November, 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 56 28 42 5 23 975 43 0 485 -52 T M 0.04 0.0 T 26.3 56 300 2 48 19 34 -3 31 1006 46 0 485 -52 0 M 0.08 0.0 T 7.6 16 280 3 54 22 38 2 27 1033 44 0 485 -52 0 M 0.11 0.0 T 5.0 11 200 4 56 25 41 6 24 1057 38 0 485 -52 0 M 0.14 0.0 T 13.9 36 310 5 47 24 36 1 29 1086 37 0 485 -52 0 M 0.17 0.0 T 9.6 29 310 6 55 31 43 9 22 1108 28 0 485 -52 0 M 0.20 0.0 T 7.2 21 140 7 70 32 51 18 14 1122 10 0 485 -52 0 M 0.23 0.0 T 11.2 24 190 8 71 40 56 23 9 1131 -13 0 485 -52 0 M 0.26 0.0 T 9.7 21 210 9 54 30 42 10 23 1154 -23 0 485 -52 0 M 0.29 0.0 T 11.1 28 340 10 47 30 39 8 26 1180 -31 0 485 -52 0 M 0.32 0.0 T 11.4 25 350 11 51 34 43 12 22 1202 -43 0 485 -52 0 0 0.35 0 T 13.5 31 170 12 57 28 43 13 22 1224 -56 0 485 -52 0 M 0.37 0.0 T 8.4 22 160 13 65 37 51 21 14 1238 -77 0 485 -52 0 M 0.39 0 T 15.0 37 320 14 45 25 35 6 30 1268 -83 0 485 -52 0 M 0.41 0.0 T 6.6 16 330 15 52 29 41 13 24 1292 -96 0 485 -52 0 M 0.43 0.0 T 8.7 18 160 16 51 21 36 8 29 1321 -104 0 485 -52 0 M 0.45 0.0 T 7.4 18 150 17 50 30 40 13 25 1346 -117 0 485 -52 0 M 0.47 0.0 T 10.5 24 170 18 52 25 39 12 26 1372 -129 0 485 -52 0 M 0.49 0.0 T 15.1 34 350 19 40 22 31 5 34 1406 -134 0 485 -52 0 M 0.51 0.0 T 12.6 34 340 20 43 25 34 9 31 1437 -143 0 485 -52 0 M 0.53 0.0 T 11.6 30 140 21 52 22 37 12 28 1465 -155 0 485 -52 T M 0.55 0.0 T 6.7 20 310 22 44 21 33 9 32 1497 -164 0 485 -52 0 M 0.57 0.0 T 7.5 20 310 23 38 22 30 7 35 1532 -171 0 485 -52 0 M 0.59 0.0 T 5.4 17 330 24 43 18 31 8 34 1566 -179 0 485 -52 0 M 0.61 0.0 T 8.3 18 250 25 40 23 32 10 33 1599 -189 0 485 -52 T M 0.63 0.0 T 10.8 25 160 26 38 21 30 8 35 1634 -197 0 485 -52 0 M 0.65 0.0 T 12.1 26 290 27 32 17 25 4 40 1674 -201 0 485 -52 0 M 0.67 0.0 T 7.5 16 320 28 39 11 25 5 40 1714 -206 0 485 -52 0 M 0.69 0.0 T 7.6 20 330 29 35 7 21 1 44 1758 -207 0 485 -52 0 M 0.71 0.0 T 8.1 23 170 30 46 34 40 21 25 1783 -228 0 485 -52 0 M 0.73 0.0 T 18.3 31 170 Monthly Summary for November TEMPERATURE DATA...... (DEGREES F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 37.1 OR 9.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 49.0 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 25.1 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 71 ON DAY 8 LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 7 ON DAY 29 HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 831 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -276 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 1783 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 485 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -228 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -52 PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... T OR 0.73 INCHES BELOW NORMAL TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... T 24.88 OR 6.08 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ..SNOW.. TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ T WIND DATA............. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 10.5 MPH THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 47 MPH FROM 310 DEGREES THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 56 FROM 300 DEGREES NOVEMBER 1999 GOES INTO THE RECORD BOOKS TYING AS THE DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD...BEHIND NOVEMBER 1901 WHEN ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION FELL. IT WAS ALSO THE WARMEST NOVEMBER THIS CENTURY. RECORD HIGHS WERE SET ON THE 13TH WHEN THE MERCURY REACHED 65 DEGREES AND THE 8TH...WHEN THE HIGH OF 71 BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD. NOVEMBER ALSO SAW STRONG WINDS EARLY DURING A WIND STORM WHICH STRUCK THE REGION. ........GRAND FORKS NOVEMBER CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY...... ....DATA TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT... .........TEMPERATURE DATA.......... HIGHEST FOR THE MONTH.. 73 ON DAY 7 LOWEST FOR THE MONTH.. 5 ON DAY 29 MONTHLY MEAN TEMP...... 34.5 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 6.6 ..........DEGREE DAY DATA............... HEATING MONTH....... 915 DEPARTURE... -240 SEASON...... 2030 DEPARTURE... -351 COOLING MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0 SEASON...... 307 DEPARTURE... -256 ...........PRECIPITATION...... TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... TRACE NORMAL MONTH TO DATE........ 0.65 TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.......... 21.39 NORMAL YEAR TO DATE......... 18.47 SNOWFALL THIS MONTH T SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON T NOVEMBER IN GRAND FORKS ALSO ENDED UP QUITE WARM WITH THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RANGING ABOVE FREEZING ON AVERAGE. WHILE DEFINATIVE RECORDS ON MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RANKINGS FOR THE GRAND FORKS AIRPORT ARE NOT AVAILABLE YET...IT CERTAINLY IS ONE OF THE WARMEST ON RECORD. CERTAINLY THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR PRECIPITATION WAS WELL...WITH ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH THIS IS LIKELY ONE OF...IF NOT THE DRIEST MONTH ON RECORD. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 7TH AND 8TH WHILE THE RECORD WAS TIED ON THE 13TH. EWENS