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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Mississippi
It has been almost one week since several tornados ripped through the state of Mississippi. The strongest tornado started in extreme eastern Louisiana and then remained on the ground for 149 miles as it moved across much of central Mississippi. … Continue reading
Tagged climate, Mississippi, tornados, weather
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We’re #2, We’re #2
I think it is safe to say that the number one topic of conversation in this area is the weather. Several times in recent weeks, I have overhead comments about how warm this spring has been. If you need some … Continue reading
One out of Three “ain’t” Bad.
The cold season is our dominate season and most of us long for the warmth of our usually short warm season. Now that we have experienced a few 70 degree days, if you are a warm season fan, you will … Continue reading
Tagged 70 degrees, climate, fargo, North Dakota, weather
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A Spring to Remember
This spring has been quite a turnaround from the past few years. To put this into perspective, the first half of climatological spring (March 1 through April 15) has averaged about 12 degrees warmer than 2008 or 2009 to this … Continue reading
Tagged climate, fargo, minnesota, North Dakota, spring, weather
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70!
Our first 50 degree high of the year occurred on March 21, this was very close to the long-term average of March 18 for such an occurrence. Our first 60 degree day was on March 29, also, quite close to … Continue reading
Tagged 70 degrees, climate, fargo, minnesota, North Dakota, weather
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Rainless
On Tuesday, Fargo Moorhead recorded the first measurable precipitation since March 15. That was a total of 28 straight days without measurable rain or snow. Although there was no measurable precipitation during this stretch, there were five days with a … Continue reading
Tagged climate, dry, fargo, weather
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Ice Free
The ice on area lakes generally went out on April 1 or 2 across much of west central Minnesota. Cormorant, Sallie and Detroit Lakes, according to the State Climatologist’s office in St. Paul, were considered ice free on April 2. … Continue reading
Garden Time?
Our recent stretch of mild weather has the trees beginning to bud out, some south facing tulips already in bloom and the lakes in Becker and Otter Tail County free of ice. This of course has many people itching to … Continue reading
Arctic Sea Ice
The Arctic sea ice maximum appears to have occurred on March 31. Usually the maximum observed sea ice coverage in the Arctic maxes out in early to mid March, but colder than average conditions in combination with favorable wind allowed … Continue reading
Tagged arctic, climate, sea ice, weather
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March Stats
March finished with an average temperature of 35.4 degrees which is 8.2 degrees above the long-term average. That placed last month as the 4th warmest March since 1881 and the warmest March since 2000 which now ranks as the 5th … Continue reading
