Monthly Archives: February 2011

March Meltness

Posted on February 28, 2011 by John Wheeler

March begins tomorrow.  In other places, March means the beginning of spring.  However, here in Fargo Moorhead, the best we can usually hope for in March is the beginning of the end of winter.  This year, March will start out … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Winter and February Stats

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

More on all of this later with the official stats (once today’s high is kn0wn),  but preliminarily: February tied for the 9th driest on record (ignoring the awful ASOS data and using the Cooperative observers precip) Winter finished with an … Continue reading →

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Blow Ice

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

We have the traditional four seasons; summer, winter, fall and spring.  We have what could be called a snow season, a thunderstorm season, a severe weather season and of course a growing season.  But do we have a blow ice … Continue reading →

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Too Early

Posted on February 24, 2011 by John Wheeler

When the weather turned mild a couple of weeks ago, there was a flood of inquiries into the WDAY Weather Office about what effect the thaw would have on the flood.  The answer, disappointingly, was that there would be little … Continue reading →

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Cold Snap for the Ages

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

It was during this week in 1936 that Fargo Moorhead recorded a temperature above zero after 37 straight days with both the high and low at or below 0 degrees.  It was a cold snap with no equal in the … Continue reading →

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Was it a Storm?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by John Wheeler

Monday?s official snowfall measurement was 6.7 inches, which brought the grand total for the month of February to 7 inches.  But you may recall, if you shoveled Monday?s snow, that it was literally light as a feather.  Due to ideal … Continue reading →

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Slow Motion

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

After a nearly continuous light snow fall on Monday, the sky finally cleared around 3:00 PM.  Yet, even with a clear blue sky, the snow continued to fall.  In fact, it snowed for approximately one hour without a single cloud … Continue reading →

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No Records

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

The mild weather last week might already be a distant memory, but during that stretch Fargo Moorhead recorded 7 straight days with a high temperature above 32 degrees.  During that period, several people inquired if we were breaking any record … Continue reading →

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Cold Vacations

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Daryl Ritchison

If you took a trip to Florida this winter to get away from our cold temperatures, you may have been disappointed with the temperatures during your visit.  The months of December and January, combined, were the coldest such period on … Continue reading →

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Spring Fever

Posted on February 18, 2011 by John Wheeler

Although it has been feeling like spring lately, spring is still not here as evidenced by the weather today.  Seven consecutive days with temperatures above freezing did as much to lift up area spirits as it did to melt down … Continue reading →

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