Dry Period
Last month the official rain total in Fargo Moorhead was 0.94 inches, well below our current average of 2.22 inches. It continued our recent run over dry weather that we have experienced locally since...
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The high snow totals in the mid-1990s and during the past few winters has pushed our normal seasonal snowfall to 50.1 inches. That is the highest average since records have been kept. Because we have...
View ArticleWhy Dry?
During the evening hours of August 6, a thunderstorm moved through Fargo Moorhead dropping nearly an inch of rain at the official recording site at Hector Int’l. That event came shortly after nearly 3...
View ArticleA Permanent Dry?
Yesterday I wrote about how a persistent ridge of high pressure has been present in the northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean for the past few months. There has been some research that has correlated...
View ArticleA Drier March
The average precipitation in March is 1.30 inches and in recent years Fargo Moorhead has frequently exceeded that average. That excess moisture, in combination with abundant winter snow, led to the...
View ArticleIt Can Get Drier
This past winter, 27 inches of snow was measured in Fargo Moorhead. That was the lowest total since the winter of 1986-1987, yet only ranked as the 26th lowest snow total on record. Granted, snow...
View ArticleDry September
As you have likely heard by now, last month was the driest September on record as just 0.12 inches of rain was recorded at Hector Int’l airport. The previous record was 0.13 inches set back in 1974....
View ArticleDry Autumn
September 2012 was the driest on record in Fargo Moorhead. Only 0.12 inches of rain was recorded that month at Hector Int’l which was 0.01 inches less than in September 1974 which was the previous...
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Driest July on Record
The abundant moisture much of the region has recorded over the past 20 years may have skewed some memories as to how dry this area can get. Certainly, last year was a reminder of this fact for many....
View ArticleAugust 2013
The first half of August ranked as the 9th coldest such period on record. Then an abrupt pattern change occurred bringing much warmer air into the area. So much so, that the second half of the month...
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