Monthly Archives: August 2007

Although our area saw a very wet start to summer the reminder of our warm season saw more average to below average rainfall.  Much of Minnesota never saw the early summer rains and was quite dry until the big rain … Continue reading →

A viewer emailed us and asked how hurricanes influence the weather in our area.  There are two ways that hurricanes can influence our weather.  The first involves the remnants of the hurricane being pulled northward into the northern plains.  Part … Continue reading →

With Hurricane Dean being closely monitored we are reminded that we are entering the peak of the hurricane season.  Climatologically, the peak of the hurricane season arrives on September 10th.   Although, Hurricane Dean was the first tropical system to reach … Continue reading →

Several people have either email or called and asked about the orange-red sun from earlier in the week.  There have been forest fires in Montana and Idaho the past few weeks and on several days the smoke from these fires … Continue reading →

So far in 2007 we have had 15 days with temperatures at or above 90 degrees. The Fargo/Moorhead average for 90 degree days is 14 per year, so we are near the average, with about another month of 90 degree … Continue reading →

The annual Perseid meteor shower has been going on the past few nights with many sky watchers already counting as many as a dozen meteors per hour. Meteor rates should be higher than that Sunday night when the shower is … Continue reading →

A viewer asked a couple of questions dealing with the southern hemisphere based on part to a previous blog entry.  The first one was about how the earth is farther away from the sun during the summer and closer to … Continue reading →

July continued the trend that started in late June by being dry.  The official rainfall total in Fargo/Moorhead was just 1.20 inches for the month.  Average rainfall in July is close to three inches, so yes it was a dry … Continue reading →