December Jinx
The first 15 days of December finished with an average temperature of 6.7 degrees which is nearly 9 degrees below average for that period. The first half of December ranked as the 19th coldest on...
View ArticleCold and Wet December
December 2010 finished with an average temperature of 10.0 degrees which is 2.5 degrees below the current 30 year average. Abundant cloud cover that kept the overnight low temperatures above average...
View ArticleThe Cruel Month
December has been a cruel month in recent years for both temperatures and snowfall. Granted, many people enjoy the snow and the reality is many businesses depend on snowfall for revenue, but in recent...
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December Anomaly
Temperature anomalies in the lower 48 through the first 20 days of December. Through Wednesday, both Fargo Moorhead and Grand Forks/East Grand Forks are running around 8 degrees above average. At our...
View ArticleA Look at December 2011
December 2011 was ranking as the 4th warmest on record for the final two weeks of the month. If the month was to edge higher in the rankings, the final few days needed to be quite mild. With highs...
View ArticleDecember 2012
December 2012 continued the recent trend for near average temperatures. Last month finished with an average temperature of 14.7 degrees which is 0.6 degrees above the current 30 year average. The...
View Article15 days
The average temperature during the first 15 days of this month was 3.6 degrees. That was the coldest start to December since 2000. It also was the 10th coldest such stretch since temperature records...
View ArticleMany Negatives
Fargo Moorhead averages 48 days with a temperature dropping below zero during our cold season. Of those 48 days, on average, December records 12 of them. Including this mornings expected below zero...
View ArticleDecember NCDC Stats
You may recall that December 2013 ranked as the 11th coldest on record in Fargo Moorhead with an average temperature of 4.0 degrees. Taken as a whole, the state of North Dakota recorded the 9th...
View ArticleWarm December Pattern
There are a number of large-scale weather features which can impact our long term weather and one of them is called the Pacific-North America Oscillation (PNA). When the PNA is positive, there is...
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