAY 23 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 635 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 37 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 952 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 485 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... 48 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -52 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 1.04 OR 0.64 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 24.88 OR 6.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... T TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T ..NUMBER OF DAYS.. WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 6 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 3 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0 WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 16 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0 SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............ NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. 31 HIGHEST 30.07 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. 0 LOWEST 29.82 INCHES ON DAY 01 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. 0 WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 11.1 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 38 MPH FROM 340 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 45 FROM 340 DEGREES REMARKS... OCTOBER IN THE FARGO AREA WAS 1.5 DEGREES COOLER THAN AVERAGE OVERALL...EVEN THOUGH IT FELT LIKE A WARM MONTH. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE NORMAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS MILD AT 56.0 DEGREES...THE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE AVERAGE WAS 32.5 OR COOLER THAN NORMAL. OCTOBER WAS ALSO A DRY MONTH WITH ONLY 1.04 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...OR 0.64 BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS 45 MILES PER HOUR FROM THE NORTH...WITH THE MONTHLY AVERAGE OF 11.1 MPH. GRAND FORKS MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 200 AM CST MON NOV 1 1999 ........GRAND FORKS OCT CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 77 ON DAY 31 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 16 ON DAY 23 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 41.9 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -2.5 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 707 DEPARTURE... 71 SEASON...... 1115 DEPARTURE... -111 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 307 DEPARTURE... -256 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.12 NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 1.29 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 21.39 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 17.82 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH T SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON T A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON THE 31...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 68 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1990. THE AIRPORT IN GRAND FORKS ALSO RECORDED A RECORD HIGH ON HALLOWEEN OF 77 DEGREES...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OR 66 DEGREES SET IN 1990. THE MONTH ON AVERAGE WAS 2.5 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL...EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMED WARMER THAN AVERAGE. THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MILD DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS...WHERE THE COOL NIGHTS OFFSET THE WARMER DAYS MAKING FOR A COOLER THAN NORMAL MONTH. IT WAS ALSO A DRY MONTH WITH ONLY 0.12 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION...OR 1.17 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. $ KELLENBENZ